***SPOILERS ITT*** 2011 NBC Heads Up Tournament

[jbutler16]

yeah, it's a luckboxament for sure with the blind structure, but eric seidel apparently decided he didn't care and made sure the best and currently hottest player won it. ended up with him against moneymaker in the final. in NBC HU, the final is best of three matches. no sweat: seidel took it 2-0. nice.

seidel has been on an unbelievable absolute tear this year. 4.3 mil in tournament winnings so far. wtf? that's insane. dude is the man for sure. and what a great understated attitude he always has. wish there were more like him.

*spoilers* NBC National HU Poker Championship has a new champion *spoilers*

also interesting in the NBC HU tourney, daniel cates (jungleman) took on phil ivey in one of the matches. i hope they air a lot of those hands. also interesting in the NBC HU tourney...nothing. i'm sure it'll suck to watch for the most part, but i'm glad seidel took it down to chinatown.

[BGinGA]

Seidel was one of the nicest and most helpful young backgammon pros ever back in the '70s -- and an absolute machine at the board -- before he switched to professional poker many many years ago. Backgammon's loss, poker's gain.