$20,000 Heads-up Championship | 2010 NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship

03-07-2010 07:59 UTC-12

Coming Up

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We're resetting the stage for the day's next two matches, which should start within 30 minutes.

Dennis Phillips and Doyle Brunson will occupy the feature table while Annie Duke and Jerry Yang battle it out at the secondary table.

Stick around because the action will resume soon.

03-07-2010 08:38 UTC-12

Players are Making Their Way to the Set

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Doyle Brunson is the first player of the next flight take his place on stage. He walked into the room to a rousing round of applause from the crowd. His opponent, Dennis Phillips, has also taken his seat at the table.

Annie Duke and Jerry Yang have yet to arrive, but we expect them within a few minutes.

03-07-2010 08:44 UTC-12

Shuffle Up and Deal

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The second round of the Quarterfinals is now underway. Follow along and root for your favorites as Annie Duke battles Jerry Yang and Doyle Brunson takes on Dennis Phillips.

03-07-2010 08:53 UTC-12

Sharp Dressed Man

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Every girl is crazy for a sharp-dressed Yang?

While the players in the early matches didn't sport any unusual outfits today, we do have one item from the second matches. Jerry Yang has shown up in what we can only imagine qualifies as his poker Sunday best -- a pure white baseball cap, pure white ribbed sweater, pure white dress pants, fancy white socks and square-toed white leather shoes.

Across the table from him, Annie Duke is dressed all in black, creating a Spy-versus-Spy effect at the back table.

03-07-2010 09:07 UTC-12

Lots of Logos

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All of the major online poker sites have to be loving this set of Quarterfinals matches, as each player is sporting a different logo.

At the back table, Annie Duke is repping for UB while Jerry Yang's pure white outfit is broken up by a few black and red Full Tilt Poker patches. At the feature table, Dennis Phillips is rocking his usual Cardinals baseball cap and PokerStars badge while Dolly is sporting his signature Stetson and Doyle's Room patches

03-07-2010 09:12 UTC-12

Chip Updates

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Bearing in mind that we don't have the greatest vantage point (and are forbidden from walking onto the set), it looks like Jerry Yang has a small chip lead against Annie Duke.

On the feature table, Doyle Brunson is down about 2-to-1 to Dennis Phillips, who recently posted to Twitter about how awed he is to be playing heads-up for $50,000 against the legendary Brunson.

03-07-2010 09:23 UTC-12

Doyle Stays Alive on the River

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A short-stacked Doyle Brunson moved all in on a flop of {8-Diamonds}

and got a quick call from Dennis Phillips.

Doyle turned over red jacks ( {J-Hearts}

) while Phillips tabled {8-Hearts}

for two pair. The {6-Hearts}

on the turn changed nothing, but the {6-Spades}

on the river did, counterfeiting Phillips' hand and giving Brunson a much-needed double up.

03-07-2010 09:28 UTC-12

Duke, Brunson Battling Back

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It looks like Annie Duke is now the chip leader in the match at the back table. She took down a nice pot on the flop, raising all in after Jerry Yang bet 30,000. Yang thought for thirty seconds before folding. He's down about 2-to-1.

On the front table, Doyle Brunson looks to have taken a small lead on Dennis Phillips.

03-07-2010 09:41 UTC-12

Phillips' Takes a Turn with the Double-Up Stick

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Doyle Brunson, with the chip lead on Dennis Phillips, applied pressure. He moved in on a flop of {3-Hearts}

. Phillips flopped top pair with {Q-Hearts}

and quickly called.

Brunson turned over middle pair, {7-Hearts}

. The turn {3-Diamonds}

took away almost all of his outs, improving Phillips to queens and threes. The river {A-Spades}

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.

Tags: Dennis Phillips Doyle Brunson