Math vs. Math
Andy Bloch caught an ace on the river to best Huck Seed … so he moves on to what is theoretically his second-biggest heads-up match of his career (the first being the 2006 $50k HORSE finals against Chip Reese) vs. […]
Ferguson Moves On
Chris Ferguson beat Phil Ivey when his pocket 8s held up against Ivey\’s pocket 6s (who was drawing to a 6, 2, or 7 when they got it all in). This makes it three-out-of-four years in the history of this
Not Quite the Michael Buffer of Poker
NBC Heads-Up Championship announcer Jordan Siegel, who may or may not have won the gig in a $1,000 Bellagio tourney. The NBC heads-up announcer whom I was criticizing the other day for not acknowledging runner-runner possibilities and generally lacking a
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Full Tilt Wins Heads-Up Championship
Concept of competition reproves it’s a good thing
The Final Four is set … and PokerStars, Ultimate Bet, and Bodog have all been fully eliminated. T Phil Ivey vs. Chris Ferguson Huck Seed vs. Andy Bloch Holy crap, it looks like it will be some actual hardcore competition
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WPT Invitational Enters Day 2 Without Mekhi
Mekhi Phifer – Courtesy of PokerListings.com The WPT Invitational got underway yesterday with a 5pm reception. Open bars, free buffet, dj spinning some tunes, celebs excited to meet poker pros, poker pros excited to meet celebs, media enjoying the food
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A Separated at Birth We Didn’t See Coming
Hersheiser, of course, is proving to be the Gonzaga of the 2008 National Heads-Up Poker Championship. The final 8 tomorrow: Jonathan Little vs. Chris Ferguson Gus Hansen vs. Phil Ivey Andy Bloch vs. Orel Hershisher Huck Seed vs. David Benyamine
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Brackets Are Rigged
So it was fun making picks … but not so fun to watch the results trickle in. Everyone\’s talking about their brackets around Caesar\’s Palace — lots of money being unofficially wagered as heads-up fans excitedly bemoan the upsets and
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Even more Heads-up Poker Championship
Tom moves on Tom is out
6:45 — Johnathan Little d. Erik Seidel. \”Plenty of awfully good players are going down,\” says TJ Cloutier to Seidel. 6:46 — \”Gavin Smith has moved all-in\” [to quote the NBC announcer. \”Gavin Smith with about 10,000. 10,300. Tom Schneider
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Heads-up Championship 2: Clubs-bracket tidbits
Because I happen to be here
6:02 — Who is this announcer guy? Not too exciting nor comprehensive. 6:03 — Funny, he just made it over to the Tom vs. Gavin table … pointed out that Tom was trailing by \”a little more than a few
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Heads-Up Championship: Cards in the Air
Actually, they\’ve been in the air all day … but the hotly contested clubs bracket is now playing, and Pokerati managed to squeeze its way in to the last seat on a very tight but pleasantly elevated press row. So
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