Posted by Editor | Filed under 2010 NBC Heads-Up Championship, Barry Greenstein, Heads-Up, Sam Farha
The Round of 32 was loaded with both manufactured and real TV moments. One of the sources of drama, which requires some work to be effective for TV, is the match-ups themselves. I haven’t even mentioned the Barry Greenstein-Sam Farha match, that was just aching for more coverage.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under 2010 NBC Heads-Up Championship, David Williams, Erik Seidel, Heads-Up, Phil Gordon, Phil Laak
While Phil Ivey had Scotty one card from near-elimination, Phil Gordon announced that he was all-in against Phil Laak. After Nguyen hit his miracle nine on the river, the cameras huddled around the other two Phils, after Laak made the call. Gordon showed K-5o, Laak Qs-9s. Gordon was marginally ahead, and that margin increased substantially after the flop of Kd-4c-Jc.
Worried now only about Laak’s gutshot draw, Gordon chanted “no ten, no ten,” as the dealer peeled off a harmless two of hearts on the turn.
The ten showed up on the river.
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(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under 2010 NBC Heads-Up Championship, Annette Obrestad, Heads-Up, Mike Matusow, Phil Hellmuth
I told you, I like Phil Hellmuth. His talents and accomplishments, despite his focus on what he hasn’t done or on his shortcomings, are real. He can be a compelling television presence. It’s not a coincidence, however, that his wife is a psychologist by profession. But even I – a friend and fan of Phil – know that he can sometimes be too much. That was certainly the case when he was at the featured table against Annette Obrestad during the second half of the round of 32 during the NBC Heads-Up Championship.
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(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under 2010 NBC Heads-Up Championship, Heads-Up, Phil Ivey, Scotty Nguyen
The impossible happened. Six of the most magnetic television performers participating in the tournament lost their matches during the second half of the Money Round. The most stunning of the losses – and consequently making the most compelling television – was Phil Ivey’s defeat at the hands of Scotty Nguyen.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under 2010 NBC Heads-Up Championship, Heads-Up, Phil Ivey, Uncategorized
The second round of the Heads-Up Championship, which takes the first half of Saturday to complete, is arguably the most important of the tournament. The novelty of the tournament and the traffic jam of thirty-two first-round matches are past. Themes are emerging, along with favorites and underdogs. Most important, this is the round that really separates the winners from the losers. The sixteen losers are out their $20,000 entry and few even got any TV coverage out of it. The sixteen winners receive at least $25,000, only a tiny return on investment but they are more likely to appear on TV and are in the running for the big prizes: $500,000 and all the fame that comes goes with being the Heads-Up Champion.
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(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under 2010 NBC Heads-Up Championship, Annette Obrestad, Heads-Up, Orel Hershiser
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(3 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under 2010 NBC Heads-Up Championship, Gavin Smith, Heads-Up, Jennifer Tilly, John Juanda, movie, Phil Gordon, Phil Laak
After watching the second bracket on Friday of the NBC Heads-Up Championship with Joe Reitmnan, I realized I was going to have to head back to my perch in the corner. That was where my computer was, I had plenty of writing to do, and the situation with Andy Bloch and Annie Duke was a one-off: They were both good friends so I felt like I was excused from my usual seat. There wasn’t anything like that in the third bracket, the Spades bracket.
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(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under 2010 NBC Heads-Up Championship, Andy Bloch, Annie Duke, Heads-Up, Joe Reitman, Shannon Elizabeth
While sitting next to Joe Reitman as Annie Duke and Andy Bloch battled in the first round of the NBC Heads-Up Championship, I thought I saw Joe’s ex-wife, Shannon Elizabeth, on the far side of the room and pointed her out.
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(4 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under 2010 NBC Heads-Up Championship, Andy Bloch, Annie Duke, Heads-Up, Joe Reitman
[The issue of the Blog spacing have been fixed, and you'll be pleased to know I have a healthy backlog of high-quality posts. Therefore, I continue with my coverage of the NBC Heads-Up Championship.]
There is an old expression that goes, “Where you stand depends on where you sit.” I never knew what this meant but always assumed it was true, if only because it could mean almost anything. During the first round of the NBC National Heads-Up Championship on March 5, however, I discovered it was not only true but full of wisdom.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under 2010 NBC Heads-Up Championship, Andy Bloch, Annie Duke, Antonio Esfandiari, Barry Greenstein, Erik Seidel, Greg Raymer, Gus Hansen, Heads-Up, Huckleberry Seed, Jennifer Harman, Mike Matusow, Paul Wasicka, Sam Farha
By consensus vote, Friday’s second first-round bracket, Diamonds, had the most talent and the most difficult match-ups. Barry Greenstein, 5-0 in the first round, faced Vanessa Rousso, last year’s runner-up. Annie Duke, though never a threat in the HUC, drew Andy Bloch, in a match that promised to pit not only friends but similar styles. Others in the bracket included the occasionally cursed Sam Farha, Jennifer Harman, Mike Matusow, 2007 champion Paul Wasicka, Gus Hansen, and Greg Raymer. (Hansen and Raymer were matched against each other.)
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