2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship

$20,000 Heads-Up Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
jj
Prize
$500,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$20,000
Prize Pool
$1,500,000
Entries
64

Tom Dwan has Phil Hellmuth saying "durrrrrrr" after Three Hands

"The Poker Brat" has just been eliminated from the field three hands into his Round 1 match against Internet pro Tom "durrrr" Dwan, courtesy of an unlucky turn card.

Phil limped in from the button holding pocket aces and was met by a raise from Dwan. Hellmuth then re-popped it and Dwan countered by moving all in over the top. Phil answered with one of his patented insta-calls and quickly revealed his pocket aces. Durr tabled a respectable pair of tens, but would need to spike one of the two remaining tens in the deck to stay alive.

Things were looking grim for durrrr after the {2-Spades}{K-Hearts}{7-Spades} flop, but the {10-Spades} on the turn had the crowd roaring. With one card to come, Phil had live outs for a flush or a bigger set, but the {9-Diamonds} on the river sealed his fate and sent Dwan on to the round of 32.

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