NBAE/Getty ImagesLAS VEGAS - The field for the 7th annual National Heads-Up Poker Championship presented by GoDaddy.com, the world's largest domain name registrar, is flush with a who’s who of the poker world, including a dozen World Series of Poker Main Event champions, top all-time money winners, online studs, and Academy Award nominees. Poker’s most prestigious heads up tournament brings 64 of the best poker players in the world to the Caesars Palace Poker Tournament Room to compete in its distinctive, bracket-style head-to-head format for $1.8 million in combined prize money.
The entire field (alphabetical order):
1. Alexander, Jason:
2. Antonius, Patrik
3. Baldwin, Eric
4. Benyamine, David
5. Bloch, Andy
6. Boeree, Liv
7. Bord, James
8. Brunson, Doyle
9. Busquet, Olivier
10. Cates, Daniel
11. Cheadle, Don
12. Chouity, Nicolas
13. Cunningham, Allen
14. Duhamel, Jonathan
15. Dwan, Tom
16. Eastgate, Peter
17. Elezra, Eli
18. Esfandiari, Antonio
19. Ferguson, Chris
20. Forrest, Ted
21. Galfond, Phil
22. Gordon, Phil
23. Greenstein, Barry
24. Grospellier, Bertrand
25. Hachem, Joe
26. Hansen, Gus
27. Harman, Jennifer
28. Hellmuth, Phil
29. Ivey, Phil
30. Jaka, Faraz
31. Juanda, John
32. Kassela, Frank
33. Katchalov, Eugene
34. Laak, Phil
35. Lindgren, Erick
36. Mahmood, Ayaz
37. Marchese, Thomas
38. Matusow, Mike
39. Mercier, Jason
40. Mizrachi, Michael
41. Mizzi, Sorel
42. Moneymaker, Chris
43. Mortensen, Carlos
44. Negreanu, Daniel
45. Nguyen, Scotty
46. Obrestad, Annette
47. Oppenheim, David
48. Phillips, Dennis
49. Pilgrim, Dwyte
50. Racener, John
51. Raymer, Greg
52. Robl, Andrew
53. Rousso, Vanessa
54. Scott, Kara
55. Seed, Huck
56. Seidel, Erik
57. Selbst, Vanessa
58. Smith, Emmitt
59. Smith, Gavin
60. Tilly, Jennifer
61. Trickett, Sam
62. Whitmire, Melburn
63. Williams, David
64. Young, Justin