SUPER HEADS-UP CHAMPIONSHIP
TO RUN FOR A THIRD SEASON
NBC and Caesar's Palace team up to
provide poker spectacular
NBC has announced the return this March for a third season of the
popular bracket-elimination poker tourney, National Heads-Up Poker
Championship.
The tourney pits 64 top players against each other in an event that
will be flmed for television in the tournament room at Caesar's
Palace between March 1st and March 4th, 2007, with the highlights
aired on NBC in April and May.
NBC's initial press release (see previous InfoPowa reports) confirmed
16 of the biggest names who had already accepted invitations to
participate. These included 2006 champion Ted Forrest, 2005 winner
Phil Hellmuth, 2005 and 2006 runner-up Chris Ferguson, Doyle Brunson,
Johnny Chan, Antonio Esfandiari, Sam Farha, Gus Hansen, Jennifer
Harman, Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer, Daniel Negreanu, and the recent
WSOP-champ quartet of Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer, Joe Hachem
and Jamie Gold.
The remaining big name players have yet to be officially announced,
although invitations have been issued and insiders say that if these
are accepted the competition will have a definite A-list of today's
top international poker players.
Spots 63 and 64 will be awarded to winners of events hosted by NBC
and Caesar's Palace, respectively.
Buy-ins for the 2007 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship's
64 seats are not cheap - each carries a $20 000 price tag, but the
rewards and kudos are substantial, with the overall winner expected
to take home a check for half a million dollars or more.
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