This year’s 2010 NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship was a year of upsets, surprises and all-around bracket busters, it was only fitting that the final match came down to two players who have historically not done well in this event. The two longtime friends, Erik Seidel and Annie Duke, seemed content just to be playing in the finals together at first, but as the three match slugfest drug on, you could tell that both players were playing their best poker in an effort to win the prestigious title. In the end, it was Duke who prevailed over Seidel, but even she conceded that the tournament came down to a single lucky hand and that both players put on stellar performances over the past three days that both can look back on and be proud of.

Duke is the first female winner in this event’s six-year history, though Vanessa Rousso did come close last year, finishing in 2nd place to Huck Seed. Duke was elated following her big win and gave endless props to Seidel and his poker skills. She also couldn’t resist reminding the crowd that the last time she was on NBC she had to finish in second place (for those who didn’t watch “Celebrity Apprentice”, Duke was runner-up to comedienne Joan Rivers), so it was certainly nice to come out on top this time around.

Here are the in-the-money results from the event:

1st: Annie Duke - $500,000
2nd: Erik Seidel - $250,000
3rd: Scotty Nguyen - $125,000
4th: Dennis Phillips - $125,000
5th: Jerry Yang - $75,000
6th: Doyle Brunson - $75,000
7th: Jason Mercier - $75,000
8th: Peter Eastgate - $75,000
9th: Paul Wasicka - $25,000
10th: Eli Elezra - $25,000
11th: Annette Obrestad - $25,000
12th: Barry Greenstein - $25,000
13th: Gabe Kaplan – $25,000
14th: Phil Laak - $25,000
15th: Chris Moneymaker - $25,000
16th: Jamie Gold - $25,000

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