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Best of the best? The NBC Heads-Up Championships and Ms. Scott's debut...
One of the most often-heard debates among poker players, journos and fans is "Who is the best poker player?". Of course, there's absolutely no way of resolving it entirely, but if you consider many feel heads-up poker to be the purest form of our beloved game AND the NBC Heads-Up Championships in March has all the best players over there (apart from Mr. Orford - must be some kind of oversight), you'll see why poker fans and writers such as myself get pretty excited about it.
But wait! There's another reason for the Sky Poker folks to get their cheering section hats on: none other than the charming Kara Scott will be making her debut at the tournament this year. As I am sure most of you are aware, Kara was a presenter with us not too long ago and has made great strides as a player in the last couple of years; runner up in the Irish Open, very deep run in the 2009 WSOP Main Event and now the hostess on some other poker show that isn't as good as anything on Sky. But she's doing ok for herself otherwise
So, here's the list of players who are taking part in the championships, and the force that is Sky Dave and Sky Jack even coerced our friends at Sky Bet to put together a market for you to put a couple of quid on your favourite - some decent prices on offer too, in my humble opinion.
Good luck picking a winner out of this lot!
2010 NBC Heads Up Championships: The Entrants (opens in a new window).
Phil Ivey 10/1
Huck Seed 10/1
Chris Ferguson 12/1
Patrik Antonius 16/1
Tom Dwan 16/1
Phil Hellmuth 16/1
Daniel Negreanu 16/1
Allen Cunningham 20/1
John Juanda 20/1
Gus Hansen 20/1
Sam Farha 25/1
Paul Wasicka 25/1
Bertrand Grospellier 25/1
Dario Minieri 25/1
Annette Obrestad 25/1
Vanessa Rousso 25/1
Andy Bloch 25/1
David Williams 25/1
Ted Forrest 33/1
Jennifer Harman 33/1
Erik Seidel 33/1
Antonio Esfandiari 33/1
Greg Raymer 33/1
Johnny Chan 40/1
Peter Eastgate 40/1
Jesper Hougaard 40/1
Joe Cada 40/1
Barry Greenstein 40/1
Howard Lederer 40/1
Erick Lindgren 40/1
Mike Matusow 40/1
Jason Mercier 40/1
Scotty Nguyen 40/1
Eric Baldwin 40/1
Pieter De-Korver 40/1
Eli Elezra 40/1
Gabe Kaplan 40/1
Phil Laak 40/1
Kara Scott 40/1
Jamie Gold 40/1
Phil Gordon 40/1
Joe Hachem 50/1
Doyle Brunson 50/1
Greg Mueller 50/1
John Paul Kelly 50/1
Chris Moneymaker 50/1
Mike Sexton 50/1
Leo Wolpert 50/1
Darvin Moon 50/1
Brock Parker 50/1
Jerry Yang 50/1
Annie Duke 66/1
Dennis Phillips 66/1
Gavin Smith 80/1
Orel Hershiser 80/1
Jennifer Tilly 100/1
Don Cheadle 100/1
Annette Dworski 150/1
Richard Edwards 150/1
William Huntress 150/1
Stephen Quinn 150/1
Dan Ramirez 150/1
Shawn Rice 150/1
Andrew Wilson 150/1
But wait! There's another reason for the Sky Poker folks to get their cheering section hats on: none other than the charming Kara Scott will be making her debut at the tournament this year. As I am sure most of you are aware, Kara was a presenter with us not too long ago and has made great strides as a player in the last couple of years; runner up in the Irish Open, very deep run in the 2009 WSOP Main Event and now the hostess on some other poker show that isn't as good as anything on Sky. But she's doing ok for herself otherwise
So, here's the list of players who are taking part in the championships, and the force that is Sky Dave and Sky Jack even coerced our friends at Sky Bet to put together a market for you to put a couple of quid on your favourite - some decent prices on offer too, in my humble opinion.
Good luck picking a winner out of this lot!
2010 NBC Heads Up Championships: The Entrants (opens in a new window).
Phil Ivey 10/1
Huck Seed 10/1
Chris Ferguson 12/1
Patrik Antonius 16/1
Tom Dwan 16/1
Phil Hellmuth 16/1
Daniel Negreanu 16/1
Allen Cunningham 20/1
John Juanda 20/1
Gus Hansen 20/1
Sam Farha 25/1
Paul Wasicka 25/1
Bertrand Grospellier 25/1
Dario Minieri 25/1
Annette Obrestad 25/1
Vanessa Rousso 25/1
Andy Bloch 25/1
David Williams 25/1
Ted Forrest 33/1
Jennifer Harman 33/1
Erik Seidel 33/1
Antonio Esfandiari 33/1
Greg Raymer 33/1
Johnny Chan 40/1
Peter Eastgate 40/1
Jesper Hougaard 40/1
Joe Cada 40/1
Barry Greenstein 40/1
Howard Lederer 40/1
Erick Lindgren 40/1
Mike Matusow 40/1
Jason Mercier 40/1
Scotty Nguyen 40/1
Eric Baldwin 40/1
Pieter De-Korver 40/1
Eli Elezra 40/1
Gabe Kaplan 40/1
Phil Laak 40/1
Kara Scott 40/1
Jamie Gold 40/1
Phil Gordon 40/1
Joe Hachem 50/1
Doyle Brunson 50/1
Greg Mueller 50/1
John Paul Kelly 50/1
Chris Moneymaker 50/1
Mike Sexton 50/1
Leo Wolpert 50/1
Darvin Moon 50/1
Brock Parker 50/1
Jerry Yang 50/1
Annie Duke 66/1
Dennis Phillips 66/1
Gavin Smith 80/1
Orel Hershiser 80/1
Jennifer Tilly 100/1
Don Cheadle 100/1
Annette Dworski 150/1
Richard Edwards 150/1
William Huntress 150/1
Stephen Quinn 150/1
Dan Ramirez 150/1
Shawn Rice 150/1
Andrew Wilson 150/1
Comments
Do you know if there is any TV coverage of this event over here?
Also, how come Gabe Kaplan is relatively short odds?
He may decide to sue you for loss of earnings. :-)))
chris ferguson is my pick ,
that is if he does not fall on beeches brook !
More seriously, I think Ferguson is a cracking shout for this. I think he's won one and finished second twice - not bad when there's only been five editions of the tournament!
Allen Cunningham 20/1
Bertrand Grospellier 25/1
Andy Bloch 25/1
Mike Matusow 40/1
Erik Seidel 33/1
Mike Sexton 50/1