Classic Hands

This Could Be It

At the final match up, players would get the best out of three, but until then players in the 2009 National Heads Up Championship from NBC were playing a pass or fail kind of game. If they lost this match, they did not advance, and during the Clubs Bracket on the first episode, with a featured table of Chris Moneymaker and Daniel Negreanu.

Close, but no

Poker is not a game that lends itself well to truth telling. In fact, most players who would never tell a like in real life find no compunction against fibbing when it comes to their cards, and it is all considered just part of the game. As such, the end of this hand during the 2009 National Heads Up Championship Clubs Bracket was no surprise.

It was That or Nothing

There were always interesting hands going on at the 2009 National Heads Up Championship from NBC, even if it wasn’t taking place at the featured table. In the Clubs Bracket on the first episode, with a featured table of Chris Moneymaker and Daniel Negreanu, some of the more interesting hands took place at the table behind them, with Dario Minieri and Mike Matusow.

Danny Boy Bets with Nothing

When the players sat down to play at the 2009 National Heads Up Championship from NBC, they all knew each other. Even if none of the Clubs Bracket players on the first episode had actually met (and you can bet they had) they were all familiar with each other’s playing styles, which would make the match ups interesting.

Ivey Moves On

During the 2009 National Heads Up Championship from NBC Clubs Bracket on the first episode, with a featured table of Chris Moneymaker and Daniel Negreanu, favorite Phil Ivey was facing a tricky spot against celebrity turned poker pro Jennifer Tilley.

National Heads Up Championship - Featured Heads Up

The fifth year for the event, the 2009 National Heads Up Championship kicked off with episode 1, the clubs bracket. A ton of players started out, sixty four to be exact, but it would all come down to two players and one winner in the end.

National Heads Up Championship - I’ve Never Seen you Wrong

It was the 2009 National Heads Up Championship episode 1, the clubs bracket, and the action followed the featured table, with Chris Moneymaker and Daniel Negreanu playing.

National Heads Up Championship - You’re Good

During the 2009 National Heads Up Championship episode 1, the clubs bracket, two players sat at the featured table and sized each other up – Daniel Negreanu and Chris Moneymaker. Three hands in and it wasn’t yet clear who would lead the charge to the finish line in this match up.

National Heads Up Championship - He Bluffs Alot

At the 2009 National Heads Up Championship episode 1, the clubs bracket, the featured table held Dnile Negreanu and Chris Moneymaker. Before the other players got started Daniel spoke over to another table, with Mike “the Mouth” Matusow and Dario Minieri, sometimes known as “the diminutive one” or “super Dario”. “That kid bluffs a lot, Mike!” he said, claiming that Dario can’t help but bluff.

2009 National Heads Up Championship - Part of the Strategy

When the list of who was playing who in the 2009 National Heads Up Championship episode 1, the clubs bracket was made public, you can bet that the players started to study their opponents right away, weeks in advance. In this episode the featured table had Daniel Negreanu and Chris Moneymaker, both of whom spoke separately with commentator Ali Nejad about their strategies.