2013 National Heads-Up Poker Championship Episode 11

They were 64 of the best

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-up one more time we'll play

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-up one more time and when I win I'll get three quarters of a million dollars 750,000 in cash welcome back to the

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presented by wsop.com 64 players started this event and this elite field has been narrowed down to two times for the best of three finals in a corner 13 time bracelet winner and champion of the 2005 NBC heads-up phil hellmuth and the other corner one of phil's old friends three time bracelet winner mike la boca madison come here michael oh that really hurts easy bro we said we were friends oh my god im all bruised here, that was the game and then he said to hurt you first, Mike, before we start things from the beginning, you have said this is your tournament, now is the time to prove it, what do you need to do to win?

I need you to know that I just play well, I believe in God, I believe it's my time and I just go out there and play like I know I can play and I hope the cards run to me, Phil, we're coming to you, it's clear that the face to face face has Become a strength, how will you be able to achieve this today? I'll have to sit back and see what Mike means. The final table said anyone you know, Madison's mouth is a heart of gold, what does it mean for poker that you were playing Mike on this big stage?

Wow, you know we were talking about that, you know, keep everyone saying, oh, you guys can. I don't keep up with the little kids in the young kid world and to hear that Phil and I are sitting face to face for the title, I think it means not only a lot to Phil and I in the poker world, but it means that It just means a lot to push. I can't think of any bigger stage than poker in the United States and being here with Phil and I is exciting, they're the type of players that people know, so I think it will be an entertaining final talking about personalities. it's the mouth versus the breath okay let's put the cards in the air hello everyone matt vasquez along with ali nujad there were 64 players who started the field and many

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combinations are enough to say this is one of the helmets more attractive than they look. to make history as the first two-time champion and Madison looks to prove to everyone, including himself, that he can still do this.

Remember what clubber Lang said to Rocky. He said pain. Prepare for some pain. Philly Boy. The pain is coming. It could be the loudest final. two the pain is coming in someone's direction you know what you take first phil takes first place ah so fox has lifted all the buttons and you guys still played three and a half hours that's hard can you believe that's almost impossible that's what what was I thinking? It was like impossible. I just want to win the first game. Do you tell yourself that you know you have to win three but do you dare?

Did you say God no? You have to win two, right, if there are two, but you want to win that first one. one is like a set in tennis you don't want to be a step behind right it's like a set in tennis this is like the season finale of in treatment queen two for Philadelphia I put a raise my calls with queen 10. clearly better of the two places heading to the flop on our first flop ace four five wheels tie for hellmuth check check to a four of clubs on the turn pair on the board mike checks phil bets 20,000. and mike folds his hand, tell him you're choosing not to stab the content of the flop to trigger the turn and defeat it well the biggest showdown of the event deserves the largest starting stacks eight hundred thousand for each player and for each match the stacks reset the blinds at five and ten thousand giving each player eighty Hellmuth and Madison big blinds, both very prolific No Limit Hold'em players, which explains their success here.

The small tokens are gone. 1k, 5k and 25k up for grabs. Two friends fighting for a title in a best-of-three championship match despite being familiar enemies that Phil has made. adjustments to his game that Mike hasn't seen yet Mike, on the other hand, has so many facets to him that Phil will have to sit down and figure out which one showed up today when I lost that flip. I was like, you really know I was. like it's really okay, eight seven for Mike, raises to twenty thousand king queen for Phil and calls check, check flop is six layups deuce, a pair of heart shells, check dark here, so Mike bets 20,000 and Phil makes He calls now.

Also, that's just king queen on top of a board that the hull is not connected to at all, even on the turn where we see both players check, check, nine of hearts, fill checks. Madison bet, I let you bless me? Mike, I guess so, and Phil retires, actually. Madison bluffed him, oh you know, I don't bluff, buddy, it's going to be one of those days where I almost call you king high again. It didn't go very well calling you, let me tell you something if you are You're going to call me with King High tonight You're not going to be here for long Try not to make that a habit I don't know Maybe you had King Jack and you had a dream I want I mean, it might have been good that time but don't make it a habit, Farmer Mike plants the seeds eight six for Phil, go up to twenty thousand, let me see my cards, man, you're such a fast ball to get to that 20.

Wait wait. with king queen mike calls the flop and comes up 10-9-8 a pair and a straight draw for phil two overs and a straight draw for mike it's a pretty good flop for my last hand mike called the 20,000 that phil bet later that Mike checked and on the turn, Phil makes a straight with the seven of spades, but he is not going to bet after he is checked because he has the bad ending on the river, pair of tens on the board and after a second check of Mike with four to a ladder on board 38,000.

Helmets can be comfortable, so I'll let you fool me with this hand. Phil Madison doesn't have a jot, you know? I do not belong. I have the same hand that you just folded. really identical except they're not diamonds, Phil probably sinks into the puddle in what started out as a fairly close match, both competitors had to fight in the toughest field ever assembled in this event, five consecutive wins brought them to this point, a place in the championship, a title in the line and 750 thousand dollars in the first prize. Oh, and don't forget a lifetime of bragging rights.

Phil Hellmuth has talked throughout this tournament about how his heads-up play has changed everything he has done, he has run live reads decisions based on math cards. They're falling in the right places, but this could be the biggest test of him against Mike Madison, someone who knows him so well in his game that I tried to track down Phil before this teacher got a little information and pulled an act of total disappearance. the area that was preparing for the game couldn't get any information, Mike Matassa, on the other hand, totally jovial hanging out backstage and very focused, what he tells me is that he doesn't want to let Hellmuth play small ball and It won't be the first. person in this tournament to do it so far has not been successful the difference is that madison wants to execute that by making three big pre-flop bets and not allowing this first match to get to the deep stages you mentioned the format of this championship best of three format , meaning no big hand or bad pace can decide the outcome given the longer duration, although who do you give the advantage at the long duration, I'll pick Phil Hellmuth, however, if Madison can successfully execute and hold these short matches, look To make him your champion up to this point, I haven't seen Madison execute that game plan, but we're still in the early stages and he seems to be enjoying his king two, because Mike will raise to 25,000.

Hellmuth Mucks . the nine two of him and enters the stands, what is he doing? Well give me a hug look at all my beautiful money sitting there nine two it's an excuse to hug the wife no more of this say hello Mike's beautiful money I think some of it is yours well 300,000 will go to the runner up some fantastic 750k for your champion, Phil had the same suit, jack five, raise to 25,000. Here the bag tends to Mike, where is it? He will raise again to 75,000. This is the first pre-Bet on the 3rd flop: We've seen this match and Phil folds, not everyone would fold there, it's tight stuffing.

Well, as we mentioned, the path to the championship wasn't gift-wrapped for Madison or Helmuth, a pair of microphones started it in the round. one, yes, that was the test, your friendship in the second round was the best on the web. Phil had a particularly difficult match with Doc Sands in the round of 16 and in the Madison semi-final against Scott Sieber, some coin tosses landed face up and put him in the finals. adversity forges your character I'm going to go buy you a nice pair of sunglasses with that money I'm going to win I think it doesn't matter I think you can afford some sunglasses whether you finish first or second a lot of money, since I don't I think yes, shamrock jacket for Phil.

I have to raise a minimum of 20 thousand. Phil raises to 20,000. I don't even want it in the race. King Queen for Mike. He calls and the ace on the flop is 910 straight draws for both, Madison's open end. Phil checks 15,000. Less than half the pot as a continuation bet makes it easy for Mike to call five of diamonds Madison checks Phil checks and the river seven of hearts and Phil makes a straight mike still with only king tall the nut is unmatched, but look at the texture of the table, well, that's what made me bluff again. Many hands that will have king and queen beat, making it easy for Mike to fold back to that 35,000 bed.

You wonder whether or not Phil missed the Of course, if he shoots at the end, that's what I have curious to see. Do you have the lantern gear on? Mike has the mime gear on apparently ace two for Mike Jack 7 for the movie a slight downgrade from the previous pot is seven queen of two both players. make a pair after helmuth checked, mike bets 10,000 phil raises and mike calls wow i thought you were a cold bluff, yeah phil's raises because of the texture of the board and now mike has tripped deuces on the turn, hellmuth passes wisely because mike paid. the flop passes the raise, but you're not going anywhere with the jack seven, you can't just auto muck and the seven of clubs in the river means both players make a full house with a bigger ship.

Hellmuth's check, dark and madison's check behind, that's amazing. It's knowing your opponent, I play so well that I can only pass and that's humility. Good call, Phil, what do you think he had? I thought you were weak on the flop. I didn't know you had a two out of three, yeah, yeah, yeah. "You're just an idiot and you got lucky again, and then you passed it in the river and I passed the full house right behind you because I'm smart and you're dumb. It bothered me that I passed well. I don't blame you." I'm smart, you're dumb, there's a reason for that, I know you are, but what am I?

Phil raises to 20,000 with a6 and Mike doubles his hand. I'm smart, you're dumb and scared and I'm not you. I know why because you have to wear those stupid sunglasses or you take them off but you're scared welcome to fifth grade orientation a good check in the river makes your mouth gurgle one supposes it was only a matter of time back to Caesar's palace in las vegas in a time of recess, the

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championship of heads-up poker presented by worldseries of poker.com is presented by caesar's palace las vegas a routinely spectacular experience the

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national championship of heads-up poker is presented by wsop. com well, this helmuth Madison final has created a lot of buzz in the poker community.

Olivier Bousquet chimed in with a bit of sarcasm and Justin Bottomo, who was eliminated in the round of 32, lamented the lack of youth in the final. The average age of the field was about 35 years. well, if you're not going to have fun, I'm just going to focus, I want to have fun, you want to play, have fun, Mike, but I'm going to play that game, we're going to play that game, the blinds are up to eight and 16,000 here. I'm going to raise to 32,000. jack nine for mike and raise to 32,000. king 8 suited for phil, calls and the flop eight two ace middle pair for helmet phil has checked 27,000. madison firing the continuation bet doesn't go nowhere with middle pair, but notice how he's not check-raising.

This table check-in situation is a little different with the ace out there and a pair of diamonds and a pair of nines now for Mike 76. He bet 76,000. What? great card to kill so now he made the best hand after having air on the flop oh phil calls maybe he gets it maybe bill obviously didn't give mike credit for anything on the flop check the queen of hearts from the river fill checks mike checks yeah, and mike madison takes the pot, he's standing, he lost the pot, the world comes new and then keep it, phil lost a pot, it's okay, phil, it's going to explode, it's okay, it's okay, philly, boy, it's okay, it's okay, even the big ones, even the big ones. those who lose a pot from time to time phil even the big ones lose one i know because i lost pots too always humble damn i'm going to bluff every flop that's so sick it reminds me of europe i don't know i haven't been to europe in a while time, Hellmuth, referencing his 2012 WSOP Europe Main Event victory against a Russian opponentwho was constantly betting flops with air and would get there on the river turn somehow 86 to the power of 86.

Mike puts in a re-Raise and Phil folds the ace, five full, incredible, an ace and poles, that's something I don't You see it every day in heads-up poker. I think I had you pretty close to a tie. Well, that's how I play poker, they won 15 pots. two and don't even worry, he'll be back to bragging in a minute. Mike is having fun and Phil is all about business, but if the heads-up story is any indication, Phil will have fun if he can get a second title. Picking my favorite moment of the tournament is easy, I mean, I want it.

Phil Hellman wins the national heads-up poker championship. I remember buying it. the crowd, you know, 20 bottles of dom perignon and served with chris ferguson. I think I've been blessed to be able to have this kind of second career and to win a second NBC head-to-head championship eight years after the first would be great. a recession now I'm not sure the sun is going to flow the same way but let's get our champagne glasses ready anyway okay the sunglasses are off yeah look now we can have a conversation how do you Come on, Phil? How's the open face between me? you're trying to lean me I heard I heard nothing was good it was good although it was good I like that I didn't play I didn't hit you a little nine there you're down to six you're under 500 I wouldn't have bet the time maybe maybe not madison referencing the Chinese poker with open face some guys don't fold 10 eye on the butt it's hard to do anything for many poker players in our field have been enjoying during their free time some more than others.

I'm not a big fan of fantasy, it's a gambling game, yeah, I've lost a lot of fantasy land in particular, I mean there's only one There's a lot of betting on pocket six is ​​for Mike here, where they're in a race to 32,000. and queens for phil 32,000 rays 60. 60 more phil raises to 92. first pre-flop three bet we've seen so far Mike makes the call, it's a big pot preflop 184,000 in the middle, problems Madison and a big flop for Mike, a set of sixes has Hellmuth in trouble, especially since he has top pair on the board. It makes it that much harder to get away from his hand. he faces a set.

This is a disaster for two queens. Helmuth bets 90,000 on a tough board for a set with straight and flush draws, but Madison is going to take her chances and go for it. to build this boat oh, how do you like his chances now that she's got him locked down? Phil Hellmuth is tied with two queens 364 in the middle. Phil bets 250,000. That's a monster bet. Mike is doing backflips indoors. Phil has no idea. Mike calls in the dire situation he finds himself in, but he knows that Madison has no club draw if she is going to make this call on the turn.

Here he puts Mike all in. Mike makes a quick call and takes a huge plate like a fiddle. that he is almost a hundred thousand of the 1.6 million at stake in that pot, a huge double for Mike Madison, I'm not sure what Hellmuth was thinking with that all-in on the river, nothing you could do, but Mike is providing plenty of insults to go with it. the injury would you say mike said I don't think there's anything you can do nothing I could do you could have gotten out of this in the river you said uh I thought you said you played me like a fiddle you could have gotten out of in the river can't come to the club I mean, I knew when they called me a quarter of a million when I got that nod the first big pot of the championship ends up in Mike Madison's pile sweet music for the fiddler with a mouth welcome back to Caesars Palace Las Vegas for the championship final National heads-up poker Mike Madison and Phil Hellmuth, the two competitors started from an initial field of 64.

Mouth on the verge of winning the first match in this best of three. Posh little Mike yells that he'll play with me. like a fiddle when I have two queens I got you to put it all in I think it's playing your lego we're always putting it all in what do you want me to do I think he could I think you bend the river yeah I guess maybe you're right yeah I'll never put that in in a pub. Drum Mullin Ace 8 Mike tries to put Phil on everything and end this right now. You don't believe.

You don't think about an hour. You're going to feel full and you're going to have kings and you're going to have nines. You're not going to give me everything. Hmm, maybe you can't double sixes, how are you going to double nines? I paid because I had six from the other day and I failed in a set with them, I know there's always a reason, hey, I'm just destined to win, that's my reason you can't beat destiny, Mr. Hellmuth, where does it come from? that accent? I played with a lot of guys who said they were destined. to win listen, you have had to come out of the first one this year well, the second one doesn't hurt once in a while, especially when it's for your good friend Mike, well, if you keep flopping sets with my top pairs, it won't last long.

Mike Madiso is about to change his poker career. He's done it with a very good friend in his corner to be there. No? We are really best friends. He's the only one in the field that I'm really good friends with. when we tied in the first round it was so depressing, it's like, oh great, we tied in the first round, one of us is going to have to sit out Mikey Mikey Mikey, I cooled it right away, so sick, hey. Mike Madison is moving forward, he supports me, I support him, we support each other, I said well, I'm going to have to go very far and he said, "You better, you know, here we are.

I can remember a time when Mike Madison would have described to Phil." Hellmuth as that person and I don't want to say that they aren't still friends, but the relationship seems to have evolved at this very moment. I'm not sure I use the word friends. Yes, there is 450,000 in cash prizes difference between the first. and secondly, these guys are in each other's sights, no doubt, no suited calls, king queen for philly, and mike tries to put it all on phil, pays ten eights of clubs for mike madison, king of diamonds for phil hellmuth, i'm a little surprised madison would choose to go all in after hellmuth limped with the stack helmuth has, there's almost no chance he'd want to play a flop, it had to feel like a trap, oh and a big flop , since Phil flops a straight, how much do you have? there a pair of tens for Mike could come up ten eight here it's the turn no player with a flush draw turns a queen of hearts or a king of hearts i 94 maybe four hell can't lose the pot madison can cut with a king to the pink ending the river is the seven of hearts and phil has doubled up yeah i got careless the bad news for hellmuth is that the blinds just went up to 10 and 20,000 which means he's still hovering around that 10 big blind level , not really Give him any play, I have carrots, you'll still need to be all-in if he's playing a pot full of ways to call, Mike still has a chip advantage of about 7-1 and, as Ali mentions, the blinds are up to 10 and 20 thousand here, king nine. of diamonds for mike looks like it will be enough to raise to 50,000. and that is strange given that phil hellmuth stack madison knows that he is not just going to pay 50,000 if he is going to play this pot, he is going to go all in and with pocket threes , that's exactly what he does now, you're stuck with king nine suited and can't imagine your hand being favored against Hellmuth's range.

It's rarely like that and you have to get another 138 in there, you're behind Mike. but you're destined, I'm destined, Mike does Madison and this is essentially a coin toss, it could have been a lot worse for Mike, he's actually a favorite right now, I don't think you're destined, let's take a look and the flop three. right in the window there's a big flop harrow king's for mike but a set of layups for phil here's the turn mike is way back now it's the six he made now the one who finishes the hand a six of clubs on the turn and that means that phil hellmuth has doubled up in consecutive hands and this is where mike with the mouth needs to keep his composure, it's not just about buy-ins and payouts anymore, he's going to have to play a little more poker.

Well, the first duplication may have been easy to ignore in the second. one came out of the mouth thinking of himself one more doubling and this match is back even for phil hellmuth working his short stack it's only phil hellmuth can from six big blinds get back into contention here in match one of this best of three championship Just seeing your hand, I don't blame you, I mean, you know you knew I had you, but what is that? What is the king nine? Of course you had me. I thought I was just hoping I wasn't in horrible shape.

Yes, 10-9 for Mike. he calls to be fair mike the mouth is a guy who 30 plus considers himself the short stack specialist i glimpse on the button phil raises the count with king the queen raises to 50,000. mike makes the call and i call here's the flop the flop is queen 6 '5 a pair of queens for phil 40. Will bet 40,000. Again, with a bet of less than half the pot size on the flop, good enough for 10-9 suited on That board, Phil takes another boat, so the pendulum has swung closer to Phil's corner. How will Mike react? We see a lot of fragile emotion in Mike when he's on the felt.

Does he have the determination? Does he have the tenacity? Will he be able to recover? Get the momentum in the corner of him again. It's going to be hard for Mike to regain momentum if Hellmuth is going to take hands like this and you know, in these mouth games it's almost like I have two opponents, Hellmuth and himself, my calls and the flop and both players make a king pair. 10. 6. This is where you see players lose a lot of chips, you fail at middle pair, your opponents got top pair, it's hard to escape 46,000. Mike is marked, Phil's bet is 46,000.

Alright , Madison goes on a run for 150, but Helmuth moves all in quickly and Madison folds maybe I got too excited there Emma not only moved quickly he moved demonstratively he jumped all in I think we can file that under tell me like the descriptive term jump dahlin phil has had a lot of success in the world of poker, of course, but despite all that success, he remains as motivated as ever trying to solidify his status as one of the game's greats. I've been blessed with a pretty good career. 13 World Series of Poker and NBC bracelets. heads-up championship five hall of fame bracelets 40 or 50 tournaments and I think I could have won more, you would think that someone with everything I have achieved would be happy with what they have achieved, but you are not because you have a bad one . tournament and that's all you think about, you don't think about all the things you've done or you've become an eagle maniac and no one will ever talk to you, you're just always motivated to try to play the best you can the next day at the moment next next event do you think that fox shawl is still somewhere in Hellmuth's closet yes by the way we could have found less flattering photos I don't think so you limped in with an ace I checked with behind you king queen, how do you like it?

We didn't do much of that against the kids. We made ace seven for phil. 45 raises to 45,000 nines for Mike and Hellmuth opened. He's breathing easy once again in this 105 match. Wow, you're raising to 105,000. This is going to end with real face up phil folds every time I've called, I had an ace and every time you reraised me like I had nothing, you can't read me, so I guess I can't raise my eyes, I can't play very well, I give you 150 000 on the king board 10 6, I mean, I waited every time he still erased me, okay, then I'll start going up weakly each button. or I'll delete it, sweetheart, come back, phil, it's my fault, I got stupid, I should never have done that with the ten eight, I mean, I'm not far behind, but it's still a mistake to double that a7 face up on the last boat. phil is going to tempt mike to make three more bets liberally advancing the match mataso with queen eight raises to 40 thousand king jack for phil and calls hellmuth crawling back on this one the flop is 5'6 trey check check on turn seven of clubs direct draw for both mike with the highest draw 52,000. phil that's 52,000. well we haven't seen this hellmuth side in this match, he has enough chips to play, he knows he has a good table image and momentum in his corner and he's taking a shot oh my call phil didn't want to see the river pair layups on the board phil checks and he did it so fast now a lot of times phil does that when he's ready to call 55,000. but that doesn't Looks like not He's stopping Mike from trying to bluff this boat on the river and it's such a small bed that he feels like he wants a call.

Phil Folds, yeah, that time you let me bluff and Mike shows him that he almost called you that time you dumped me. bluff, Philly boy, I almost called you the promise, I couldn't beat ac, I tried to fool you once and I'm one for one, that's good, there's good odds when you're one for one, that's good, good game, man, good game. Well, that pot seems to have turned off Mike's mute button. God, he needed to make that call. He wasn't too sure that he knew that. Thanks for showing it to me. I have to prove it to you.

I only cheat on you from time to time. I have to show you. no, I need that, I need that, I will need that information to beat you in this match, nothingwill help phil jack five for phil, he calls, well we'll see Mike so far, you broke queens and gave me your chips twice without Why did I give you my chips? Mike checked his option and flopped the max flush draw. The middle pair was met. I have a sword. I have a pair. I have a sword. I got a ladder draw. Damn, I have everything. I received a call.

It may not be any. well, even though philbit 20,000 mike calls it turns out to be a six of hearts check 50. quick check for mike phil bets 50,000 and that's not the easiest table to bet on the turn with jack five since you've been called heavily on the flop texture and madison pairs his ace on the river jacks aces fold and mataso takes the pot phil's gets up from his chair easy play maybe i wouldn't have called him every time he's so sick hey what do you want me to do max flush draw and a pear flush draw on the flop, you want me to just fold, how about the turn?

Mike, I had a couple of vase projects and a maximum color project, you know how hard that is to get. We have heard a lot. about the new fill, but everything we've seen in the last 10 minutes suggests that old phil is alive and well, at least caesar's palace is currently hosting one of the most unique and eccentric shows on the strip, welcome, the show critically acclaimed variety exhibits wild characteristics. and extravagant acts and a theater presentation in the round nothing is forbidden pizza strength balance danger and flexibility are performed just a few meters from the audience stay at caesars entertain yourself like caesars there is no show in las vegas like absence we return to The room Caesars Palace Las Vegas poker game I'm going to limp in with the King Queen and you're going to send in with the King.

I won't do that again. I even know you do that, but I can't believe I fell. that's why so stupid lines up to 15 and 30 thousand here and mike mataso's single 15-1 chip advantage is now a three to one advantage but with the big jump in the blinds hellmuth has 379,000 and is still just shy 13 big blinds suited 9-7 for Mike, he says it's a tough stack size for Phil, he doesn't have a huge amount of wiggle room to take flops and maneuver, but it's a little more than he might want offer before the flop with the players. and Mike retires, I have Leah, I have a king, but sometimes you're going to tell me what you have.

I mean, yeah, I would have told you, so I said, Would you do 9 10? I'm surprised you folded because I know I had aces. I did it, I did it, I liked to limp or raise many times in a row, I don't know what I didn't feel comfortable, I might as well play all the hands, sick of mine, and it's very suitable for the layup of nine for Phil, he raises all inductors for Mike and he puts on Phil, this is all amazing, no, it's nine proper layups, okay, I know it's coming, I guess and Phil doubles, uh, he had the ducks, the ducks, Phil, he had the ducks.

Me four times now, when is it my turn? I'm supposed to remove that. I'm trying to starve the short stack. You want to feed her. Scott Siever. 60 thousand phil also with an ace ace trey and moves all on a quick call from mike and phil hellmuth is in danger of going down 1-0 in this match moves to the next ace jack of diamonds for mike madison that's the fifth time I had an ace and he had a higher ace. The fifth time it happens, oh, I might get one of these once, although at that point you might not like having your head in your hand and the good news is there's another match left if you don't.

There's another match left if he doesn't, I'm ready to go straight to that too, we don't need time and the flop ten trey trey is tripped for phil wow, but two diamonds on the board gives madison the maximum flush box the turns in ten of clubs they match tens on the board and give Phil a full house and that's the kind of card he wanted to see, he knows he can't lose this pot anymore. Here is the river. Madison can cut with a 10 at the end, although it's the six instead. of spades and phil hellmuth is bent that face says it all it's time to check his insides for mikey very bad rhythm can you get him off the brat refuses to leave in match one of this best of three championship the national championship ring heads-up poker 2013 courtesy of johnparadisojewery.com Back inside the poker room, Phil Hellmuth, fresh off another double, and on the way back to the house, you see me run over, but I'm telling you that, Phil, you're driving me crazy .

I'm not managing your room. I'm just running, I'm just running, I was trying to get the boxing gloves off, man, I know, I mean, I know I don't care about you playing, but I mean, I didn't mean to, I know that layup of five for Phil 65. and He raises to 65,000 jacks for Mike All In and puts Phil All In, which will bring the curtain down on this pot. Here comes Hollywood. I don't know if I can retire. He's trying to give me the message. "I've been raised six times already. We've only played. How many hands have we played?

Phil feigning interest. It's crazy to be fair. Matt. This is part of the game. You don't want to fold there and make your opponent think you." you're raising the light on the button with any two he always thinks I raise it again without anything it's crazy it doesn't make sense I should have raised you a hundred more I wanted you to call Grinder your guys your guys raised I six times and I doubled 80 of the buttons. It's possible? He claims that he had it every time, which I really believe, but I mean, come on, come on, the older generation and this is the older generation.

We always have it. Three minutes means something and we. They are the older generation - well, these three friends poke fun at the Internet a little - young people who certainly play in a wider range of hands. Ace queen for Mike sixty thousand, he puts in a race to sixty thousand, all in five, for Philly, he goes all in and a quick call from Mike Hard 10 against blackjack so you called with ace queen queen of the whole day in that not really I'm not going to reverse with ace jack okay I'll tell you tell me who the favorite is heading to the flop I'm surprised He called quickly even though they still had two more games left to play.

He's looking to double up to take the chip lead here by playing the flop. A big turning point in this match. The flop is a king, six aces for Madison and Mike is close to raising 1-0. In this match everything he needs to do, how does Siever do it? it's dodge fives oh it's the landing pad move here it's your turn two shots this is the field block it's my turn eight of spades on the curves exactly two outs for phil hellmuth if mike madison can fade the two fives take a 1-0 lead in this best of three championship here's the river and mike mataso wins the first game one down one to go yeah that's why it's going to be hard for you to beat me baby cuz I raised you again once twice Sometimes, boy, you've got ten big blinds, that's a whole day's queen.

Do you believe what you're saying, Phil, if 600? I only had 22 big blinds, of course, you're not thinking no. thinking we'll see, we'll see, we'll see when the king bases and you draw the queen from the east for 20 big blinds playing. I know it, I know it all my life and I will never know it. That's going to cost you next time. party say hello Mike it's beautiful money I'm smart you're stupid you would say like a fool you're trying I'm having fun you can't beat fate I don't think you're destined ah it's going to be hard for you to be individually think what you're saying phil one down, one down, who will be the national heads-up poker champion of 2013.

The conclusion of our tournament is next. My match against a net was I just made a really bad move, I call it wow. phil follows his heart but he should have listened to his brain i'm calling my match against durr i played perfect but it lasted three hands i put all my money with aces he had a ton and he hit a ton and i was a little bit angry we'll see if you're in here of five years. God, Ferguson's stuff is epic, he was a 21-1 favorite to win the NBC heads-up championship tonight. Unbelievable, instead I turn left, fall and there I am.

Just on my hands and knees, like in this big drama, I came back and won it anyway. I'm a little spoiled at poker. Sometimes I think I can handle myself for the rest of the NBC heads-up championship.