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NBC National Heads Up Championship Guest List

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

NBC National Heads Up Championship

NBC National Heads Up Championship

The NBC National Heads Up Championship is an annual event that features most of the top poker players in the industry. Some celebrities are also invited to take part of the game and the organizers have released the list of guests for this year.

This year we will be seeing a lot of familiar faces but also some celebrities and two first-timers; Kara Scott and Annette Obrestad. The NBC Heads Up Championship will take place at Caesars Palace from March 4th to 7th and it will then be televised.

The top names of poker have commented that this event is not highly regarded by them because the fast structure can make it feel like a crapshoot, however, it is extremely entertaining to watch on TV. This time we will have 57 guests and 7 online qualifiers.

This is the full list of guests for the 2010 NBC Heads Up Championship:

  • 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

William Reynolds Takes Down The 2010 PCA High Rollers Event

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

William Reynolds Takes Down PCA High Rollers

William Reynolds Takes Down PCA High Rollers

From Sioux City, Iowa, William Reynolds came to the Bahamas to take part of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. He is now walking away with the High Rollers event title and a prize of $500,000.

Despite being at the edge of elimination twice during the tournament, Reynolds managed to outplay the whole field of players and emerge victorious.

“I feel great,” Reynolds said, "I can’t count the amount of times I was all in. I was ready to be on the beach and up in my hotel room."

Congratulations to the new champion; here are the final results of the event:

  1. William Reynolds (USA) - $576,240
  2. Will Molson (Canada) - $322,075
  3. Adolfo Vaeza (Uruguay) - $218,150
  4. Michiel Brummelhuis (Netherlands) - $154,350
  5. Lisa Hamilton (USA) - $133,770
  6. Tobias Reinkemeier (Germany) - $108,045
  7. Matt Marafioti (Canada) - $87,465
  8. Dmitry Stelmak (Russia) - $66,885
  9. Sandra Naujoks (Germany) - $56,995
  10. Alex Brenes (Costa Rica) - $56,995
  11. Joe Cada (USA) - $51,540
  12. Carter Phillips (USA) - $51,540
  13. Greg Raymer (USA) - $46,305
  14. Isaac Baron (USA) - $46,305
  15. Shawn Buchanan (USA) - $41,160
  16. James Calderaro (USA) - $41,160