Bord and Boeree make NBC Heads Up line up
Thursday, 24 February 2011
Organisers have confirmed the final line up for the forthcoming NBC Heads Up Poker Championship and there are a couple of very familiar faces from this side of the pond, namely Liv Boeree and James Bord.
The EPT San Remo and WSOPE Main Event winners join a top class 64-runner field that is a veritable who's who of TV poker talent and includes the likes of Phil Ivey, Huck Seed, Tom Dwan and Daniel Negreanu.
As usual there is a sprinkling of celebrities amongst the professionals including actors Jason Alexander and Don Cheadle and former NFL star Emmitt Smith.
The buy-in for invited players has increased this year from $20,000 to $25,000, which means that the first-place finisher will receive $750,000, up from $500,000 in last year’s competition and second place will take home $300,000, up from $250,000.
The complete line up is as follows:
Alexander, Jason
Antonius, Patrik
Baldwin, Eric
Benyamine, David
Bloch, Andy
Boeree, Liv
Bord, James
Brunson, Doyle
Cada, Joe
Cates, Daniel
Chan, Johnny
Cheadle, Don
Chouity, Nicolas
Cunningham, Allen
Duhamel, Jonathan
Duke, Annie
Dwan, Tom
Eastgate, Peter
Elezra, Eli
Esfandiari, Antonio
Ferguson, Chris
Forrest, Ted
Galfond, Phil
Gordon, Phil
Greenstein, Barry
Grospellier, Bertrand
Hachem, Joe
Hansen, Gus
Harman, Jennifer
Hellmuth, Phil
Ivey, Phil
Jaka, Faraz
Juanda, John
Kaplan, Gabe
Kassela, Frank
Katchalov, Eugene
Laak, Phil
Lederer, Howard
Lindgren, Erick
Mahmood, Ayaz
Marchese, Thomas
Matusow, Mike
Mercier, Jason
Mizrachi, Michael
Mizzi, Sorel
Moneymaker, Chris
Negreanu, Daniel
Nguyen, Scotty
Obrestad, Annette
Phillips, Dennis
Pilgrim, Dwyte
Racener, John
Raymer, Greg
Rousso, Vanessa
Scott, Kara
Seed, Huck
Seidel, Erik
Selbst, Vanessa
Smith, Emmitt
Smith, Gavin
Tilly, Jennifer
Whitmire, Melburn
Williams, David
Young, Justin
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