National Heads-Up Championship Field Set

NBC has announced that it has received commitments from sixty-two top poker players and celebrities to play in the third installment of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship. The tournament will take place March 1-4 at Caesars in Las Vegas. The invitees are listed alphabetically below.

Rene Angelil
Patrik Antonius
Bobby Baldwin
David Benyamine
Andy Bloch
Brad Booth
Humberto Brenes
Doyle Brunson
Todd Brunson
Chad Brown
Johnny Chan
Don Cheadle
T.J. Cloutier
Allen Cunningham
John D’Agostino
Annie Duke
Eli Elezra
Shannon Elizabeth
Antonio Esfandiari
Sam Farha
Chris Ferguson
Scott Fischman
Ted Forrest
Jamie Gold
Barry Greenstein
Phil Gordon
Clonie Gowen
Tony G
Joe Hachem
Gus Hansen
Jennifer Harman
Phil Hellmuth
Cheryl Hines
Phil Ivey
Kenna James
John Juanda
Gabe Kaplan
Phil Laak
Howard Lederer
Nam Le
Tuan Le
Erick Lindgren
Jeff Madsen
Mike Matusow
Isabelle Mercier
John Michael
Michael Mizrachi
Chris Moneymaker
Yosh Nakano
Daniel Negreanu
Scotty Nguyen
Greg Raymer
Chip Reese
Huck Seed
Erik Seidel
Mike Sexton
Shawn Sheikhan
Jeff Shulman
Gavin Smith
Jennifer Tilly
JC Tran
David Williams

Two more players will complete the bracket by qualifying. One qualifier will be able to win a seat via a satellite tournament at Caesars on February 10. The other qualifier will win his or her way to the Championship online at http://www.nbcheadsup.com.

The 2007 National Heads-Up Poker Championship will be broadcast on NBC every Sunday for seven weeks at noon EST starting April 8. The first three episodes will run one hour, the next three will run two hours, and the finale will be a three hour show.

Originally published 6:18 PM Thursday, January 25, 2007