National Heads-Up Poker Championship

The first-ever National Heads-Up Poker Championship is underway from the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Doyle Brunson and Billy Baxter headline the Clubs bracket. Other match-ups from the Clubs bracket include John Juanda vs. Chau Giang, John Hennigan vs. Layne Flack, Henry Orenstein vs. David "Chip" Reese, Scotty Nguyen vs. Mike Caro, Nick Frangos vs. TJ Cloutier, Amir Vahedi vs. John Myung, and Barry Greenstein vs. Lee Salem. The Spades bracket is also in progress, and those match-ups include Todd Brunson vs. Erick Lindgren, Eli Elezra vs. Chris Moneymaker, Tom McEvoy vs. Mimi Tran, Cyndy Violette vs. Chris Ferguson, Gus Hansen vs. Curtis Bibb, Yosh Nakano vs. Mike Sexton, Prahlad Friedman vs. Sammy Farha, and Phil Gordon vs. Hasan Habib.

Diamonds are up in the 2005 National Heads-Up Poker Championship, and Daniel Negreanu faces off against Jerry Buss. The remaining Diamonds matches include James Woods vs. Johnny Chan, Phil Ivey vs. David Sklansky, Howard Lederer vs. Antonio Esfandiari, Josh Arieh vs. Rene Angelil, Ted Forrest vs. "Miami" John Cernuto, Scott Fischman vs. Annie Duke, and Dennis Wager vs. Erik Seidel. The Hearts bracket includes Phil Hellmuth vs. Men Nguyen, David Pham vs. Huck Seed, Dewey Tomko vs. Paul Phillips, Greg Raymer vs. Kathy Liebert, David Williams vs. Carlos Mortensen, Bobby Baldwin vs. Evelyn Ng, David Grey vs. Jennifer Harman, and Lyle Berman vs. Freddy Deeb.

The Round of 32 in the 2002 National Heads-Up Poker Championship is here, and Daniel Negreanu and Antonio Esfandiari headline the Diamonds bracket that includes Josh Arieh vs. Ted Forrest, David Sklansky vs. Johnny Chan, and Scott Fischman vs. Dennis Wager. Phil Hellmuth takes on Paul Phillips to headline the Hearts bracket that also includes Lyle Berman vs. Jennifer Harman, Evelyn Ng vs. Carlos Mortensen, and Greg Raymer vs. Huck Seed., Paul Phillips vs. Phil Hellmuth. The other side of the bracket has Spades and Clubs. Spades includes Chris Moneymaker vs. Mimi Tran, Chris Ferguson vs. Gus Hansen, Mike Sexton vs. Erick Lindgren, and Sammy Farha vs. Hasan Habib. Clubs includes Barry Greenstein vs. Billy Baxter, John Juanda vs. Amir Vahedi, TJ Cloutier vs. Mike Caro, and John Hennigan vs. Henry Orenstein.

Everyone is now in the money as the Round of 16 begins in the 2005 National Heads-Up Poker Championship, and Antonio Esfandiari takes on Ted Forrest to headline the Diamonds bracket that also includes David Sklansky vs. Scott Fischman. Phil Hellmuth takes his seat at the feature table against Huck Seed as part of the Hearts bracket that also includes Lyle Berman vs. Carlos Mortensen. The Spades bracket sees Mimi Tran vs. Chris Ferguson and Mike Sexton vs. Hasan Habib, while the Clubs bracket has Barry Greenstein vs. John Juanda and TJ Cloutier vs. John Hennigan.

The Quarterfinals of the 2005 National Heads-Up Poker Championship is down to the final eight players, and they have each locked up $75,000. Phil Hellmuth takes on Lyle Berman to kick things off for the Hearts bracket, while Antonio Esfandiari battles Scott Fischman in the Diamonds bracket. The Spades bracket has Chris Ferguson facing off with Mike Sexton, while the Clubs bracket sees John Juanda and TJ Cloutier set for battle.

The 2005 National Heads-Up Poker Championship is down to the Semifinals with just four players remaining. Representing Hearts is Phil Hellmuth, and he is facing off with Antonio Esfandiari, who advanced from the Diamonds bracket. Representing Spades is Chris Ferguson, and he is taking on TJ Cloutier, who advanced from the Clubs bracket.

The 2005 National Heads-Up Poker Championship is down to the final two players. Phil Hellmuth represents Hearts and Diamonds, and he will face off with Chris Ferguson, who represents Spades and Clubs. Both players have locked up $250,000, but all eyes are on the $500,000 first-place prize and the National Heads-Up Poker Championship trophy and title of Champion.