Opening Round of National Heads-Up Poker Championship

Over the weekend, action from the 2011 National Heads-Up Poker Championship carried on Sunday. The pairings from the opening round in the Spades, Clubs, and Diamonds brackets and the field was chopped from 64 players to 32.

The Spades bracket included a feature table match-up between Jennifer Tilly and DoylesRoom front man Doyle Brunson. Tilly’s boyfriend, Phil Laak, was railing her. Both Jaka and Katchalov were making their National Heads-Up Poker Championship debuts. Ultimate Bet Poker Bonus is one of the largest bonus amounts currently available online.

Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi and Erick Lindgren fell by the wayside in the Spades bracket. Also exiting was UB.com pro Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin. The best thing for you to do when it comes to reviewing an online poker website is find an expert that you can trust and take their advice. Try to read Ultimate Bet Poker Review.

Carlos Mortensen, the World Poker Tour’s all-time money leader, hit the river hard drew out on the final card three times, the third of which cost Sam Trickett his tournament life. Mortensen clamoring for a nine or ace on the river to make a straight and, sure enough, a bullet ended Trickett’s National Heads-Up Poker Championship run. John Racener was the second-to-last elimination of the bracket Just like that, the first hour of the broadcast was complete.