NBC Heads-Up -- First-Round Matches SetCard Player Readers Can Make their Picks and Enter the Bracket Challenge |
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The 2009 NBC National Heads-Up Championship first-round matches have been announced from the draw party at PURE night club in Caesars Palace. Now you have the opportunity to make your picks and email them in to [email protected] before play begins on Friday at 1:30 p.m. to be eligible for Card Player prizes. Include your shirt size and address along with your picks for each 
match from the initial 64 all the way down to the final champion. The blank bracket has been posted so that you can print it out, make your picks, and then see how you did as you follow along in live coverage from the event. Remember this is a single-elimination tournament except for the championship match, which will be a best-of-three to see who wins it all.
Check out profiles for the 2009 players and catch up on NBC Heads-Up history on the NBC Heads-Up page.
The first-round matches will take place Friday, Mar. 6. The round of 32 and the sweet 16 take place on Saturday, Mar. 7, and the elite eight, final four, and championship match take place on Sunday, Mar. 8. Card Player will be there for every single elimination, bringing you all of the action with live updates, photos, and videos from CardPlayer TV.
Hearts Bracket - Begins play at 1:30 p.m. Winner of the hearts bracket will play the winner of the diamonds bracket.
Johnny Chan vs. Eli Elezra
Erick Lindgren vs. Howard Lederer
J.C. Tran vs. David Williams
Jamie Gold vs. Scott Fischman
Erik Seidel vs. John Phan
Jerry Yang vs. Clonie Gowen
Allen Cunningham vs. Sam Farha
Andy Bloch vs. Peter Eastgate
Diamonds Bracket - Begins play at 4:00 p.m. Winner of the diamonds bracket plays the winner of the hearts bracket.
Kenny Tran vs. Antonio Esfandiari
Greg Raymer vs. Jennifer Harman
Kenny Yeh vs. Phil Laak
Vanessa Selbst vs. Layne Flack
David Benyamine vs. Gus Hansen
Huck Seed vs. Jonathan Little
Chad Brown vs. Glen Chorny
Annie Duke vs. Brad Garrett
Clubs Bracket - Begins play at 7:00 p.m. Winner of the clubs bracket plays the winner of the spades bracket.
Don Cheadle vs. David Pham
Paul Wasicka vs. Nicholas Joy
Jennifer Tilly vs. Phil Ivey
Doyle Brunson vs. Vanessa Rousso
Hevad Khan vs. Scotty Nguyen
Ted Forrest vs. Orel Hershiser
Daniel Negreanu vs. Chris Moneymaker
Mike Matusow vs. Dario Minieri
Spades Bracket - Begins play at 9:30 p.m. Winner of the spades bracket plays the winner of the clubs bracket.
Gabe Kaplan vs. Chris Ferguson
John Juanda vs. Joe Hachem
Ilari Sahamies vs. Gavin Smith
Fred Collins vs. Bertrand Grospellier
Jeffrey Ishbia vs. Leon Yanovski
Mike Sexton vs. Phil Hellmuth
Gavin Griffin vs. Tom Dwan
Barry Greenstein vs. Blandino Gines
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