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The first champion of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship was crowned Sunday as UB. com Poker Pro and Daily News guest columnist Annie Duke won the title and $ 500,000 matching Hauptpreis.Herzog struck eight times World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Erik Seidel in the final. She was almost sent home to go against Paul Wasicka in the round of 16, but imaginary pocket aces with A-10 jacks and bag 8-5 of diamonds. Beat Duke Wasicka to 2007 WSOP Main Event winner Jerry Yang in the face Elite Eight. During the five previous episodes of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship duke had done in the first round einmal.Vor Yang, a crowd of all-in occurred during their doubles 3-6 against opponents with K -9, Pocket J-7 on three, and even A-4 against AK. Yang was finally on track to keep J-3 sent a Duke-8. The AJ-2 flop with middle pair and Yang Duke top pair. Turn and river were 10 and nine and a lack of yang and handing Duke a ticket to the Final Four against 2008 WSOP Main Event Novembre nine members Dennis Phillips.Nach doubled up after a fall after Philips releases pre-flop with KJ diamond. Duke called with an ace baby, A-5, and when the flop of KQ-6, noted Phillips pushes ahead with top pair. No help came on the turn for the Duke and Phillips to improve the flow of travel. Required in the final hand of the battle between Phillips and Duke, the first of his chips with A-8 and was cons pair of seven for a race. The board came 9-3-2-6-4 and Duke advanced to the final. Phillips won $ 125,000 for his work load in just Pokerturnier.Die final best of three formats, and the Duke was soon jumped 1:0-one guidance on the Full Tilt Poker Pro. Seidel carpet with 8-6 on a flush of spades on a board reading 7-KJ, with two spades. Duke had AK for top pair, top kicker, and Spaten drew on the turn and river brewed for the first game against Seidel Anspruch.Im second game, a pot large enough when flipped Seidel of Doyle Brunson, 10-2, on a board of 2-8-K-2-4 A number Seidel then took the game two days after the Duke of his chips with K-5 committed against Seidel 7-8. The flop came down 9-6-4 with two hearts and turn, five of heart, there is even Seidel. Duke could win if a heart fell on the river, but Nine Black aims to establish the entsprechen.In rubber replacement of the final hand of the third set, pair of nine against Duke Seidel A 2nd Duke bowed half a million dollars for winning the 2010 National Heads-Up Poker Championship, while Seidel was awarded a prize of $ 250,000 consolation. Seidel had not done before, since the first round of the sole custodian Turnier.In comment two weeks ago on Poker News Daily, Duke apparently predicted the final match up of the 2010 National Heads-Up Poker Championship ” Erik Seidel and I joke that we were wrong in this case. It is a brilliant player but never won a match and I won one. I do not like who I am, I just want my [first-round match ]. “Here were the previous installments: 1 Location: Annie Duke – $ 500.0002. Location: Erik Seidel – $ 250.0003. Location: Scotty Nguyen – $ 125.0004. Location: Dennis Phillips – $ 125.0005. Location: Jerry Yang – $ 75.0006. Location: Doyle Brunson – $ 75.0007. Location: Jason Mercier – $ 75.0008. Location: Peter Eastgate – $ 75.0009. Location: Paul Wasicka – $ 25.00010. Location: Eli Elezra – $ 25.00011. Location: Annette “Annette_15″ Obrestad – $ 25,000 Position 12: Barry Greenstein – $ 25.00013. Location: Gabe Kaplan – $ 25.00014. Location: Phil Laak – $ 25.00015. Location: Chris Moneymaker – $ 25.00016. Location: Jamie Gold – $ 25,000 A total of 13 former WSOP Main Event champions entered. Surprisingly, almost half of them, or have six, the top 16. Another former winner of the Main Event, has played with Joe Cada (2009), Huck Seed (1996), Joe Hachem (2005), Johnny Chan (1987, 1988), Chris Ferguson (2000), Phil Hellmuth (1989) and Greg Raymer (2004). You can 2010 National Heads-Up Poker Championship on NBC begins to catch Sunday, April 18 at noon ET.