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POSTED: Thursday May 6th 2010
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ROUND OF 16 THIS SUNDAY AT THE NATIONAL HEADS-UP POKER CHAMPIONSHIP

Poker Legend Doyle Brunson Takes On Young Phenom Annette Obrestad

NEW YORK - NBC will present coverage of the fourth installment of its ultimate big-stakes poker showdown - the National Heads-Up Poker Championship presented by GoDaddy.com from Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nev. this Sunday at Noon ET. This Sunday will feature the Round of 16, and players who advance to the quarterfinals are guaranteed at least $75,000 in prize money.

This Sunday’s episode highlights several match-ups including a battle between the old school and new school of poker as 76-year-old poker legend Doyle Brunson goes heads-up with 21-year-old Norwegian Annette Obrestad, who honed her skills playing poker online. Obrestad is one of two female players remaining along with Celebrity Apprentice 2 runner-up Annie Duke, who takes on 2007 National Heads-Up Poker champion Paul Wasicka. Also in the line-up is 1998 WSOP champion Scotty Nguyen who faces off against Welcome Back Kotter’s Gabe Kaplan and 2003 WSOP champion Chris Moneymaker takes on 8-time bracelet winner Erik Seidel.
Along with Brunson, Moneymaker and Nguyen, three other former World Series of Poker champions remain in the event - Jamie Gold (2006), Jerry Yang (2007) and Peter Eastgate (2008).

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