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

The Champ is Down for the Count

Peter Eastgate - eliminated
Peter Eastgate - eliminated
2008 WSOP Main Event champion Peter Eastgate drew Sam Farha for his second round match. Farha, dressed in a red jacket, got the best of the Champ. Rocking the short stack, Eastgate shoved from the button with {J-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds}. Farha quickly called with {K-Spades} {9-Spades}. He stayed in the late by making a pair of nines on a flop of {9-?} {6-?} {Q-?}. The turn {8-?} was the perfect sweat card; it gave Eastgate an up-and-down straight draw to go along with his outs to a pair of jacks. Farha never broke a sweat, smiling the whole time, as the dealer burned and turned another {Q-?} for the river card.

Eastgate is therefore eliminated in the Second Round; Farha will return later in the evening for his Third Round match.

Tags: Peter EastgateSam Farha