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Curtis Mayfield III is a freelance poker writer with several years of online and live experience.

He is also the son of R&B superstar Curtis Mayfield. As a player Curtis excels in all forms of poker and prefers No Limit Deep Stacks tournaments.

Curtis is author of the Do or Die Poker blog

He resides in Chicago, Illinois with his wife and 2 daughters.

Favorite Quote: “In order to live, you must be willing to die!” –Amir Vahedi

Annie Duke WINS NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship

Posted by Curtis Mayfield III on Monday, March 08, 2010 - 16:32

It's that time of the year again. The NBC Heads-Up poker championship has begun. Although the structure is ridiculously fast it is still a great event to see some of our favorite poker players go at it head to head. I love the format in that there is a featured table with two headliners and then they go from table to table as key plays take place. The show is very well produced not only in terms of the poker action but also the post game interviews that are done after someone either advances or busts out of the tournament.

As fate would have it Annie Duke won the 64 player event and emerged from the star studded field to beat Erick Seidel 2-1. Duke walked away with $500k in cash and is the first woman to win the prestigious title. Congratulations Annie Duke!