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Jesus is Heads-Up champ

March 4, 2008

The third time was the charm for Chris “Jesus” Ferguson at the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championships. After coming in second two out of the three previous seasons, Ferguson returned again this year to make it to the final, and this time he walked away the winner.

Chris “Jesus” Ferguson’s ascension to the title began against John Juanda during the first round. Their match-up was the longest out of any in the Clubs bracket on Friday. Ferguson is a notoriously tight player, but the increasing blinds forced the two into action.

The hand that finally did in Juanda was his 9

Jesus is Heads-Up champ

-5

Jesus is Heads-Up champ

against Jesus’ K

Jesus is Heads-Up champ

-T

Jesus is Heads-Up champ

. Juanda was all-in pre-flop and when it hit with A

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-K

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-8

Jesus is Heads-Up champ

, Ferguson had top pair but was having to sweat Juanda’s flush draw.

The turn was the 6

Jesus is Heads-Up champ

, while the river brought the king of spades to give Ferguson trips.

Ferguson then had to take on Gavin Smith, who had made it through the first round against Tom Schneider.

On the final hand of their match-up, Gavin Smith was short-stacked and moved all-in with K

Jesus is Heads-Up champ

-8

Jesus is Heads-Up champ

. Ferguson called with 4

Jesus is Heads-Up champ

-4

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, and the flop came A

Jesus is Heads-Up champ

-Q

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-3

Jesus is Heads-Up champ

. When the board finished J

Jesus is Heads-Up champ

-5

Jesus is Heads-Up champ

, Jesus had another win and was moving on to face Mike “The Mouth” Matusow.

Jesus is Heads-Up champ

The Mouth gets his fill of Ferguson.

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