NBC Finals...

Sorry I didn't get this posted in a timely manner but I've not been feeling well at all.

The final matches went pretty much as expected (by me anyway) Chris Ferguson defeated Phil Ivey when Ivey had 66 flopped an open ended straight draw and pushed all in and was called by Chris who showed 88. Ivey didn't fill his straight or set and was eliminated from the tournament sending Chris to the final table for the 3rd time in the 4 years the event has run.

Andy Bloch Eliminated Huck Seed when he pushed all in pre-flop with AQ, Huck makes the call and shows 99 the board comes 5626A and Bloch Advances to the finals.

The final match was pretty even right up until this hand:
Chris raised 25,000 preflop and Andy called the flop came Tc, 7s, 3s Chris bet 35,000 and Andy check raised to 105,000, Chris makes the call. The turn comes 7h, Andy bets 150,000 and Chris comes over the top all in. After thinking for several minutes and flipping a coin Andy makes the call and shows Ts, 4s...He has top pair and a flush draw. Chris shows Jc, Js and has a nice lead with only one card left to come. The river turns up 7c giving both players a full house, Chris's is bigger though and Andy has to settle for 2nd place and $250,000. Chris takes home $500,000 and the trophy after coming 2nd in 2 out of the previous 3 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championships...

Congratulations Chris...to quote Phil Hellmuth..."What took so long?"