Harman showed
and was well ahead of Yang's 
. She improved her lead on a flop of 
and Yang couldn't catch up as the board finished 
.
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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Harman showed
and was well ahead of Yang's . She improved her lead on a flop of and Yang couldn't catch up as the board finished .
In fact, Jerry Yang just won a massive pot not 10 feet away from us, and neither he nor Jennifer Harman said a word during the entire hand.
A woman passing out cards promoting Jerry Yang's upcoming biography, "All in from Laos to Las Vegas: The Jerry Yang Story".
Annie Duke joking with Doyle Brunson about Don Cheadle's executive look. "Are you intimidated by his outfit?" Annie asked before Cheadle piped up, "I did it just for you."
Tournament sponsor GoDaddy.com passing out neon green baseball caps to audience members.
Jennifer Harman bouncing around the room, hugging fellow high-stakes player Eli Elezra and joking with Doyle Brunson.
Cards will be in the air in just a couple of minutes, so stick around.
Our feature table will be occupied by Phil Hellmuth and Annette Obrestad while the outside tables, in clockwise order, will hold:
Chris Ferguson vs. Dennis Phillips
Jennifer Harman vs. Jerry Yang
Paul Wasicka vs. Gus Hansen
Doyle Brunson vs. Don Cheadle
Barry Greenstein vs. Sammy Farha
Darvin Moon vs. Annie Duke
Allen Cunningham vs. Eli Elezra
Players are being called to the stage for a group photo and we expect play to begin within 10 minutes.
The match-ups for the next round will be:
Chris Moneymaker vs. Erik Seidel
Peter Eastgate vs. Jamie Gold
Scotty Nguyen vs. Gabe Kaplan
Jason Mercier vs. Phil Laak
The producers claim that cards will be in the air within ten minutes.
. Upon seeing Seidel's hand, Williams ripped his own 
in half!The producers first placed the halves of Williams cards on the table for the all-in moment, then substituted them with cards from a different table, and then decided to go with the original cards after all. It made no difference for Williams. The board came all red to send Seidel on to the Sweet 16 and Williams home short of the money.
Shortly after doubling up Phil Laak, Gordon moved all in preflop with
and got called down by Laak who held 
. Gordon jumped to a quick lead on a flop of 
, but wasn't comfortable with Laak's gut-shot draw.He relaxed a little when the
fell on the turn and then called for "No 10. One time." It didn't work as the 
hit the river causing Gordon to recoil from the table in obvious agony while Phil Laak picked up the last card and gave it a loving kiss."That was one nasty river right there," said Gordon as he composed himself before his exit interview. We have a feeling Laak might disagree.
. Ivey was the player at risk of elimination; he also had the best hand. His 
needed to fade just a few cards against Nguyen's 
.A gasp shot through the gallery as the river came
to give Nguyen trip nines and the win! Each player stood up from the table. "Sorry baby," Nguyen said before offering Ivey a hug. Ivey, as stoic as ever, just smiled.Nguyen will be back later today for the Sweet 16.
Laak moved all in on a flop of
and got called by the newly flush Gordon who showed 
for second pair while Laak held 
for top pair.The
improved Laak's hand and the river brought a harmless and a double up for the Unabomber.
