Lineup Announced for upcoming NBC event
The NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship is set to begin very soon and the list of poker pros that will be competing has been released. This event will see sixty four players competing. Most of the players will be poker pros but the lineup will also include seven online qualifiers.
The list of players is as follows:
Patrik Antonius, Eric Baldwin, Andy Bloch, Doyle Brunson, Joe Cada, Johnny Chan, Don Cheadle, Allen Cunningham, Pieter De-Korver, Annie Duke,Tom Dwan, Peter Eastgate, Eli Elezra, Antonio Esfandiari, Sam Farha, Chris Ferguson, Ted Forrest, Jamie Gold, Phil Gordon, Barry Greenstein, Bertrand Grospellier, Joe Hachem, Gus Hansen, Jennifer Harman, Phil Hellmuth, Orel Hershiser, Jesper Hougaard, Phil Ivey, John Juanda, Gabe Kaplan, John Paul Kelly, Phil Laak, Howard Lederer, Erick Lindgren, Mike Matusow, Jason Mercier, Dario Minieri, Chris Moneymaker, Darvin Moon, Greg Mueller, Daniel Negreanu, Scotty Nguyen, Annette Obrestad, Brock Parker, Dennis Phillips, Greg Raymer, Vanessa Rousso, Kara Scott, Huck Seed, Erik Seidel, Mike Sexton, Gavin Smith, Jennifer Tilly, Paul Wasicka, David Williams, Leo Wolpert, Jerry Yang, and seven online qualifiers.
The event is set to take place on March 5th and continue until the 7th. On the 4th of March the Draw Party is set to take place which will see which players will be up against each other first. The tournament is taking place at Caesars Palace.