The Caesar’s palace witnessed how the amazing Annie Duke was crowned the first female champion of the NBC National Heads-Up Poker championship on Sunday. Duke, UB.com pro, took home a $500,000 prize after beating her good old friend Erik Seidel, eight time winner of World Series of Poker (WSOP).
Seidel who stayed by Annie’s side tweeted "Ended 2nd to Annie Duke in the NBC Heads Up. She played an outstanding match. Easiest loss of my career, very happy for her."
She had 3 long days with dramatic matches. Her first round was against Andy Bloch. She also had a match with 2007 NBC Heads-Up Poker Champion Paul Wasicka, where she was at risk of elimination.
Duke’s pocket nines in the final hand were enough against Seidel’s A-2. Duke took the main prize and sent Seidel home with a $250,000 consolation prize.
Here were the final payouts:
Place | Name | Prize |
1st | Annie Duke | $500,000 |
2nd | Erik Seidel | $250,000 |
3rd | Scotty Nguyen | $125,000 |
4th | Dennis Phillips | $125,000 |
5th | Jerry Yang | $75,000 |
6th | Doyle Brunson | $75,000 |
7th | Jason Mercier | $75,000 |
8th | Peter Eastgate | $75,000 |
9th | Paul Wasicka | $25,000 |
0th | Eli Elezra | $25,000 |
11th | Annette Obrestad | $25,000 |
12th | Barry Greenstein | $25,000 |
13th | Gabe Kaplan | $25,000 |
14th | Phil Laak | $25,000 |
15th | Chris Moneymaker | $25,000 |
16th | Jamie Gold | $25,000 |
Amazingly, nearly half of them, made it to the top 16. Some of the most remarkable pros that were part of the championship are: Patrik Antonius, Chris Monyemaker, David Williams, Erik Seidel, Phil Ivey, Scotty Nguyen, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Gordon, Doyle Brunson, Chris Ferguson and many more.
NBC’s television coverage will start on April 18th and end up by May 23rd.
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