As one of the premiere poker events held during the year, invitees to NBC’s National Heads-Up Poker Championship always represent the cream of the crop from the poker world. So, it only makes sense that Poker Hall of Famer, all-around poker legend and WPT’s own Mike Sexton would receive one of the coveted invites to participate in this unique event.
NBC’s National Heads-Up Poker Championship will be filmed on January 24-26 at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, in the tournament poker room. All three sessions are scheduled to begin at 1:30pm and are open to the public. There will be a draw party (“Selection Wednesday”) for the event the evening of January 23rd at 9:00 PM at Cleopatra’s Barge (located in Caesars Palace).
So far, half of the list of the 64 invited players has been confirmed by NBC. Here are those 32 confirmed players:
1. Doyle Brunson
2. Erik Seidel
3. Andy Bloch
4. Daniel Negreanu
5. Brian Hastings
6. Bertrand (Elky)Grospellier
7. Andrew Frankenberger
8. Phil Galfond
9. Antonio Esfandiari
10. Will Failla
11. Matt Glantz
12. Barry Greenstein
13. Maria Ho
14. Vanessa Rousso
15. Phil Ivey
16. Mike Matusow
17. John Hennigan
18. Faraz Jaka
19. Ben Lamb
20. David Williams
21. Jonathan Duhamel
22. Tom Dwan
23. Greg Merson
24. John Monnette
25. Mike Sexton
26. Mohsin Charania
27. Olivier Busquet
28. Jennifer Tilly
29. Yevgeniy Timoshenko
30. Scott Seiver
31. Eugene Katchalov
32. Greg Raymer