Scotty Nguyen looks like he might be leading Gabe Kaplan. We can't get a good look at the stacks of Jason Mercier or Phil Laak.
2010 NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship
$20,000 Heads-up Championship
Day: 2
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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Scotty Nguyen looks like he might be leading Gabe Kaplan. We can't get a good look at the stacks of Jason Mercier or Phil Laak.
Moneymaker showed
while Seidel tabled 
. Neither player improved on a board of 
, and Seidel's ace-high stood up as the final cards fell 
.Seidel advances to the Elite 8 while Moneymaker earns $25,000.
. Moneymaker had top pair with 
, but Seidel flopped the joint with 
. The board blanked out 
and 
.Seidel now has an approximately 4-to-1 chip lead in the match.
"What's that word that means hanging on?" Laak asked. "Temerity?"
"Tenacity," Tilly replied.
Laak seemed confused. "Tenacity? What's temerity then?"
"It's something like nerve," said Tilly.
"Temerity. That's a good word too. But I was thinking of tenacity. I'm always looking for a place to use that."
We'll see if Laak has the temerity to put Mercier all in any time soon, or whether Lack will need to find his tenacity to take the match to the limit.
Gold moved all in on a board of
and Eastgate took a few seconds to consider his action before calling. Gold showed 
for second pair while Eastgate held 
for top pair. The
on the river was no help to Gold who left in 16th spot with $25,000. Eastgate will return to action tomorrow when the Elite 8 kicks off.
The other two matches -- Chris Moneymaker against Erik Seidel and Jamie Gold against Peter Eastgate -- are being played in almost total silence.
What is surprising, though, is that Scotty appears to be pacing himself more than usual by drinking what, from our vantage point, appear to be O'Doul's "near beers".
We can only wait and see what effect the change has on his play.
Gabe Kaplan and Scotty Nguyen are at the feature table, while the outer tables host these match-ups:
Jason Mercier vs. Phil Laak
Peter Eastgate vs. Jamie Gold
Chris Moneymaker vs. Erik Seidel
Clubs Chris Moneymaker (2003 WSOP ME winner) v. Erik Seidel (1988 WSOP ME runner-up)
Peter Eastgate (2008 WSOP ME winner) v. Jamie Gold (2006 WSOP ME winner)
Spades Scotty Nguyen (1998 WSOP ME winner) v. Gabe Kaplan
Jason Mercier v. Phil Laak
The final flight of matches will start around 9pm local time with these eight players:
Hearts Eli Elezra v. Dennis Phillips
Doyle Brunson (2x WSOP ME winner) v. Annette Obrestad (2008 WSOP-E ME winner)
Diamonds Barry Greenstein v. Jerry Yang (2007 WSOP ME winner)
Annie Duke v. Paul Wasicka (2006 WSOP ME runner-up)
against Hansen's .Wasicka made top pair on the flop,
, but Hansen had one over-card and an inside straight draw. He improved that draw to an up-and-down straight draw with the turn. The river made a pair of sevens for Hansen but that was not enough to avoid elimination. He's out.The Round of 32 has now concluded. Wasicka is the sole remaining former NBC champion in the field.
