Doyle Brunson Defeated but Puts Up Good Fight at Heads Up Poker

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Doyle Brunson has bowed out of the NBC Heads Up Poker tournament, but he leaves having made it all the way into the Elite 8.

Dennis Phillips has moved into the semifinals, defeating the poker legend Brunson, face of Gambling911.com endorsed DoylesRoom.com.

Annie Duke survived some major suck outs by Jerry Yang to advance to the semifinals.  

Duke is the face of another popular Gambling911.com endorsed online poker room, UB.com.

Semifinals 3:30 p.m. PT

Erik Seidel vs. Scotty Nguyen

Dennis Phillips vs. Annie Duke

Championship (Best of three)

6:00 p.m. PT

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

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