Le troisième round des NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship 2008 sera marqué par le formidable parcours de l'ancien joueur professionnel de Baseball et des L.A Dodgers, Orel Hershiser.
On a board showing 2-3-7-3-5, David Benyamine put his tournament on the line after the river card fell. The hole cards were revealed and Benyamine found out that his pocket nines were no good against Huck Seed's pocket pair of twos that gave Seed a full house.
Benyamine will take home $75,000 for his efforts. With a win here today, Huck is now guaranteed at least $125,000 in prize money and will face either Andy Bloch or Orel Hershiser in the semifinals.
PokerChichi - "L'essentiel, c'est de participer" : oh le c*n !
Third Time's a Charm; Ferguson Claims National Heads-Up Title
Chris Ferguson has just finished off a lengthy heads-up finale against fellow math wiz Andy Bloch, winning two of three finals matches en route to his first ever National Heads-Up Championship crown.
The hand saw Ferguson open the pot pre-flop with a 25,000 raise; Andy Bloch simply called. The flop came {10-Clubs}{3-Spades}{7-Spades} and Bloch passed the first action to Ferguson who led out with a 35,000 bet. Bloch then check-raised, making it a total of 105,000 to go; Ferguson just called.
The {7-Hearts} fell off on the turn and Bloch led out with a 150,000 bet which Ferguson countered by shoving all of his chips into the middle. Bloch tanked for quite some time, eventually opting to let a coin-flip determine his fate. "Heads I call, tails I fold," said Bloch, before tossing a quarter into the air and onto the table. The fateful quarter landed heads-up, fittingly, and true to his word, Andy made the call, revealing {10-Spades}{4-Spades} to the eager crowd. Ferguson then rolled over two black jacks and held a lead in the hand with one card to come.
After a mandatory pause for dramatic effect, the dealer placed the {7-Clubs} on the river - a winning card for Ferguson, who threw his arms, fists clenched, high into the air in victory.
PokerChichi - "L'essentiel, c'est de participer" : oh le c*n !