This past weekend, NBC released the list of sixty poker players and celebrities who have been invited to compete in the 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship (NHUPC). Four spots still remain and will be filled through special qualifiers, including an online tournament and a live satellite at Caesars in Las Vegas, where the NHUPC is held. Note that these are only the invitees – there is a chance that some may not confirm their participation. Fifteen players will be making their NHUPC debuts, including actors Brad Garrett and Jason Alexander and former Major League Baseball Cy Young Award winner and record holder, Orel Hershiser. Current World Series of Poker Champion, Jerry Yang, is on the invite list for the first time, as is 2007 WSOP Player of the Year, Tom Schneider. Below is the current list of invited players, courtesy of NBC Sports. First-timers are in bold. 1. Alexander, Jason 2. Antonius, Patrik 3. Bellande, Jean-Robert 4. Benyamine, David 5. Brown, Chad 6. Brunson, Doyle 7. Brunson, Todd 8. Chan, Johnny 9. Cheadle, Don 10. Clements, Scott 11. Cloutier, T.J. 12. Cunningham, Allen 13. Deeb, Freddy 14. Duke, Annie 15. Dwan, Tom 16. Edler, Bill 17. Elezra, Eli 18. Elizabeth, Shannon 19. Esfandiari, Antonio 20. Farha, Sam 21. Ferguson, Chris 22. Fischman, Scott 23. Forrest, Ted 24. Garrett, Brad 25. Gold, Jamie 26. Gowen, Clonie 27. Greenstein, Barry 28. Grizzle, Sam 29. Hachem, Joe 30. Hansen, Gus 31. Harman, Jennifer 32. Hellmuth, Phil 33. Hershiser, Orel 34. Ivey, Phil 35. Juanda, John 36. Kaplan, Gabe 37. Laak, Phil 38. Lederer, Howard 39. Lindgren, Erick 40. Little, Jonathan 41. Matusow, Mike 42. Mizrachi, Michael 43. Negreanu, Daniel 44. Nguyen, Scotty 45. Pham, David 46. Raymer, Greg 47. Rousso, Vanessa 48. Schneider, Tom 49. Schreiber, Daniel 50. Seed, Huck 51. Seidel, Erik 52. Singer, David 53. Smith, Gavin 54. Tilly, Jennifer 55. Townsend, Brian 56. Tran, J.C. 57. Tran, Kenny 58. Wasicka, Paul 59. Williams, David 60. Yang, Jerry
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