Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 24, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The full roster for the upcoming NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship was released today, and now that the entire 64 player field is known I thought I would take a look at some of the favorites amongst the field. First, here is a look at the complete 64Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 06, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

In one of the biggest upsets of the first day of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship, 2003 World Series of Poker Champion, Chris Moneymaker, was able to dispatch Patrik Antonius in about 30 minutes. Antonius, who frequently plays heads-up cash games online, was a huge betting favorite inRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 23, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

For the second straight week a player on High Stakes Poker has been felted, losing their initial $200,000 buy-in. In week one it was the poker pro everyone loves to hate, Phil Hellmuth who went busto: Week two of the popular television show saw Andreas Hoivold take anRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Feb 17, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

PokerNews.com is reporting 9 confirmed players for the 2010 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship. The highly popular tournament pits 64 of the top poker talents and personalities in poker in a series of heads-up elimination matches. NBC has confirmed 6 players: Included in the field are NHUPC mainstaysRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Nov 10, 2009 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

The statement appears odd, but the 21 year-old Cada held off his lesser experienced opponent, the 47 year-old Moon, to become the World Series of Poker’s youngest champion of all-time –eclipsing the mark set a year ago by 2008 champion Peter Eastgate. Cada entered the heads-up duel withRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Nov 09, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Why do I think the heads-up battle will be short and sweet? Well I have several good reasons for my speculation: And they all sort of tie in to one another. * Joe Cada has Darvin Moon out-chipped over 2-to-1 This was quite evident towards the end ofRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Nov 08, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Perhaps the Hour+ delay to start the final table was a harbinger of things to come: After 16 hours of play the competitors are still one elimination away from concluding play for the day. Chip-Leader Darvin Moon seems to be feeling the effects of the marathon session moreRead Full Article