Todd Brunson

Stephanie Moore

Watch 'Face the Ace' on NBC

Paul Drinkwater

Broadcast schedule: Saturdays on NBC

· November 14, 2009 – 3:00pm ET
· December 12, 2009 – 3:00pm ET
· January 2, 2010 – 2:30pm ET

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Party with stars
Check out poker's best at the GoDaddy.com Draw Party.

updated 12:12 a.m. ET Oct. 4, 2009

Nicknamed “Darkhorse” and a highly feared high-stakes cash game player
Owns one WSOP bracelet, that in a $2500 Omaha Hi/Lo event in 2005, and had 6 cashes in the 2007 WSOP
Career live tournament winnings in excess of $3.33 million
Wrote the 7-card stud hi/lo section in his father’s book Super System II
His famous ponytail has been growing for about 16 years, though he says he might cut it off if someone offered him $10,000

NHPC record: 0-4
NHPC total winnings: $0

2005: Eliminated in Round 1 by Erick Lindgren
2006: Eliminated in Round 1 by Dan Harrington
2007: Eliminated in Round 1 by Gabe Kaplan
2008: Eliminated in Round 1 by Scott Fischman

PAD record: 0-1

Match 39: 5th