A Genuine Story Inside of the NBC National Heads-Up Championship

NBC National Heads-Up Championship starts this weekend (5th thru 8th) and places some of Professional Pokers top players in a Heads-Up elimination situation.  The 64 players can be broken down into Pro Players, Celebrities and winners of Satellite tournaments.   The Poker Pros is a list of well known players who have won many of the most prestigious poker tournaments between them.   There are three online satellite winners with one of them being a great story that proves the idea of «Only in America»

Blandino Gines, a 52 year old out of work handy man, won entry by playing in a free satellite tournament at Poker Stars.  He outlasted a huge field, by moving up over again in elimination tournaments, until he finally beat the last other survivor in the tournament.  This win was worth $1000, a flight to Las Vegas and four nights at Caesars for a party of two.  The best part of the win was the entry into the tournament, which amounted to $20,000. [Read][more...]

NBC National Heads Up Tournament is Set

This annual Heads Up Tournament will be played at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for three days starting March 5TH.  Each of the four years this 64-player match has been held has proven to be a severe test of Heads Up Play.  This year's announced field is a Who's Who list of poker players from around the world.  Many of them have a strong record in other prestiges' poker events and have a proven capacity to win at any tournament.  The number of WSOP winners is outstanding as well as those that have done well in the WPT and the major tournaments that have been held in Europe.  The list represents players from 15 different countries of origin, which enhances its International flavor.

The player list includes five celebrities, four of them previous players in the event, one Caesars qualifier and three amateur qualifiers.  Reading the list of professional poker players is like an all-star list of the all time best poker players that are still playing.   Famous players like Doyle Brunson and Chris Ferguson give a taste of the quality of the pros that are invited to play.  Previous champions of this tournament are automatic players as well as winners of some of the better-known tournaments. [Read][more...]