NBC has sent out 17 more invites to join the 20 already invited to the 2008 National Heads-Up Poker Championship that begins Feb 28th at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
The tournament is a $20,000 buy-in invitation only event that runs a bracket style system (like NCAA basketball tournament) and will be contested over a span of three days. The overall winner will claim $500,000 and the heads up title that proves they bested one of the most difficult fields of professional poker players assembled into one tournament.
So far, first time invites are 2007 Bluff magazine’s Player of the Year, Bill Edler and Kenny Tran who had great runs at the WSOPE Event and the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. WSOP Main Event.
The 37 invitees so far are: (these players have received invites but none have yet to be confirmed)
| Doyle Brunson | Shannon Elizabeth |
| Annie Duke | Johnny Chan |
| Chris Ferguson | Antonio Esfandiari |
| Jamie Gold | Ted Forrest |
| Jennifer Harman | Barry Greenstein |
| Howard Lederer | Phil Ivey |
| Jonathan Little | Erick Lindgren |
| Scotty Nguyen | Mike Matusow |
| Brian Townsend | Gavin Smith |
| Jerry Yang | Paul Wasicka |
| Chad Brown | David Benyamine |
| Freddy Deeb | Todd Brunson |
| Eli Elezra | Bill Edler |
| John Juanda | Clonie Gowen |
| Daniel Negreanu | Phil Laak |
| Greg Raymer | David Pham |
| Erik Seidel | Kenny Tran |
| David Williams | Vanessa Rousso |
| Shawn Sheikhan |
There are 24 more invites that should be sent by the end of the month. The final three spots will go to players from online and Caesars Palace qualifiers.
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