Poker On TV -- 2010 NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship Begins Airing SundayThe First Episode will Feature the Spades Bracket |
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The first episode of the sixth-annual NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship, presented by GoDaddy.com, premieres on Sunday, April 18 at 1 p.m. ET on NBC, and action will begin in the spades bracket. The show will air during six consecutive weeks at the time slot on Sunday afternoons until a champion is crowned in the event.
NBC’s Television Coverage:
April 18: Noon – 1 p.m. ET/9:00-10:00 a.m. PT
April 25: Noon – 2 p.m. ET/9:00-11:00 a.m. PT
May 2: Noon – 2 p.m. ET/9:00-11:00 a.m. PT
May 9: Noon – 2 p.m. ET/9:00-11:00 a.m. PT
May 16: Noon – 2 p.m. ET/9:00-11:00 a.m. PT
May 23: Noon – 3 p.m. ET/9:00-Noon a.m. PT
CNBC & Universal HD broadcast times TBD
Complete Prize Pool:
1st place: $500,000
2nd place: $250,000
Places 3-4: $125,000
Places 5-8: $75,000
Places 9-16: $25,000
Total Prize Pool: $1,500,000
The National Heads-Up Poker Championship, which was taped at the Caesars Palace Poker Room March 5-7, features 64 top poker players competing in a series of heads-up no-limit hold’em matches. This tournament has a unique, single-elimination, bracket-style format modeled after college basketball’s championship tournament, except that the finals are the best of three.
The tournament’s invite-only format (plus seven online qualifiers) guarantees a star-studded event of poker’s elite, including defending champion Huck Seed, Chris Ferguson, 2009 World Series of Poker main event champion Joe Cada, Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey (pictured above right) and Daniel Negreanu, among others.
Here is a look at which player’s and matches will be featured in the first episode on Sunday:
Spades Bracket
Phil Ivey vs. Gavin Smith
Scotty Nguyen vs. Richard Edwards
Joe Hachem vs. Shawn Rice
Gabe Kaplan vs. Johnny Chan
Jason Mercier vs. Daniel Negreanu
Pieter de Korver vs. Mike Sexton
Phil Gordon vs. Tom Dwan
Phil Laak vs. John Juanda
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