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LAS VEGAS – The NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship is in its infancy with this just its sixth-year of existence. So while for most players it doesn’t carry the prestige of a World Series of Poker bracelet event, make no mistake about it.

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Tom reviews hands from his sessions against Patrik Antonius in the Durrrr Challenge.

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Full Tilt Poker pro Jeff Madsen won the 2010 Borgata Winter Poker Open, taking home over $625,000 for the victory. This payday brings Madsen’s career tournament earnings to more than $3 million.

The 2010 Borgata Winter Poker Open, which takes place annually in Atlantic City, attracted a total of 766 players for its $3,500 buy-in Main Event, creating a prize pool worth more than $2.5 million.

Madsen took the chip lead with seven players remaining at the final table and dominated the action thereafter, knocking out four of the final six players. Nearly even in chips with his opponent at the start of heads-up play, Madsen wore him down over time and took a 2-to-1 chip lead. The final hand came when Madsen’s K-10 held up versus his opponent’s Q-2, sealing the victory for Madsen.

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