Star studded National Heads-Up Championship field
NBC has added 46 names to the list of players who will clash in this year's National Heads-Up Poker Championship. Poker legends Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan will be joined by the likes of Mike Matusow, Barry Greenstein and Shannon Elizabeth.
In total, the reigning heads-up champion Ted Forrest will take on 63 challengers. The tournament will be played in single-elimination, bracket-style format modeled after college basketball.
The 2007 heads-up champion will finally be decided through a best two-out-of-three match.
Heads-up play differs a lot from regular poker games, and demands special skills. Among the favorites to win this year are Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, who has finished in second place in the two previous heads-up championships.
NBC will broadcast the tournament every Sunday for seven weeks starting April 8.
In total, 62 of the 64 participating players have been named so far:
- Rene Angelil
- Patrik Antonius
- Bobby Baldwin
- David Benyamine
- Andy Bloch
- Brad Booth
- Humberto Brenes
- Doyle Brunson
- Todd Brunson
- Chad Brown
- Johnny Chan
- Don Cheadle
- T.J. Cloutier
- Allen Cunningham
- John D'Agostino
- Annie Duke
- Eli Elezra
- Shannon Elizabeth
- Antonio Esfandiari
- Sam Farha
- Chris Ferguson
- Scott Fischman
- Ted Forrest
- Jamie Gold
- Barry Greenstein
- Phil Gordon
- Clonie Gowen
- Tony G
- Joe Hachem
- Gus Hansen
- Jennifer Harman
- Phil Hellmuth
- Cheryl Hines
- Phil Ivey
- Kenna James
- John Juanda
- Gabe Kaplan
- Phil Laak
- Howard Lederer
- Nam Le
- Tuan Le
- Erick Lindgren
- Jeff Madsen
- Mike Matusow
- Isabelle Mercier
- John Michael
- Michael Mizrachi
- Chris Moneymaker
- Yosh Nakano
- Daniel Negreanu
- Scotty Nguyen
- Greg Raymer
- Chip Reese
- Huck Seed
- Erik Seidel
- Mike Sexton
- Shawn Sheikhan
- Jeff Shulman
- Gavin Smith
- Jennifer Tilly
- JC Tran
- David Williams
The two remaining seats in the tournament will go to qualifiers.
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