National Heads-Up Poker Championship Invitees List Released
The list for the upcoming 2008 National Head-Up Poker Championship has been released and there are quite a few big names listed. From poker players to celebrities and even sports stars the people invited make up a very exciting group of players. The Championship will begin on February 29th and run until March 2nd. The buy-in for each player is $20,000 and the winner will bring home $500,000.
A few of the professional poker players listed are Doyle and Todd Brunson, Annie Duke, Chris Ferguson, Jamie Gold, Gus Hanson, Jennifer Harmon, Phil Hellmuth and Scotty Nguyen. This is only a short list of the many professionals invited. But these names alone should get any poker player excited about the upcoming series.
There are also several celebrities lined up for this year's event. Jason Alexander of Seinfeld fame has been invited as well as Don Cheadle, who is a very well respected actor who has won and been nominated for several awards. Then of course you have Shannon Elizabeth who has been making quite a name for herself in the poker circuit. She is still well known for her role in American Pie. Brad Garrett has been invited and is known for his role in Everybody Loves Raymond as Raymond's brother. Mr. Kotter himself, Gabe Kaplan has been invited as well as Actress Jennifer Tilly.
The list just gets more and more interesting as it goes on. I think to watch the Championship unfold will be an interesting experience. With so many colorful personalities in one group there is no doubt the action will be exciting.
Complete List of Confirmed Players:
Jason Alexander
Patrik Antonius
Jean-Robert Bellande
David Benyamine
Chad Brown
Doyle Brunson
Todd Bruson
Johnny Chan
Don Cheadle
Scott Clements
T.J.Cloutier
Allen Cunningham
Freddy Deeb
Annie Duke
Tom Dwan
Bill Edler
Eli Elezra
Shannon Elizabeth
Antonio Esfrandiari
Sam Farha
Chris Ferguson
Scott Fischman
Ted Forrest
Brad Garrett
Jamie Gold
Clonie Gowen
Barry Greenstein
Sam Grizzle
Joe Hachem
Gus Hanson
Jennifer Harmon
Phil Hellmuth
Orel Hershiser
Phil Ivey
John Juanda
Gabe Kaplan
Phil Laak
Howard Lederer
Erick Lindgren
Jonathan Little
Mike Matusow
Michael Mizrachi
Daniel Negreanu
Scotty Nguyen
David Pham
Greg Raymer
Vanessa Rousso
Tom Schneider
Daniel Schreiber
Huck Seed
Erik Seidel
David Singer
Gavin Smith
Jennifer Tilly
Brian Townsend
J.C. Tran
Kenny Tran
Paul Wasicka
David Williams
Jerry Yang