How They Got Here
There is no easy road to the quarterfinals -- never mind the bracelet -- in the $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship. Here are the paths our elite eight took to get to this point:
Jason Somerville defeated Andrew Lichtenberger, Amit Makhija, Tobias Reinkenmeier, Julian Herold, and Martin Kabrhel.
Kido Pham defeated Brian Roberts, Brendan Murphy, Phil Ivey, Anton Kozlovskiy, and Gavin Smith.
Faraz Jaka defeated Olivier Busquet, Thomas McNamara, Michael Leah, Nicholas Rampone, and Phil Gordon.
Ayaz Mahmood defeated John Duthie, Nathan Doudney, James Collopy, Kevin Saul, and Brian Rast.
Alexander Kostritsyn defeated Bruno Fitoussi, Dario Minieri, Jeremy Coon, Keith Block, and Chris Moorman.
Ludovic Lacay defeated Rob Akery, Eric Sagstrom, Jordan Morgan, Timothy Adams, and Bertrand Grospellier.
Ernst Schmejkal defeated Nikolay Evdakov, Joao Barbosa, Juan Ramirez, David Williams, and Alexander Kravchenko.
Vanessa Rousso defeated Johannes Strassmann, Vadim Trincher, Terrence Chan, Melanie Weisner, and Vivek Rajkumar.