I’ve really discovered the National Heads-up Championships episodes as real good entertainment. Of course, still no High Stakes Poker, but some very interesting hands none the less!

This poker show has one great advantage: you’ll never get bored of seeing the same table all the time. Ok, and another great advantage: ALL the famous poker pros participate, which is already entertainment guaranteed in some cases. The sickest hand I’ve seen in the 2009 Championships must be the next one, between Sammy Farha and David Williams:

It’s the first hand they show from these guys in this part of the 8th episode. Williams flops the nuts and Sammy should be ready to pay him off to the maximum. Williams plays the hand the best he can, but Sammy catches his three-outer on the river. This is obvious a sick beat for Williams, holding the second nuts in an heads-up game (!) against the only hand that beats him. Also notice the priceless acting from Farha on the river!!