Match-ups announced for NBC Heads-Up Championship

Match-ups announced for NBC Heads-Up Championship

Thursday, 24 January 2013

Last night saw 64 of the world’s best players attend an exclusive draw party to determine that match-ups for this year’s NBC Heads-Up Championship.

With play set to kick off later today, those in attendance were keen to know which player they’d be facing first in the $20,000 invitational.


However, before the draw began it was announced that Daniel Negreanu would not be competing in this year’s event due to personal commitments with David 'Doc' Sands taking his place.


With the formalities out of the way, the draw began in earnest. Of the first round matches there is an interesting selection including Viktor Blom versus Andrew Litchtenberger, Isaac Haxton versus Justin Bonomo, Phil Ivey versus Phil Laak and Jason Mercier versus Dan Smith.


All the first round matches will be played out today before the next two rounds commence on January 25. Following that, the final flurry of match-ups will take place on January 26 when a winner will be crowned.


First round of NBC Heads-Up Championship:


Esfandiari v Tilly


Duhamel v Glantz


Moorman v Mortenson


Salsberg v Cates


Rousso v Timoshenko


Deeb v Frankenberger


Bloch v Julius


Failla v Seiver


Lamb v Greenstein


Monnette v Raymer


Blom v Litchtenberger


Mizrachi v Matusow


Williams v Hennigan


Simon v Oppenheim


Laak v Ivey


Haxton v Bonomo


Cheong v Busquet


Bellande v Miller


Ho v Galfond


Katchalov v Jaka


J Smith v Grospellier


Hellmuth v Sexton


Moneymaker v Somerville


Salaburu v Sands


Seidel v Dwan


Marchese v Brunson


Hastings v Matros


Schulman v Elezra


Merson v Serock


Charania v Seed


Boeree v Baumann


Mercier v D Smith


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Tags: NBC Heads-Up Championship, David Negreanu, Phil Laak, Phil Ivey, Isaac Haxton, Justin Bonomo