National Heads-Up Championship Players Announced
It’s that time of year again. The NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship is on the horizon, and many players have already confirmed that they’ll pay the $20k to get some camera time compete in the event. Sixty players have been announced, leaving four open seats for qualifiers yet to be announced.
Festivities will begin on February 28th at Pure Nightclub at Caesars in Vegas with the drawing party to determine the match-ups. The following day brings the first matches, and a winner will be determined and get his/her $500k on March 2.
Previous champs Paul Wasicka, Ted Forrest, and Phil Hellmuth will be playing, as well as numerous first-time players like David Singer, Bill Edler, Scott Clements, Jerry Yang, Brian Townsend, Tom Dwan, celebrities Jason Alexander and Brad Garrett, MLB player Orel Hershiser, and the 2007 CardPlayer favorite WSOP Player of the Year Tom Schneider.
Click below for the list of players:
1. Alexander, Jason
2. Antonius, Patrik
3. Bellande, Jean-Robert
4. Benyamine, David
5. Brown, Chad
6. Brunson, Doyle
7. Brunson, Todd
8. Chan, Johnny
9. Cheadle, Don
10. Clements, Scott
11. Cloutier, T.J.
12. Cunningham, Allen
13. Deeb, Freddy
14. Duke, Annie
15. Dwan, Tom
16. Edler, Bill
17. Elezra, Eli
18. Elizabeth, Shannon
19. Esfandiari, Antonio
20. Farha, Sam
21. Ferguson, Chris
22. Fischman, Scott
23. Forrest, Ted
24. Garrett, Brad
25. Gold, Jamie
26. Gowen, Clonie
27. Greenstein, Barry
28. Grizzle, Sam
29. Hachem, Joe
30. Hansen, Gus
31. Harman, Jennifer
32. Hellmuth, Phil
33. Hershiser, Orel
34. Ivey, Phil
35. Juanda, John
36. Kaplan, Gabe
37. Laak, Phil
38. Lederer, Howard
39. Lindgren, Erick
40. Little, Jonathan
41. Matusow, Mike
42. Mizrachi, Michael
43. Negreanu, Daniel
44. Nguyen, Scotty
45. Pham, David
46. Raymer, Greg
47. Rousso, Vanessa
48. Schneider, Tom
49. Schreiber, Daniel
50. Seed, Huck
51. Seidel, Erik
52. Singer, David
53. Smith, Gavin
54. Tilly, Jennifer
55. Townsend, Brian
56. Tran, J.C.
57. Tran, Kenny
58. Wasicka, Paul
59. Williams, David
60. Yang, Jerry
Lisa says:
January 22nd, 2008 at 2:41am
Hooray Tom!
DanM says:
January 22nd, 2008 at 2:46am
I think it would be interesting if they finished in the exact order of the list above.
Mean Gene says:
January 22nd, 2008 at 9:57am
Orel Hershiser?
Kevin Mathers says:
January 22nd, 2008 at 10:54am
I said the same thing myself over at 2+2, but it appears he plays a bit around Vegas, and was directed or went to the appropriate people and got himself an invite from what someone else posted.
Kevin…
change100 says:
February 1st, 2008 at 6:55pm
Kristy Gazes makes final 8 last year and is not invited back? WTF?
California Jen says:
February 1st, 2008 at 7:07pm
I agree, Change! There is the possibility that she declined an invitation, but there are also a lot of politics involved with NBC…
DanM says:
February 2nd, 2008 at 12:18am
Orel Hersheiser is a tough player. Ferocious at the Red Rock $1/$2 NLH.
Jason says:
February 2nd, 2008 at 4:36am
Also, he throws a mean change-up.
tips says:
February 15th, 2008 at 3:56am
Cocktails