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By Stephanie Moore

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.

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Get to know Leeann
A look at Leeann Tweeden, host of NBC's Poker After Dark and Heads-Up Poker Championship.
updated 10:11 a.m. ET Feb. 6, 2010

· Is a 27 year-old semi-professional poker player from Moscow, Russia

· One of the 2008 WSOP November Nine, he came to the final table #2 in chips with 24,400,000

· Lifetime live tournament winnings in excess of $6.63 million, and ranks 28th on the all-time money list, #1 on Russia’s all-time money list

· Finished 2nd in the 2008 WSOP Main Event, good for $5.8 million, and 3rd in the WSOPE Main Event, good for another $609,000

· Was the first person in history to make the final table in both a WSOP Main Event and a WSOPE Main Event, and did so in the same year, a record which may stand for some time

NHPC record:  No appearances

PAD record:  0-1

Match 43: 2nd

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