$20,000 Heads-up Championship
Day 2 Completed
2009 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship
$20,000 Heads-up Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
2009 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship
Buy-in
$20,000
Entries
64
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* Phil Hellmuth got revenge against Tom 'durrrr' Dwan, earning a spot in the quarterfinals
* Last-minute substitute David Oppenheim got past both Phil Laak and Kenny Tran to earn his spot in the quarters, meaning he now has a 1-in-8 shot to win it all. 24 hours before the cards were in the air on Friday, he wasn't even a twinkle in producer Mori Eskandani's eye.
* Huck Seed became the first and only player in NBC Heads-Up history to have cashed in all five seasons since the show's inception in 2005. Scott Fischman's streak of four straight was ended by David Williams in the Round of 32.
* Daniel Negreanu showed up for his match against Scotty Nguyen dressed as... Scotty Nguyen.
Play is scheduled to resume tomorrow afternoon at approximately 11:00 am. local time (which is actually 10:00 a.m. local time because tonight is Daylight Savings Time). Here's a look at tomorrow's quarterfinal match-ups:
Hearts Final David Williams v. Sammy Farha
Diamonds Final David Oppenheim v. Huck Seed
Clubs Final Vanessa Rousso v. Daniel Negreanu
Spades Final Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier v. Phil Hellmuth
A champion will be crowned tomorrow. Join us then for more live updates direct from the tournament floor here at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, NV.
Until then, good night and good luck!
and had the lead against Juanda's 
. Once the board ran out 
, Grospellier's victory was secure. He's into the quarterfinals tomorrow morning; Juanda leaves with $25,000 in prize money.
was badly outmatched by Grospellier's 
. Juanda didn't get any help from the board and has relinquished the chip lead to Grospellier.
The two players made it to the turn of a
board. Wasicka opened the action for 7,000, then pushed all in after Rousso raised to 20,000. Rousso quickly called with two pair, ; Wasicka's pair of kings, 
, was behind. Wasicka's draw was not as thin as it seemed; any seven, eight, nine or ten would give him the double-up. The river, however, was the to give Rousso the victory. She moves on to the quarterfinals.
and found herself up against Wasicka's 
. The board filled out 
and Rousso's ace-high held up to win the pot, sending her back up over the 60,000 mark in chips.
. Grospellier was on a draw with against Juanda's top pair of aces, 
. The turn was a third heart, the , which took away two of Grospellier's outs. Down to his final card, Grospellier filled his straight with a river 
. He has regained the chip lead against Juanda.As the pot was pushed to ElkY, Juanda shook his head, perhaps thinking about how close he had been to the quarterfinals.
against ElkY's by spiking a jack on the turn.
flop, and the 
fell on the turn. Dwan then led out with a 4,700 bet and Hellmuth made the call. 5th Street delivered the
and Dwan made it 12,400 to go, leaving himself roughly 23,000 behind. Phil then put Dwan all in and Dwan made the call with 
. Hellmuth tabled 
, revealing a full house and the rest is history.
; he was behind Nguyen's 
but improved in a huge way on a flop of . Daniel flopped the nuts, a king-high straight. Nguyen's top pair of kings, and continued existence in this tournament, was dead to running cards. He missed his first opportunity at a runner when the turn fell . On the river 
, Negreanu was on to tomorrow's quarterfinals.