NBC National Heads Up Championship starts in about a week and the complete list of invited players has been released. It's the usual mix of top pros and a few celebrities, among them Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius, Doyle Brunson, Jennifer Tilly and Don Cheadle. Players making their debut in the show include Annette Obrestad and Kara Scott.


The event takes place at Caesars Palace March 4 to 7. Not many top pros hold this championship at high regard as they feel the fast structure makes it a crapshoot, but the show is very popular on tv and thus important for poker.

These 57 invited players will be joined by 7 online qualifiers:

Patrik Antonius
Eric Baldwin
Andy Bloch
Doyle Brunson
Joe Cada
Johnny Chan
Don Cheadle
Allen Cunningham
Pieter de Korver
Annie Duke

Tom Dwan
Peter Eastgate
Eli Elezra
Antonio Esfandiari
Sam Farha
Chris Ferguson
Ted Forrest
Jamie Gold
Phil Gordon
Barry Greenstein

Bertrand Grospellier
Joe Hachem
Gus Hansen
Jennifer Harman
Phil Hellmuth
Orel Hershiser
Jesper Hougaard
Phil Ivey
John Juanda
Gabe Kaplan

John Paul Kelly
Phil Laak
Howard Lederer
Erick Lindgren
Mike Matusow
Jason Mercier
Dario Minieri
Chris Moneymaker
Darvin Moon
Greg Mueller

Daniel Negreanu
Scotty Nguyen
Annette Obrestad
Brock Parker
Dennis Phillips
Greg Raymer
Vanessa Rousso
Kara Scott
Huck Seed
Erik Seidel

Mike Sexton
Gavin Smith
Jennifer Tilly
Paul Wasicka
David Williams
Leo Wolpert
Jerry Yang

Source: 4flush.