, while Williams was hoping his 
would hold. They did; the board came 
to give Williams the victory.
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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, while Williams was hoping his would hold. They did; the board came to give Williams the victory.
, a dominating favorite over ElkY's 
. There were plenty of chop possibilities as the board develoepd 
. ElkY could win outright with any three; any nine, queen or king would chop the pot. It wasn't to be. The river fell
to send Eastgate through to the second round.
, a great hand for Cada and his . Williams gave Cada a grin, seemingly resigned to the idea that he would not win the hand. He was right. The board came 
to double up Cada.
That trend is continuing here at the National Heads-Up Poker Champioinship. David Williams is rocking some thick-framed black glasses and has grown his hair out, foregoing his trademark close-cropped buzz cut. Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier also is sporting an unusual hairstyle -- his hair is flat and completely un-dyed any of his typical vibrant colors. MOC Jordan Siegel called him the "new-look ElkY".
On the far side of the room, Ted Forrest doesn't look made-over, but there is *something* different about him.
Minieri moved all in preflop with pocket deuces and got a quick call by Gold who held pocket sevens. With his mother hovering in the background, Gold sweated the board which fell
.
Antonius' demise came at the hands of former Main Event champ Chris Moneymaker when he pushed all in on a board of
. Moneymaker made the call but didn't seem comfortable, telling Antonius "I don't do very good at all ins."He seemed a lot happier when the cards were turned up though as his
was way ahead of Antonius' 
. The brought a possibility of a chop on the turn, but the on the river paired the board and Moneymaker moved on to the round of 32.
Not today, Chris. But we bet that Patrik would be willing to play PLO with you online whenever you want.
