08 Mar 10
Historic Victory at NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship
After three days of gruelling heads-up action in Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, a winner has emerged from Sunday's final match to claim first prize of $500,000 in the NBC produced heads-up tournament.
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| Picture source: WickedChopsPoker |
Annie Duke (pictured right) fought her way through a field of 64 players to land herself first prize of $500,000 and the title of NBC's National Heads-Up Poker Champion of 2010.
Duke is the first female to win the title at NBC's high profile invitational tournament since it started in 2005.
Duke outclasses hall of famers
Duke managed to side-step a number of difficult moments on her road to victory, such as being all in with A-T against Paul Wasicka's pocket aces in their final sixteen match when she nevertheless rivered a straight. In the final best-of-three match she outlasted seasoned pro Erik Seidel to take overall victory in the three day event. Among the many top names who did not advance to the later stages of the tournament were Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius and Tom "durrrr" Dwan. While Dwan could not get past Phil Gordon in round one, Antonius also found himself out of luck against Chris Moneymaker. Ivey, who made it through to the second round, then found his progess blocked by Scotty Nguyen.
NBC will be airing coverage from the Championship from April 18. For further details, please go to the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship page, here.
Final standings for the top eight finishers can be found below:
| NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship 2010 Final Results |
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| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st |
Annie Duke |
$500,000 |
| 2nd |
Eric Seidel |
$250,000 |
| 3rd |
Scotty Nguyen |
$125,000 |
| 3rd |
Dennis Phillips |
$125,000 |
| 5th |
Peter Eastgate |
$75,000 |
| 5th |
Jason Mercier |
$75,000 |
| 5th |
Doyle Brunson |
$75,000 |
| 5th |
Jerry Yang |
$75,000 |
#1
kwedaras, 08 Mar 10 17:47
no money hu, even annie duke is solid.