Are you a good heads-up player? Good enough to play for the World Championship? Think you can beat this recently roster of players, famous folk, and qualifiers?
In no particular order, unless you think alphabetical is an order, they are…
David Benyamine, Andy Bloch, Chad Brown, Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Don Cheadle, Glen Chorny, Allen Cunningham, Ivan Demidov, Annie Duke, Tom Dwan, Peter Eastgate, Eli Elezra, Antonio Esfandiari, Sam Farha, Chris Ferguson, Scott Fischman, Layne Flack, Ted Forrest, Brad Garrett, Jamie Gold, Clonie Gowen, Barry Greenstein, Gavin Griffin, Bertrand Grospellier, Joe Hachem, Gus Hansen, Jennifer Harman, Phil Hellmuth, Orel Hershiser, Jeffrey Ishbia, Phil Ivey, John Juanda, Gabe Kaplan, Phil Laak, Howard Lederer, Erick Lindgren, Jonathan Little, Mike Matusow, Dario Minieri, Chris Moneymaker, Daniel Negreanu, Scotty Nguyen, David Pham, John Phan, Greg Raymer, Vanessa Rousso, Ilari Sahamies, Huck Seed, Vanessa Selbst, Erik Seidel, Mike Sexton, Gavin Smith, Jennifer Tilly, J.C. Tran, Kenny Tran, Paul Wasicka, David Williams, Jerry Yang, Leon Yanovski.
The matchups haven’t been announced yet but here’s a few we’d like to see:
The Oscar Game: Don Cheadle vs. Jennifer Tilly
The Readers: Daniel Negreanu vs. Kenny Tran
The Lawsuit Game: Clonie Gowen vs. Howard Lederer
The Pillowtalk Game: Vanessa Ruosso vs. Chad Brown
The Best Friends Game: Barry Greenstein vs. Phil Ivy (think there wouldn’t be something on the side?)
WSOP Champions: Jerry Yang vs. Peter Eastgate
“My Daddy Would Roll Over In His Grave If I Didn’t Win This Matchup”: Doyle Brunson vs. Jaime Gold
Best Gavin in the World: Gavin Smith vs. Gavin Griffin
Cute as a Button Tiny People: Jennifer Harman vs. Dario Minieri
Who Are We: Leon Yanovski vs. Jeffery Ishbia
Rematchs of sorts:
Tom Dwan vs. Phil Hellmuth
Scotty Nguyen vs. Eric Lindgren
Sammy Farha vs. Chris Moneymaker
David Williams vs. Greg Raymer
Unfortunately, these made for TV matchups are left to the luck of a draw as the names and pairings will be randomly plucked the night before play. If you want to brush up on your poker skills so maybe one day you get an invite to this event, try out bwin’s poker room.