Bill Chen

Stephanie Moore

Watch 'Face the Ace' on NBC

Paul Drinkwater

Broadcast schedule: Saturdays on NBC

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

Slideshow

The new face of poker
A look at NBC's 'Face the Ace' hostess, Megan Abrigo.

Slideshow

Celebs ante up for charity
Hollywood stars play against the best in poker during a special event at the World Series of Poker.

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Get to know poker's best

By Stephanie Moore

Complete player bios

Want to know more about the players competing in both Poker After Dark and NBC's National Heads-Up Poker Championship? Check out the bios of all the players including Phil Ivey and Johnny Chan.

INTERACTIVE

NBC's 4th National Heads-Up Poker Championship

Get to know Leeann
A look at Leeann Tweeden, host of NBC's Poker After Dark and Heads-Up Poker Championship.

Slideshow

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

updated 11:53 a.m. ET Sept. 5, 2009

· Discovered he had a gift for mathematics at an early age, as he was a Rubik’s Cube champion in junior high school and was studying calculus in the 7th grade

· Owns two WSOP bracelets, both in 2006, and was one of only two players that year to win more than one

· Lifetime live tournament winnings in excess of $1.00 million

· Earned a Ph.D. in mathematics from UC Berkeley in 1999, and works for an investment firm that makes mathematical models on many of the markets his company trades in

· Along with 2009 WSOP bracelet winner Jerrod Ankenman, co-authored the book The Mathematics of Poker published in 2006

NHPC record: No appearances

PAD record: 0-1

Match 40: 5th