Round 8 Of The National Heads-Up Poker Championship Airs 5/16

NBC will present coverage of the fifth installment of its ultimate big-stakes poker showdown – the National Heads-Up Poker Championship presented by GoDaddy.com from Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nev., this Sunday at Noon ET. This Sunday will feature the Round of eight, and players who advance to the semifinals are guaranteed at least $125,000 in prize money.

This Sunday's episode highlights four former WSOP champions as they look to take home the coveted title of 2010's National Heads-Up Poker champion. In the Clubs bracket, 2008 WSOP Champion Peter Eastgate meets 8-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Erik Seidel. The Spades bracket features 1998 WSOP Champion Scotty Nguyen who takes on Jason Mercier. In the Hearts bracket, fan favorite and 1976 and 1977 WSOP Champion Doyle Brunson will face off against 2008 WSOP November Nine member Dennis Phillips. Lastly in the Diamonds bracket, 2007 WSOP Champion Jerry Yang goes up against the only female player remaining, Celebrity Apprentice 2 runner-up Annie Duke.

ROLEX EQUESTRIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, SATURDAY, 3 PM ET
NBC Sports presents coverage of the Rolex Equestrian Championships this Saturday, 3 p.m. ET. This three-day event is the only four-star equestrian event in the United States, giving Olympic and World Equestrian Game hopefuls the ability to train on the four-star level on an annual basis. 

Equestrians from countries all over the world compete in dressage, cross country, and jumping in front of thousands of spectators.  The Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event is the premier competition for top horses and riders in eventing.

Tim Ryan, Melanie Smith-Taylor and Donna Brothers provide commentary from the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. 

WORLD OF ADVENTURE SPORTS, SUNDAY, 5 PM ET
NBC Sports presents the Emmy Award-winning World of Adventure Sports this Sunday, 5 p.m. ET. This episode presents the Red Bull Crashed Ice, a combination of ice hockey, downhill skating and boarder cross. At speeds of more than 30 mph, the skaters will race in an ice track full of turns, jumps and underpasses. Crash-landings are guaranteed in this head-to-head race, with only the two fastest contestants in each heat qualifying for the next round. Also, while filming for Teton Gravity Research's new film "Light the Wick," extreme skier Seth Morrison works his way up the coastal range in search of new terrain. Also in this episode, Red Bull Young Jaws heads to the north shore of Maui to witness Ian Walsh and a crew of up-and-coming big wave surfers take on "Jaws", the world's most infamous wave, during one of the biggest swells to ever hit Hawaii. Lastly, WOAS returns to Sunday River in Bethel, Maine to catch up with freeskier Simon Dumont for the 2nd annual Dumont Cup.

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