It’s a fact!
After defeating Erik Seidel in the final and earlier poker players like Darvin Moon, Paul Wasicka, Andy Bloch, Jerry Yang and Dennis Phillis, Annie Duke became the first ever woman to win the famous NBC Heads-up Championship.
The UB.com pro poker player celebrated her first tournament win since 2004.
About the tournament:
Every year, NBC hosts the NBC Heads-up Championship where 64 of the world’s top poker players put up $20,000 as a buy-in to participate. The tournament is invite-only and some of previous event participants were Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth, Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius.
Annie Duke joined the list of previous winners, a list that includes professional poker players such as Chris Ferguson, Phil Hellmuth, Huck Seed, Paul Wasicka and Ted Forrest.
