A weekend poker tournament stretched into the wee hours.....

A weekend poker tournament stretched into the wee hours this morning (Monday) before poker champion Phil Hellmuth defeated rival Chris Ferguson to win the inaugural National Heads-Up Poker Championship in Las Vegas.

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It was three-23 A-M when Hellmuth won the half (M) Million dollar first prize in the event at the downtown Golden Nugget hotel-casino.

The made-for T-V tournament was taped for telecast by N-B-C over four Sundays in May.

Hellmuth's from San Francisco. He's been one of poker's most recognizable faces since becoming the youngest winner of the World Series of Poker in 1989 -- at age 24.

Hellmuth got to the final table in the weekend's head-to-head Texas Hold-'Em tournament by defeating fellow San Franciscan Antonio Esfandiari.

Ferguson topped T-J Cloutier.

Source: KESQ NewsChannel