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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Erick Lindgren still seems to be in a jovial mood, joking around with MOC Jordan Siegel. The NBC online qualifier Dan Ramirez looks a little stressed.
He was right as his
was well behind Ramirez's 
.EDog had no help on a flop of
and was drawing dead after a black 10 fell on the turn. Ramirez doubled up while Lindgren was left with just 10,000 chips.
and Wolpert called with 
. The board was all blanks, with neither player connecting, until the river fell 
to make a pair of eights for Wolpert to give him the victory.Just one match remains to close out the Clubs Bracket.
Forrest moved all in preflop for 14,000 holding
and got the call from Quinn who held 
.The race was over quickly when the flop fell
giving Quinn a commanding lead. A king on the turn gave Forrest a chance for a gut shot straight, but the 
on the river didn't help his hand.Quinn will return tomorrow for the round of 32.
against Wolpert's . Yet it wasn't going to come easy. The door card was the 
, followed by a 
and a 
, giving Wolpert an up-and-down straight draw. He filled the straight with a turned 
, leaving Baldwin looking for a ten for chop. No dice. The river paired the board 
to give Wolpert the lead in the match.
On the far side of the room Leo Wolpert, the 2009 WSOP $10,000 heads-up champion, is in what can only be described as a very intense match against Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin. It's difficult to tell from here who has the lead.
Ted Forrest and Stephen Quinn are also battling on the far side of the room. They are about even.
Seed, who had just 8,200 chips after doubling up Erik Seidel, moved all in preflop with
. Seidel made the easy call with and had a small sweat after a flop of 
gave Seed a chance to catch a gut shot and double up.Neither the
nor the 
provided Seed with the miracle he needed though and he was eliminated from the tourney while Seidel advanced to the round of 32 for the first time ever in his six appearances at the event.
Each player in the Round of 64 starts with 20,000 chips. Initial blinds are 150 and 300. Blinds increase every 15 minutes. They move to 200-400, 300-600, 400-800, and 500-1,000.
In each successive round the starting chips will double, as will the starting blinds.
Seidel, who is 0-5 in his Heads-Up Championship appearances moved all in against defending champion (and 5-0 in the first round) Huck Seed while holding
on a jack-high flop. Seed called with 
and a flush draw, which didn't connect.The turn was a blank and the river brought an eight, giving Seidel the winning two pair and control of the match.
