$20,000 Heads-up Championship
Day 1 Completed
2010 NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship
$20,000 Heads-up Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
2010 NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship
Final Results
Event Info
Buy-in
$20,000
Prize Pool
$1,280,000
Entries
64
Players Left 1 / 64
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It was a generally subdued day here in the tournament room, with very few players chatting at the tables, let alone expressing any real emotion when they won or lost. Then again, there weren't all that many dramatic bust-out hands, aside from Annie Duke's come-from-behind catch to make trip 10s on the river after being out-flopped by Andy Bloch's ace-king.
While most of the day's matches could have easily gone either way, there were a few upsets, including online qualifier Stephen Quinn's victory over past champion Ted Forrest and Phil Gordon's surprising win against Tom "Durrrr" Dwan. Other unexpected players in tomorrow's field include Jerry Yang who beat Mike Matusow and Chris Moneymaker who defeated Patrik Antonius. The full list of tomorrow's Round of 32 match-ups is below:
Clubs Chris Moneymaker v. Leo Wolpert
David Williams v. Erik Seidel
Erick Lindgren v. Peter Eastgate
Stephen Quinn v. Jamie Gold
Diamonds Barry Greenstein v. Sam Farha
Jennifer Harman v. Jerry Yang
Darvin Moon v. Annie Duke
Paul Wasicka v. Gus Hansen
Spades Phil Ivey v. Scotty Nguyen
Joe Hachem v. Gabe Kaplan
Jason Mercier v. Pieter de Korver
Phil Gordon v. Phil Laak
Hearts Allen Cunningham v. Eli Elezra
Chris Ferguson v. Dennis Phillips
Doyle Brunson v. Don Cheadle
Phil Hellmuth v. Annette Obrestad
Play will kick off once again at 1pm local time tomorrow. If you cant join us here on the set in the Caesars Poker Room then make sure you follow along with all the live updates here at PokerNews.
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and Kelly called with 
. Cheadle's support on the rail, including Annie Duke, was thrilled to see a queen flop, 
. The 
on the turn, however, was a sweat card as it gave Cheadle a flush draw. He needed an eight or a heart to prolong the match even further, but the river blanked 
.Cheadle will return tomorrow to play Doyle Brunson in Round 2.
. Cheadle had flopped the joint with 
and was looking to close out Kelly, who showed down bottom pair and a gutshot draw, 
. The turn was a very disgusting-for-Cheadle card, . It gave each player the same straight. The pot was chopped and the match continued.
The Dodger great moved all in with
and got called by Obrestad who held 
. The flop of 
missed both players, as did the 
on the turn. Obrestad sealed the victory with the on the river and the always gracious Hershiser shook her hand and presented her with a signed baseball before leaving the stage.
Rapidly escalting blinds will force a conclusion to each match soon enough.
. Phillips called with a pair, 
, and drew a good board of 
. The two players shook hands, with Scott also then thanking the dealer, before departing the set.We're down to two matches remaining -- Don Cheadle against J.P. Kelly on Table 4, and Orel Hershiser against Annette Obrestad on the feature table.
, holding a pair, a straight draw and a flush draw. Eli Elezra made three tens and needed to fade the river to move on to the Round of 32. He did so, and we lost one very large red shirt from the field.
Hougaard put his chips at risk with
and found himself just slightly behind Cunningham's 
. The flop of 
provided no help for Hougaard and the 
on the turn limited his outs as Cunningham picked up the nut flush draw. The river brought the and send Hougaard packing while Cunningham advances to Day 2.
with , but she was soon all in and behind a second time.Dworski shoved
and was called by Ferguson with . Neither player connected in any way with a board of . Queen-high was enough for Ferguson to cinch the victory.
