Brunson:
Parker:
It was a queen right in the window,
. Parker never improved from there as the turn and river fell 
and 
to send Parker to an early exit.
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
Total Entries
64
Players Left 1 / 64
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Brunson:
Parker:
It was a queen right in the window,
. Parker never improved from there as the turn and river fell and to send Parker to an early exit.
and found herself way behind Ferguson's .A flop of
didn't change a thing and Ferguson held a commanding lead that only got better when the 
hit the turn. The 
on the river was meaningless, and Ferguson doubled up to take control of the match.
but was live against Parker's 
. Parker took the pot down by pairing his queen on the flop and then holding strong from there.Each player now has roughly 20,000 chips. Game reset!
This time, Phil Hellmuth took out Howard Lederer in a classic race after the Professor shoved with
and the Poker Brat called with 
.Hellmuth took the lead on a flop of
and held on when the appeared on the turn. The 
was unnecessary overkill on the river and Lederer was sent to the rail.
Given the pace of action on our earlier feature tables, we're almost surprised to see that Howard Lederer and Phil Hellmuth both still have reasonable chip stacks more than 10 minutes into the session.
Greg "FBT" Mueller is sporting a bright red Team Canada hockey jersey. No doubt the Canadian and former hockey player was ecstatic with his country's recent Olympic gold medal.
On the far table are two of the three cowboy hats in the room: Chris Ferguson and qualifer Annette Dworski (Doyle Brunson is on the other side of the room).
Kara Scott is looking positively radiant in a fetching white leather jacket and black knee-high boots.
We also have our usual assortment of faces in the crowd. Notables include Melissa Hayden, Annie Duke, Leo Wolpert and Emily Jillette.
One other note: Former Cy Young award winner Orel Hershiser has four baseballs on his table, three more than has become his trademark.
As was the case with each of the other three brackets, this bracket starts out more quietly than we would have expected. Phil Hellmuth is keeping his table banter to a level that can be heard only by his opponent, Howard Lederer, and their dealer.
Hearts Feature Table
Howard Lederer v. Phil Hellmuth
Outer Tables
Jesper Hougaard v. Allen Cunningham
Brock Parker v. Doyle Brunson
Kara Scott v. Dennis Phillips
JP Kelly v. Don Cheadle
Eli Elezra v. Greg Mueller
Annette Obrestad v. Orel Hershiser
Annette Dworski v. Chris Ferguson
Juanda:
Laak:
Juanda was visibly deflated after a flop of
. He was given momentary hope with the turn, as he picked up a small flush draw. The river 
snatched that hope away. Juanda is out and Laak is the last of the Spades starters to make the next round.After the hand, a disappointed Juanda and members of his family walked by Mike Sexton. "It was a freeroll, John," Sexton offered encouragingly.
"Ace-deuce," was all a smiling Juanda could reply.
