2010 NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship

$20,000 Heads-up Championship
Day: 1
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Event Info

2010 NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
9♠9♥
Prize
$500,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$20,000
Prize Pool
$1,280,000
Entries
64

Annie Beats Andy in Raggedy Battle

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Annie Duke
Annie Duke
Andy Bloch had ceded some ground to his good friend Annie Duke in their match. Bloch raised the button, then called all in when Duke made a large re-raise. They were racing.

Duke: {10-Hearts} {10-Spades}
Bloch: {K-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds}

Bloch took the lead by pairing kings on the flop, {3-Spades} {3-Clubs} {K-Spades}. The {4-Diamonds} on the turn changed nothing, but a wave of excitement rippled through the crowd when the river fell an unlikely {10-Clubs} to give Duke the pot and the match.

"Oh my," bellowed Mike Matusow. "Annie Duke never hits a card like that. That's not possible."

"Only against Andy Bloch," Duke replied with a laugh.

She walked around the table to give Bloch a hug and then left for a quick exit interview with Leann Tweeden. Duke will return tomorrow; Bloch will not.

Tags: Andy BlochAnnie Duke