2008 Heads-Up Invitation List Release

The final list of 60 invitations for the NBC Heads Up Championship have just been released:

1. Alexander, Jason
2. Antonius, Patrik
3. Bellande, Jean-Robert
4. Benyamine, David
5. Brown, Chad
6. Brunson, Doyle
7. Brunson, Todd
8. Chan, Johnny
9. Cheadle, Don
10. Clements, Scott
11. Cloutier, T.J.
12. Cunningham, Allen
13. Deeb, Freddy
14. Duke, Annie
15. Dwan, Tom
16. Edler, Bill
17. Elezra, Eli
18. Elizabeth, Shannon
19. Esfandiari, Antonio
20. Farha, Sam
21. Ferguson, Chris
22. Fischman, Scott
23. Forrest, Ted
24. Garrett, Brad
25. Gold, Jamie
26. Gowen, Clonie
27. Greenstein, Barry
28. Grizzle, Sam
29. Hachem, Joe
30. Hansen, Gus
31. Harman, Jennifer
32. Hellmuth, Phil
33. Hershiser, Orel
34. Ivey, Phil
35. Juanda, John
36. Kaplan, Gabe
37. Laak, Phil
38. Lederer, Howard
39. Lindgren, Erick
40. Little, Jonathan
41. Matusow, Mike
42. Mizrachi, Michael
43. Negreanu, Daniel
44. Nguyen, Scotty
45. Pham, David
46. Raymer, Greg
47. Rousso, Vanessa
48. Schneider, Tom
49. Schreiber, Daniel
50. Seed, Huck
51. Seidel, Erik
52. Singer, David
53. Smith, Gavin
54. Tilly, Jennifer
55. Townsend, Brian
56. Tran, J.C.
57. Tran, Kenny
58. Wasicka, Paul
59. Williams, David
60. Yang, Jerry

In total there will be 64 participants with the last four being special event winners.

There are a couple of match-ups that I would love to see.

Jason Alexander vs Brad Garrett - This would probably be the most entertaining match considering the personalities in play.

Patrik Antonius vs Gus Hansen - If you want more women watching and playing poker put these two guys at the table against each other.

Chad Brown vs Vanessa Rousso - Boyfriend against girlfriend. Considering that they were accused of slow-playing each other during a recent tournament it will be nice to see how they
play against each other.

Doyle Brunson vs Todd Brunson - Father against son. Need I say more?

Johnny Chan vs Jamie Gold - The teacher versus the student. Chan has always supported Gold but I'm sure he'll be happy to run him over during this match.

Annie Duke vs Daniel Negreanu - It's no secret that there is bad blood between these two so watching them in a match together would be run. If not Annie, Howard Lederer would also be a good match for Daniel.

Sam Grizzle vs Phil Hellmuth - If there is anyone who will try to strangle Hellmuth it's Grizzle.

Brian Townsend vs Phil Ivey - These two have had some incredible on-line heads-up matches. I believe that this would be the best poker played throughout the event.

Those are my thoughts on it.