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Chris "Jesus" Ferguson Captures Elusive Heads-Up TitleMon, Mar 3rd, 2008 @ 12:00am After three days of play at the 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship from Caesars Palace, it was Chris "Jesus" Ferguson who would emerge victorious to grab the NHCP title and the $500,000 prize. Ferguson came back to defeat Andy Bloch at the final table. After dropping the first match in a best of three series, Ferguson would take the final two in dramatic fashion to grab his first NHPC title in three final table appearances. Ferguson was runner-up in 2005 and 2006, the first two years of the NHPC. Bloch would overcome an early deficit to take the first match of the series. Holding 9-10 after an A-9-9 flop, Bloch would get action and eventually break Jesus, who tabled big slick. The second match belonged to the man in the trench coat. Jesus picked up JJ to take a big lead, then evened up the match when his QQ improved to quads. In the final battle, Jesus would slowly chip up before the big hand hit. With 10-3-7-7 on the board, Jesus reraised Bloch with his whole stack. After pressure from all those in attendence, Bloch decided he would come out of his tank with the help of a coin flip. It was heads, which meant a call. Bloch tabled 10-4 , for a pair and a flush draw. He trailed the black jacks of Jesus. The river fell the 7c and it was over. Ferguson knocked out both Jonathan Little and Phil Ivey to reach the final table. Bloch got there by bouncing 1988 Cy Young winner Orel Hershiser in the quarterfinals and Huck Seed in the semis. Here are the complete payouts: Champion -- $500,000 -- Chris Ferguson Runner-up -- $250,000 -- Andy Bloch 3rd & 4th -- $125,000 -- Huck Seed & Phil Ivey 5th - 8th -- $75,000 -- Orel Hershiser, David Benyamine, Jonathan Little and Gus hansen 9th - 16th -- $25,000 -- Scott Fischman, Freddy Deeb, Mike Mizrachi, Doyle Brunson, JC Tran, Phil Laak, Mike Matusow and Greg Raymer For complete live coverage, check out our blogs:
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HHPT Co-Sponsors Bayou Poker Challenge Ladies Event Dec. 20 The HighHeelsPokerTour (HHPT), the first all women's poker tour launched on the East coast, will wrap up their 2009 schedule at Harrah's New Orleans on December 20th where they will co-sponsor the Ladies Event #14 no-limit Hold'em at 12 pm.
OPPAGA Reports on Florida's Online Poker Options Given that UIGEA permits individual states to regulate online poker, the Florida Legislature's Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) published a report this week presenting three options available to Florida State lawmakers in order to protect consumers from unlawful internet poker: regulate it, prohibit it, or carry on with the status quo pending federal legislation.
BC Poker Champion Arrested, Charged with Manslaughter Just two days after taking down the BC Poker Championships Main Event, Sophon Sek of Cloverdale, BC, was arrested in connection with one of the most storied crimes in the Province's history.
Local Businessman Bags European Poker Tour Vilamoura Bling The European Poker Tour rolled into the Casino Vilamoura last week, instantly generating the richest poker prize pool in the nation of Portugal's history.
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WSOP Main Event Champ Joe Cada to Appear on Letterman The poker world will receive some late night attention tonight as "The Kid" Joe Cada, the youngest champion in the four decade history of the World Series of Poker Main Event, takes a seat next to embattled talk show host David Letterman.
First Korean Champ of Asia Pacific Poker Tour Crowned in Cebu Another stop on the Asia Pacific Poker Tour is in the books, this time it's the APPT Cebu in the Philippines, and for the very first time a Korean player has come out on top.
Pollack Done as Commish of World Series of Poker Just three days after crowning Joe Cada as the 2009 Main Event champion, officially closing the special 40th anniversary run of the World Series of Poker, Jeffrey Pollack has resigned his post as Commissioner of the WSOP.
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