List Released For NBC Heads-Up InvitationalGroup Consists Of Poker Professionals And Celebrity Players |
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The list of poker players for the 2013 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship was released Friday. Some of poker’s biggest names will be at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Jan. 24 to compete in a single-elimination bracket.
The bracket for the 64 entrants will be determined, at random, the evening of Jan. 23.
Here’s a look at the players:
| 1 | Gaelle Baumann |
| 2 | Jean Robert Bellande |
| 3 | Andy Bloch |
| 4 | Viktor Blom |
| 5 | Liv Boeree |
| 6 | Justin Bonomo |
| 7 | Doyle Brunson |
| 8 | Olivier Busquet |
| 9 | Daniel Cates |
| 10 | Mohsin Charania |
| 11 | Joseph Cheong |
| 12 | Shaun Deeb |
| 13 | Jonathan Duhamel |
| 14 | Tom Dwan |
| 15 | Eli Elezra |
| 16 | Antonio Esfandiari |
| 17 | Will “The Thrill” Failla |
| 18 | Andy Frankenberger |
| 19 | Phil Galfond |
| 20 | Matt Glantz |
| 21 | Barry Greenstein |
| 22 | Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier |
| 23 | Jennifer Harman |
| 24 | Brian Hastings |
| 25 | Isaac Haxton |
| 26 | Phil Hellmuth |
| 27 | John Hennigan |
| 28 | Maria Ho |
| 29 | Phil Ivey |
| 30 | Faraz Jaka |
| 31 | Kyle Julius |
| 32 | Eugene Katchalov |
| 33 | Phil Laak |
| 34 | Ben Lamb |
| 35 | Andrew Lichtenberger |
| 36 | Matt Matros |
| 37 | Mike Matusow |
| 38 | Jason Mercier |
| 39 | Greg Merson |
| 40 | Michael Mizrachi |
| 41 | Chris Moneymaker |
| 42 | John Monnette |
| 43 | Chris Moorman |
| 44 | Carlos Mortensen |
| 45 | Daniel Negreanu |
| 46 | David Oppenheim |
| 47 | Greg Raymer |
| 48 | Vanessa Rousso |
| 49 | Rob Salaburu |
| 50 | Matt Salsberg |
| 51 | Nick Schulman |
| 52 | Huck Seed |
| 53 | Erik Seidel |
| 54 | Scott Seiver |
| 55 | Joe Serock |
| 56 | Mike Sexton |
| 57 | Sam Simon |
| 58 | Dan Smith |
| 59 | Justin Smith |
| 60 | Jason Somerville |
| 61 | Jennifer Tilly |
| 62 | Yevgeniy Timoshenko |
| 63 | David Williams |
| 64 | WSOP.com Qualifier |
The TV episodes will begin airing in March and run for six consecutive weeks.
Phil Hellmuth won the first running of the event in 2005, followed by Ted Forrest (2006), Paul Wasicka (2007), Chris Ferguson (2008), Huck Seed (2009), Annie Duke (2010) and Erik Seidel (2011). Forrest, Wasicka, Ferguson and Duke will not be returning this year.
The event did not run in 2012 in the wake of online poker’s Black Friday.
Players not on the list either declined their invitation or weren’t offered a seat. After the list was announced, poker pro David Sands took to Twitter in frustration.
Very annoyed that I didn’t get invited to play in the NBC heads up event. Absurd to me that they don’t auto-invite the top 10 in the GPI
— David Doc Sands (@Doc_Sands) January 18, 2013
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