2009 Heads-Up Poker Championship (NBC) Schedule + Info

[El Scorcho]

I always enjoy watching these because I think NBC does a pretty damn good job on it's production value of the shows. You can catch reruns here and there from last year on Universal HD.

Heads-Up Championship
March 5: GoDaddy.com Draw Party (at PURE in Caesars Palace)
March 6-8: National Heads-Up Poker Championship (Caesars Palace)

NBC's television coverage
April 12: Noon - 2PM ET/Check local listings for PT
April 19: Noon - 1PM ET/Check local listings for PT
April 26: Noon - 2PM ET/Check local listings for PT
May 3: Noon - 2PM ET/Check local listings for PT
May 10: Noon - 2PM ET/Check local listings for PT
May 17: Noon - 3PM ET/Check local listings for PT

Complete prize purse breakdown
Places 9-16: $25,000
Places 5-8: $75,000
Places 3-4: $125,000
2nd place: $250,000
1st place: $500,000

Total purse: $1,500,000

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Players guaranteed an invite from the following criteria (https://www.pokerpages.com/poker-news/news/new-criteria-for-nbc-national-heads-up-poker-championship-invites-announced--30709.htm):

Phil Hellmuth
Ted Forrest
Paul Wasicka
Chris Ferguson
Andy Bloch
Chad Brown
Phil Ivey
Huck Seed
Scott Fischman
Jamie Gold
Jerry Yang
Peter Eastgate
Ivan Demidov
Erick Lindgren
John Phan
Kenny Tran
John Juanda
Jonathan Little
Glen Chorny

# Previous 5 National Heads-Up Poker Champions
# Previous 2 National Heads-Up runners-up
# Defending National Heads-Up semifinalists
# Any player who cashes in the past 4 consecutive years of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship
# Previous 3 World Series of Poker Main Event Champions
# Defending World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up
# Beginning with the 2008 WSOP, multiple bracelet winners in the same year will receive an automatic invitation to the next Heads-Up Championship
# Defending World Series of Poker Player of the Year
# Defending World Series of Poker Heads-Up Champion
# Defending World Series of Poker Europe Main Event Champion (21 or older)
# Reigning World Poker Tour Player of the Year
# Reigning Monte Carlo European Poker Tour Grand Final Champion (21 or older)
# Reigning Card Player magazine Player of the Year
# Reigning Bluff magazine Player of the Year
# Reigning ALL IN magazine Player of the Year
# Online and NBC qualifiers
# Host venue qualifiers (two)