NBC Sports Championship #2: Sorry, no sweep

We lasted a bit longer at the NBC Sports online weekly championship tournament tonight -- about 32 minutes, versus 22 before. But the only pot we won was an all-in moment with pocket Aces, after a couple of tough losses. (In one case, our 3 10's lost to a spade flush.) We improved to 358th, out of 682 players.

Ahhhhhh, but earlier that same day....

Our blog camera recorded the dramatic moment when we (flopblog) won our first major NBC Sports tournament! It took two hours 50 minutes for us to get to heads-up play. The decisive hand played out this way:

BLINDS: 6,000/12,000

IN THE POCKET: 10h-8h

We're in the big blind with more than 127,000 chips. Our foe has around 28,000, but dares to raise to 24,000. We clearly can afford to call.

ON THE FLOP: 6d-8c-3h

We have top pair, and force the issue. A minimum bet puts our opponent all-in, and he calls. Can't blame him: he has Ac-Qs -- but our pair of 8's is in the lead.

ON THE TURN: 5c.

Can we escape one more card, to win it all?

ON THE RIVER: Jd.

We left our foe as friends, based on the chat we had. He'd only won money at NBC Sports once before. First place in the mid-afternoon game earns us $20, and him $5.

We also earn about 21,000 points, putting us in first place on the weekly leaderboard. That will only last a few hours, at a late-night game with $50 at stake will draw a bigger crowd and earn someone else more points for first place. But ooo, that feels good!