NBC Heads-Up Championship 2010 kicks off

 NBC Heads-Up Championship 2010Sixth Annual Tournament Coming Soon NBC Heads-Up Championship 2010, which will bring together the most famous and strong players. Tournament with entry fee $20'000 will be held on March 5-7 in Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. Participants will fight for the champion title, and with it the $500'000 - that is how much the winner will receive. Last year it became Huck seedwho beat the fair sex in the final - Vanessa rousso.

The draw took place today, which distributed the players in the tournament grid.

Clubs

1. Patrik Antonius vs. Chris moneymaker 33.

2. Leo wolpert vs. Eric Baldwin 34.

3. David Williams vs. Joe cada 35.

4. Erik seidel vs. Huck seed 36.

5. Dan Ramirez vs. Erick lindgren 37.

6. Peter eastgate vs. Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier 38.

7. Stephen quinn vs. Ted forrest 39.

8. Dario minieri vs. Jamie gold 40.

Spades

9. Gavin smith vs. Phil Ivey 41.

10. Richard Edwards vs. Scotty nguyen 42.

11. Shawn rice (Caesars qualifier) vs. Joe Hachem 43.

12. Gabe kaplan vs. Johnny chan 44.

13. Daniel Negreanu vs. Jason mercier 45.

14. Pieter de Korver vs. Mike sexton 46.

15. Phil gordon vs. Tom dwan 47.

16. Phil laak vs. John juanda 48.

Hearts

17. Jesper hougaard vs. Allen cunningham 49.

18. Eli elezra vs. Greg mueller 50.

19. Annette dworski vs. Chris ferguson 51.

20. Kara scott vs. Dennis phillips 52.

21. Brock parker vs. Doyle brunson 53.

22. Jp kelly vs. Don cheadle 54.

23. Howard lederer vs. Phil Hellmuth 55.

24. Annette obrestad vs. Orel Hershiser 56.

Diamonds

25. Barry greenstein vs. Vanessa rousso 57.

26. Sam farha vs. Antonio Esfandiari 58.

27. Jennifer harman vs. Jennifer tilly 59.

28. Jerry yang vs. Mike matusow 60.

29. Darvin moon vs. Bill huntress 61.

30. Andy bloch vs. Annie duke 62.

31. Andrew Wilson vs. Paul wasicka 63.

32. Gus hansen vs. Greg raymer 64.

Prize fund distribution:

1st place - $500'000

2nd place - $250'000

3-4 places - $125'000

5-8 places - $75'000

9-16 places - $25'000

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