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2010 NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship
$20,000 Heads-up Championship
Day: 3
Event Info
2010 NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship
Final Results
Event Info
Buy-in
$20,000
Prize Pool
$1,280,000
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, the better hand to Yang's 
.At some point Duke figured to win one of these confrontations. This was the one. Each player paired the flop,
. But this time Yang didn't hit any additional cards, as the turn and river came 
and 
.Yang will leave the tournament $75,000 richer. Duke will return for a semi-final match against Dennis Phillips.
"You didn't make it easy for me," said Duke as she gave Yang a hug.
, putting him way behind her 
.Duke held the lead on a flop of
but Yang found a way to chop when the appeared on the turn. Duke looked pained before the river, and for good reason, as Yang caught a miracle card - the 
and doubled up.
Once again, Duke had Jerry Yang on the ropes. Yang opened all in. After getting a count, Duke called with
. She was trying to out-race Yang's 
.A flop of
brought Duke a boat-load of outs but kept Yang's pocket treys in the lead. Somehow, Yang faded every card he needed to fade with a turn 
and river 
. That double-up didn't restore Yang to the chip lead, but he now has a stack that could hurt Duke if she doubles him up again.
while Yang held live cards with the 
.Both players liked the flop as Duke picked up a flush draw and Yang made a pair on a board of
. The 
was a great card for Duke, giving her an up-and-down straight draw to go with her flush draw, but she couldn't connect and Yang doubled up when the hit the river.
. Brunson showed bottom pair and a flush draw, 
. Phillips had top pair, top kicker, . The hand amounted to nearly a coin flip.With most of the crowd shouting for a diamond, the dealer burned and turned the
and the 
. Neither card improved Brunson's hand. He has been eliminated from the tournament, propelling Dennis Phillips into the semi-finals.In their post-match interview, Leann Tweeden asked Phillips if he'd been reading Super/System.
Brunson moved all in with
preflop and got called by Phillips who held . Brunson got the best of the flop, which came 
and picked up a flush draw with the 
on the turn. He made the nuts with the on the river and is back in the match.
. Phillips flopped top pair with 
and quickly called.Brunson turned over middle pair,
. The turn took away almost all of his outs, improving Phillips to queens and threes. The river took away the rest.Phillips now has a big chip lead. Someone in the front row apologized to Phillips for the fact that everyone in the gallery appears to be rooting for Brunson.
"If I wasn't in here I'd be rooting for him," replied Phillips with a grin.
On the front table, Doyle Brunson looks to have taken a small lead on Dennis Phillips.
and got a quick call from Dennis Phillips.Doyle turned over red jacks (
) while Phillips tabled 
for two pair. The on the turn changed nothing, but the 
on the river did, counterfeiting Phillips' hand and giving Brunson a much-needed double up.
