Heads-Up Poker Day 1 Complete

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In the Hearts Bracket:

Phil Hellmuth makes it into the second round of the Heads-Up Championship as he defeated Howard Lederer for the first win in the Hearts bracket.

Dolye Brunson defeated Brock Parker and Chris Ferguson defeated qualifier Annette Dworski in the Spades Bracket. Ferguson will play the winner of Kara Scott and Dennis Phillips while Brunson will face the winner of JP Kelly and Don Cheadle.

Allen Cunningham defeated Jesper Hougaard, Eli Elezra beat Greg Mueller and Dennis Phillips outlasted Kara Scott. All three head into the second round.

Game play resumes at 1 pm on Saturday. 

Follow all the action on http://blogs.nbcsports.com/poker/

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