National Heads-Up Poker Championship Invitees List Released

The list for the upcoming 2008 National Head-Up Poker Championship has been released and there are quite a few big names listed. From poker players to celebrities and even sports stars the people invited make up a very exciting group of players. The Championship will begin on February 29th and run until March 2nd. The buy-in for each player is $20,000 and the winner will bring home $500,000.

A few of the professional poker players listed are Doyle and Todd Brunson, Annie Duke, Chris Ferguson, Jamie Gold, Gus Hanson, Jennifer Harmon, Phil Hellmuth and Scotty Nguyen. This is only a short list of the many professionals invited. But these names alone should get any poker player excited about the upcoming series.

There are also several celebrities lined up for this year's event. Jason Alexander of Seinfeld fame has been invited as well as Don Cheadle, who is a very well respected actor who has won and been nominated for several awards. Then of course you have Shannon Elizabeth who has been making quite a name for herself in the poker circuit. She is still well known for her role in American Pie. Brad Garrett has been invited and is known for his role in Everybody Loves Raymond as Raymond's brother. Mr. Kotter himself, Gabe Kaplan has been invited as well as Actress Jennifer Tilly.

The list just gets more and more interesting as it goes on. I think to watch the Championship unfold will be an interesting experience. With so many colorful personalities in one group there is no doubt the action will be exciting.

Complete List of Confirmed Players:

Jason Alexander

Patrik Antonius

Jean-Robert Bellande

David Benyamine

Chad Brown

Doyle Brunson

Todd Bruson

Johnny Chan

Don Cheadle

Scott Clements

T.J.Cloutier

Allen Cunningham

Freddy Deeb

Annie Duke

Tom Dwan

Bill Edler

Eli Elezra

Shannon Elizabeth

Antonio Esfrandiari

Sam Farha

Chris Ferguson

Scott Fischman

Ted Forrest

Brad Garrett

Jamie Gold

Clonie Gowen

Barry Greenstein

Sam Grizzle

Joe Hachem

Gus Hanson

Jennifer Harmon

Phil Hellmuth

Orel Hershiser

Phil Ivey

John Juanda

Gabe Kaplan

Phil Laak

Howard Lederer

Erick Lindgren

Jonathan Little

Mike Matusow

Michael Mizrachi

Daniel Negreanu

Scotty Nguyen

David Pham

Greg Raymer

Vanessa Rousso

Tom Schneider

Daniel Schreiber

Huck Seed

Erik Seidel

David Singer

Gavin Smith

Jennifer Tilly

Brian Townsend

J.C. Tran

Kenny Tran

Paul Wasicka

David Williams

Jerry Yang