The first round of the 2013 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship finished a few moments ago, with 32 players moving on to Round 2. One of the most interesting matches of Round 1 was the one between Viktor "Isildur1" Blom and Andrew Lichtenberger, who Daniel Negreanu predicted would win the tournament.
Blom, who plays his first NBC HU Chamionship, dominated the match and Lichtenberger almost d[...] Read more » 2013 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship: Viktor Blom Advances To Round 2
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yes my forvarite players have advanced, bloom,huckseed, brunson,greenststeinm, phile ivy,hennigen,dwan,elias, cantwaite till seethe other fights this will be epic
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blom vs the mouth that should be a real entertaining match one of the most talkative live players vs one of the least talkitive (atleast live) online players would be a good one to watch for sure. i think blom is gonna take the whole tournament down imo
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Blom usually doesn’t react very well when the chat gets part of the game, but online he’s got the possibility of ignoring it by not reading. Playing live doesn’t give him that kind of tool, the only way would be advising the referee of the abuses of the opponent in case he starts feeling upset. Will he use that?
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Good day everyone Hope i get these videos to watch ... it will entertaining and interesting !! Its down to 32 ... the players whom i thought will advance have all failed ... some biggies are mizrachi, haxton , grospellier , seidel , schulman , boeree and mercier !! hmmm its a tough game though ... hope the best one wins ... go helmuth
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Posted by pinku135: Good day everyone Hope i get these videos to watch ... it will entertaining and interesting !! Its down to 32 ... the players whom i thought will advance have all failed ... some biggies are mizrachi, haxton , grospellier , seidel , schulman , boeree and mercier !! hmmm its a tough game though ... hope the best one wins ... go helmuth
Good luck at the tables
ya helmuth needs this more then any of the other players lol has he won anything big lately?
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Yeah, would love to be able to watch this on-line or the tube. If anyone knows that this can be done please post a thread with the title being so it's not overlooked. Would like to watch the mouth go up against blom to see how this plays out!
------------ Another comment is, I think it would be great to see the old man take it down. He's still it I see. Go Doyle Brunson! I mean who wouldn't enjoy that?
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Taking note of the action and speaking to some of the game's finest throughout the day was Tobias 'Samagain' Block. One of the most interesting pieces of information to emerge from interviews was the Mike Matusow is "disappointed" that Full Tilt haven't resigned him as a sponsored pro. The action at the felt continues when half the field will make it through to Saturday's final session.
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bloom is gonna be one of the best players in the world one day, is he can get up in time for games, i dont realy know how one can not get up in time for nbc heads up, but still i think he is one of the best if not the best player in the world
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The NBC Heads-Up Championship is down to the quarter finals Phil Hellmuth defeated David Sands to meet Eugene Katchalov in the Hearts semi final tonight. Elsewhere John Hennigan defeated Phil Ivey to meet Mike Matusow in the Spades semi final. The Mouth beat Barry Greenstein to get there. • Daniel Cates vs. Scott Seiver • Mike Matusow vs. John Hennigan • Eugene Katchalov vs. Phil Hellmuth • Brian Hastings vs. Joe Serock
Posted by pinku135: Good day everyone Hope i get these videos to watch ... it will entertaining and interesting !! Its down to 32 ... the players whom i thought will advance have all failed ... some biggies are mizrachi, haxton , grospellier , seidel , schulman , boeree and mercier !! hmmm its a tough game though ... hope the best one wins ... go helmuth
Good luck at the tables
ya helmuth needs this more then any of the other players lol has he won anything big lately?
I think he got another bracelet last year, WSOP Europe main event if my memory is right. Was maybe his biggest cash too, not sure though He's a great heads up player, but I think Cates or Katchalov will win this!
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He is a God given Heads up player.. Woudnt wanna draw him in a Heads up championship
------------ Mike the Mouth freaking took it... Against his old pal Phil Hellmuth... Kinda weird that these to ended up in the final as they had predicted
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This was Blom's first NBC HU Championship, but he's perfectly aware of all the specifications of the game, although he's more used to deal with it online. Now the problems should be increased, as everyone tends to get more confident while they pass a level, everyone already defeated a great player...
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Sincerly ,i don-t like to much this guy,Isildur,that hand-'In the final hand, Blom (JHeart10Heart) and Lichtenberger (9Heart9Club) were all-in preflop, and the board ran out KSpade8DiamondJClub4Diamond2Heart to give Blom a pair of jacks and the win'-' he's playing not seams to me an all-in hand.Maybe that's why i am playing for penny and Isildur play for milions,lol!
He's a great heads up player, but I think Cates or Katchalov will win this!
