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 Fourth
Annual National
Heads-Up Poker
Championship Returns
to Caesars Palace
For the fourth
straight year, a
field of 64 of the
world’s most elite
poker players will
converge in Las
Vegas from February
28 – March 2 as the
National Heads-Up
Poker Championship
brings a ‘who’s who’
from the poker world
to the Caesars
Palace Poker
Tournament Room.
Returning to compete
are several of the
world’s top poker
pros, including
defending champion
Paul Wasicka; 2006
champion Ted
Forrest; 2005
champion Phil
Hellmuth and 2007
World Series of
Poker (No Limit
Texas Hold'em)
Champion Jerry Yang.
Also competing will
be Chad Brown,
Johnny Chan, Allen
Cunningham, Antonio
Esfandiari, Sam
Farha, Jamie Gold,
Joe Hachem, Gus
Hansen, Phil Laak,
Howard Lederer,
Daniel Negreanu,
Greg Raymer and
Gavin Smith, among
many others. New to
the championship
will be model and
television
personality Leeann
Tweeden, who will
serve as the
sideline
reporter/interviewer.
“The tables are set
for the National
Heads-Up Poker
Championship to once
again bring the best
of the best to
Caesars Palace,”
offers Jon Miller,
executive vice
president of NBC
Sports. “With the
top poker players in
the world
participating, there
will be an extremely
high caliber of play
and exhilarating
one-on-one
showdowns. This
tournament will
present some of the
most exciting
spectator poker in
the world.”
The National
Heads-Up Poker
Championship
features 64 top
poker players
competing in a
series of heads-up
(one-on-one games of
No Limit Texas
Hold'em) matches to
determine the best
heads-up poker
player in the world.
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.
 “This
competition requires
a lot of mental
focus and
endurance,” offers
Paul Wasicka, the
2007 National
Heads-Up Champion.
“You really have to
pay strict attention
to the cards and
your opponent at
every moment, and
even then things
don’t always go your
way. It won’t be
easy, but I’m
looking forward to
trying my hand at a
repeat win.”
The first round
opponents for the
brackets will be
chosen at random
during the
tournament’s Draw
Party held at PURE
Nightclub at Caesars
Palace on Thursday,
February 28. The
single-elimination
competition begins
Friday, February 29
and continues
through Sunday,
March 2, when a
two-out-of-three
championship match
will determine the
winner. The viewing
gallery is open to
guests on a
first-come
first-served basis.
The National
Heads-Up Poker
Championship will be
taped for broadcast
on NBC over seven
consecutive Sundays
in April and May,
2008 with Matt
Vasgersian and Ali
Nejad providing
commentary for the
broadcast.
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Gambling911.com News
Wire
Originally published
January 29, 2008
3:05 pm EST
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