Friday, Mar 6, 2009 2009 NBC National Heads-Up Championship
The most prestigious heads-up poker tournament in the world starts today at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
As usual, the NBC NHUPC is packed with the strongest pro players in the world, including Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Gus Hansen and two-time champion Chris "Jesus" Ferguson.
These are the players in the 2009 NHUPC, March 6-8:
David Benyamine
Jamie Gold
Chris Moneymaker
Andy Bloch
Clonie Gowen
Daniel Negreanu
Chad Brown
Barry Greenstein
Scotty Nguyen
Doyle Brunson
Gavin Griffin
David Pham
Johnny Chan
Bertrand Grospellier
John Pham
Don Cheadle
Joe Hachem
Greg Raymer
Glen Chorny
Gus Hansen
Vanessa Rousso
Allen Cunningham
Jennifer Harman
Ilari Sahamies
Ivan Demidov
Phil Hellmuth
Huck Seed
Annie Duke
Orel Hershiser
Vanessa Selbst
Tom Dwan
Jeffrey Ishbia (Caesars qualifer)
Erik Seidel
Peter Eastgate
Phil Ivey
Mike Sexton
Eli Elezra
John Juanda
Gavin Smith
Antonio Esfandiari
Gabe Kaplan
Jennifer Tilly
Sam Farha
Phil Laak
J.C. Tran
Chris Ferguson
Howard Lederer
Kenny Tran
Scott Fischman
Erick Lindgren
Paul Wasicka
Layne Flack
Jonathan Little
David Williams
Ted Forrest
Mike Matusow
Jerry Yang
Brad Garrett
Note: One more qualifier from Caesars Palace and four online poker qualifiers will be added to the list.
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