NBC Heads-up Poker Championship - Brackets Announced!

The Poker Prof has announced the heads-up poker championship. If you’re interested in taking a look at the brackets and “who’s playing who,” head on over to the Poker Prof’s website. Here are the NBC Heads-up Poker Championship Brackets.
Interesting First round match-up include:
First round -

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NBC Heads-up Poker Championship

This weekend is the NBC heads-up poker Championship. This is the third year running and should be as entertaining as the first two years. The event is being held at the fabulous Caesar’s Palace Casino in Las Vegas (and I wish I was there).
The last two years winners had to face […]

Live blogging a repeat

Fox Sports Network ran what I think is a re-run of of Full Tilt Poker’s “Learn From The Pros” this evening. I never saw it the first time around, but I recognize Chris Rose and Howard Lederer’s suits. They wore the same suits every show that first season.
Here’s a summary of the episode: Aggression is […]

“One of a Kind” Set to Premier Saturday, July 29th on ESPN

While most hard-core poker players are familiar with the tragic story of Stuey Ungar, but the general public will soon learn his story when ESPN premiers “One of a Kind: The Rise and Fall of Stu Ungar” on Saturday, July 29th.
The documentary contains interviews (including audio recordings of Stu Ungar himself intended for an […]

Southern Comfort to Sponsor Bravo’s Celebrity Poker

Bravo has signed a deal with Southern Comfort parent Brown-Forman, establishing the SoCo brand as an integrated part of the eighth season of Celebrity Poker Showdown, which begins May 31.
As part of the agreement, departing poker players will be interviewed in the SoCo Lime Lounge just after their elimination, and the Celebrity Poker programming and […]

Mansion Poker Unveils the Poker Dome

Mansion Poker is set to unveil its new Poker Dome venture in Las Vegas, located inside the Neonopolis. The Poker Dome Challenge will include stadium seating, fast-paced poker play, and other bells and whistles designed to increase interaction with the audience.
Six players will compete within a soundproof room, with multiple cameras monitoring the action. […]

GSN’s High Stakes Poker Back for a Second Season

The second season of High Stakes Poker starts in June on GSN, featuring contestants from the first season (Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Daniel Negreanu, Barry Greenstein, Sam Farha and Phil Hellmuth) as well as newcomers including Phil “The Unabomber” Laak, Mike Matusow, Michael Mizrachi, Erick Lindgren, John Juanda, Amnon Filippi, David Grey, Minh Ly, and […]