2009 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship

$20,000 Heads-up Championship
Day: 2
Event Info

2009 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k7
Prize
$500,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$20,000
Entries
64

Lindgren Bluffs into Queens and is Eliminated

Erick Lindgren - eliminated
Erick Lindgren - eliminated
We're not sure how it happened (we're restricted to a media desk away from the center of the floor) but somehow David Williams and Erick Lindgren wound up all in preflop. Williams tabled a huge hand, {Q-Spades} {Q-Hearts}, while Lindgren tabled the powerhouse {4-Spades} {3-Hearts} in what we assume was an unfortunately timed bluff. Lindgren did not improve on a board of {7-Clubs} {8-Spades} {K-Diamonds} {A-Hearts} {10-Hearts}.

That loss left Lindgren with 30,000 chips at limits of 3,000 and 6,000. He put them in the middle on the next hand with {J-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} and was called by Williams, who showed another pair, {8-Hearts} {8-Clubs}. Williams moved onto the quarterfinals with a board of {Q-Diamonds} {A-Spades} {3-Spades} {3-Clubs} {A-Diamonds}. Lindgren is eliminated but will receive $25,000 in consolation money.

Tags: David WilliamsErick Lindgren