2009 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship

$20,000 Heads-up Championship
Day: 2
Event Info

2009 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k7
Prize
$500,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$20,000
Entries
64

Erick Outlasts Eli; Advances to the Round of 16

Eli Elezra
Eli Elezra
Erick Lindgren has just defeated heads-up opponent Eli Elezra, locking up his first ever NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship money finish.

On a board showing {A-Spades} {2-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts}, Erick led out with a bet, Eli raised all in and Erick made the call:

Lindgren: {Q-?} {5-?}
Elezra: {Q-?} {2-?}

Lindgren claimed the pot and the match with two pair, queens and fives, and he'll play the winner of the David Williams v. Scott Fischman match in the Round of 16.

"That was the only hand I could beat," said Lindgren after the match. "I knew the queen hit him. It was the only hand I could beat and he had it."

Erick and Eli have met twice in the history of the NBC Heads-Up Championships (once this year and once last year in the Round of 64) and Erick has won both meetings.

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