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The National Heads-Up Poker Championship was an annual poker tournament held in the United States and produced by the NBC television network. [1] It is a $25,000 "buy-in" invitation-only tournament [2] organized as a series of one-on-one games of no limit Texas hold 'em matches. The participants include many of the world's most successful poker ...
This is the page for those players who have won the National Heads-Up Poker Championship. The tournament is an invitational heads-up style tournament that is held every spring in Las Vegas, Nevada and is broadcast by NBC. The tournament has been held annually since 2005, when it was played at the Golden Nugget casino.
Erik Seidel 2011 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Champion. Heads-up poker is a form of poker that is played between only two players. It might be played during a larger cash game session, where the game is breaking up and only two players remain on the table, or where two players are trying to start a game and playing heads-up while waiting for other opponents.
Kaplan resumed performing stand-up comedy and worked on adaptations of Welcome Back, Kotter. He still plays poker frequently and became a commentator for poker events and televised poker shows, including the National Heads-Up Poker Championship on NBC, [19] High Stakes Poker on GSN, [20] and the Intercontinental Poker Championship on CBS.
In March 2006, Sheikhan made the final four of NBC's National Heads-Up Poker Championship (during the early rounds of which he told Gus Hansen, whom he eliminated, to throw away his cards - Sheikhan had made Four of a kind), earning $125,000. [2] He lost to eventual winner Ted Forrest.
Nejad was the off-screen announcer on NBC's Poker After Dark and the color commentator on NBC's National Heads-Up Poker Championship. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] He has also been a correspondent for ESPN 's World Series of Poker coverage, a commentator for ESPN's Pro-Am Poker Equalizer series, co-commentator with Chad Brown on the Ultimate Poker ...
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He defeated Phil Ivey in heads-up play to win the bracelet. [6] In the 2007 Main Event, Seed finished 73rd out of 6,358 players. [7] Seed won the 2009 NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship, [8] where he took the top prize of $500,000 and improved his overall record in the event to 18–4, an all-time best for win total. In addition, Seed became the ...