Field Announced for 2011 NBC Heads UpEmmitt Smith, Peter Eastgate, Dan Cates, and Thomas Marchese Among 64 |
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The field for the 2011 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship was announced on Wednesday morning.
Highlights from the list of 64 include former NFL running back Emmitt Smith, the recently unretired Peter Eastgate, Dan “jungleman12” Cates, and 2010 Card Player POY Thomas Marchese.
Players who cashed last year but won’t be returning include Jerry Yang, Jamie Gold, and Paul Wasicka. Wasicka won the event in 2007.
The buy-in for the single-elimination invitational tournament has increased from $20,000 to $25,000, resulting in a first-place prize of $750,000. Second place will take home $300,000 of the $1.8 million prize pool.
The first-round pairings will be chosen at random during the draw party held at the Pure Nightclub at Caesars Palace on Thursday, Mar. 3. The competition begins Friday, Mar. 4 and continues through Sunday, Mar. 6. The action will be filmed for broadcast on NBC over six consecutive Sundays in April and May.
The entire field (alphabetical order):
1. Alexander, Jason
2. Antonius, Patrik
3. Baldwin, Eric
4. Benyamine, David
5. Bloch, Andy
6. Boeree, Liv
7. Bord, James
8. Brunson, Doyle
9. Cada, Joe
10. Cates, Daniel
11. Chan, Johnny
12. Cheadle, Don
13. Chouity, Nicolas
14. Cunningham, Allen
15. Duhamel, Jonathan
16. Duke, Annie
17. Dwan, Tom
18. Eastgate, Peter
19. Elezra, Eli
20. Esfandiari, Antonio
21. Ferguson, Chris
22. Forrest, Ted
23. Galfond, Phil
24. Gordon, Phil
25. Greenstein, Barry
26. Grospellier, Bertrand
27. Hachem, Joe
28. Hansen, Gus
29. Harman, Jennifer
30. Hellmuth, Phil
31. Ivey, Phil
32. Jaka, Faraz
33. Juanda, John
34. Kaplan, Gabe
35. Kassela, Frank
36. Katchalov, Eugene
37. Laak, Phil
38. Lederer, Howard
39. Lindgren, Erick
40. Mahmood, Ayaz
41. Marchese, Thomas
42. Matusow, Mike
43. Mercier, Jason
44. Mizrachi, Michael
45. Mizzi, Sorel
46. Moneymaker, Chris
47. Negreanu, Daniel
48. Nguyen, Scotty
49. Obrestad, Annette
50. Phillips, Dennis
51. Pilgrim, Dwyte
52. Racener, John
53. Raymer, Greg
54. Rousso, Vanessa
55. Scott, Kara
56. Seed, Huck
57. Seidel, Erik
58. Selbst, Vanessa
59. Smith, Emmitt
60. Smith, Gavin
61. Tilly, Jennifer
62. Whitmire, Melburn
63. Williams, David
64. Young, Justin
Stay tuned to CardPlayer.com, as we will be at Caesars Palace to bring you all of the action as well as a bracket challenge.
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