Huck Seed wins the NBC Head's Up Championship

This is a little late but poker pro Huck Seed took down the NBC Head's Up Championship when he defeated poker "cutie" Vanessa Rousso in two straight games (best out of three). Seed earned $500,000 and Rousso won $250,000 after defeating Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey and Paul Wasicka on her way to the championship match.



Seed is now 18-4 in the NBC Head's Up Championship, which is the best record out of all the players.



You can check out the full summary of the tournament at Cardplayer.

NBC Head's Up Championship starts today

The NBC Head's Up Championship starts today at Caesar's Palace in Vegas. This event is always much-anticipated and makes for great TV viewing when it airs later in the year.

Here are some of the good match-ups in the first round:

Phil Ivey vs. Jennifer Tilly
Ted Forrest vs. Orel Hershiser (Hershiser made it deep last year)
Daniel Negreanu vs. Chris Moneymaker
Mike Matusow vs. Dario Minieri
John Juanda vs. Joe Hachem
Mike Sexton vs. Phil Hellmuth
Johnny Chan vs. Eli Elezra
Erik Lindgren vs. Howard Lederer
Allen Cunningham vs. Sam Farha
Kenny Tran vs. Antonio Esfandiari

My two favorites are Phil Ivey and Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, although it's impossible for them to meet in the final.