Forrest was one of the eight players who did not advance to Round Two

It was, by all accounts, a crazy first batch of pairings at the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship.  The Twitterverse exploded with Tweets declaring their bracket was all but destroyed after just eight matches.  Huck Seed made an uncharacterstically early exit, losing to Erik Seidel in the opening round, while online qualifier surprised the room with his upset over Ted Forrest.

We know you’re dying to update your bracket, so here’s the scoop on all the Round One Clubs bracket match-ups, including Round Two pairings:

Chris Moneymaker def. Patrik Antonius
The forum fiends are probably a little sad to hear that their favorite online high stakes dreamboat fell to the 2004 WSOP Main Event Champion. Antonius got it all-in drawing pretty slim to the Team PokerStars pro, holding 5T against Moneymaker’s 55 on 765 board. The turn brought a four to give Antonius some chop outs, but he failed to go runner runner and he was the first elimination of the day.

Leo Wolpert def. Eric Baldwin
When the oddsmakers set lines on these two players, most poker fans believed these two to be some of best bargains in the bunch. The two battled in the second-longest match of the session and the pivotal hand came when Baldwin limped the button and a short-stacked Wolpert shoved all-in. Baldwin insta-called with his pocket queens, which had Wolpert in bad shape as he held Q-`10. However, the board ran out KhJc6s9hJh to double Leo up. A few hands later Wolpert’s K8 spiked an eight on the river against Baldwin’s A6 to eliminate Baldwin and advance to the next round.

David Williams def. Joe Cada
David Williams and Joe Cada were the feature table for this bracket and Williams used the opportunity to debut his new Farnsworth Bentley/dapper gent look complete with sweater vest, tie and thick-framed glasses. His new style proved to be a winning one as he defeated the reigning WSOP Main Event Champ to advance to a match against Erik Seidel in Round Two.

Erik Seidel def. Huck Seed
This is one of the more interesting match-ups of Round One, as you had the player with the best NBC Heads-Up record, reigning champ Huck Seed, squaring off against the player with the worst record (0-5) in this tournament, Erik Seidel. Though Seed had a winning record on his side, it was Seidel who prevailed. He doubled through Seed late in their match to take an overwhelming chip lead, and when Seed’s KT failed to catch up against Seidel’s KQ, Seidel booked his first career NBC Heads-Up victory.

Erick Lindgren def. Dan Ramirez
The longest match of the session came down to a classic race, as Lindgren and NBC Sports qualifier Dan Ramirez spent much of the match in a virtual dead heat in terms of chips.  In the end, it came down to a classic race situation as Lindgren’s A-K flipped against Ramirez’s pocket queens.  The board brought K94A5d] to give Lindgren the pot and advance him to play against Peter Eastgate tomorrow afternoon.

Peter Eastgate def. Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier
In what we like to call the “Battle of Euro Domination”, Eastgate prevailed over ElkY. The 2009 WSOP Main Event Champion had the chip advantage when he got it all-in holding AT to ElkY’s A3. The board ran out AQ9xK8x and Eastgate advanced to Round #2.

Stephen Quinn def. Ted Forrest
In a bracket full of surprises, the biggest upset might be PokerStars online qualifier Stephen Quin getting the best of former NBC Heads-Up Champion Ted Forrest. It was a coin flip that decided this match, as the two got it all-in with Forrest holding AT to Quinn’s pocket fours. The board ran out J54KA to give Quinn a set, the hand and the match.

Jamie Gold def. Dario Minieri
With his mother Jane watching from the audience, Gold out to the lead early in his match against Minieri and it was only a half an hour into play before he got it all-in holding pocket sevens to Minieri’s pocket deuces. The board ran out duck-free and Gold advanced to the second round.

Round Two Pairings:
Chris Moneymaker vs. Leo Wolpert
David Williams vs. Erik Seidel
Erick Lindgren vs. Peter Eastgate
Stephen Quinn vs. Jamie Gold

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