2010 National Heads-Up Poker Championship First Round Matchups Set

Published on March 5th, 2010 5:19 am EST

The first round matchups of the 2010 National Heads-up Poker Championship were announced earlier tonight at a draw party at PURE night club in Las Vegas.

The first round will get under way tomorrow (Friday) at noon local time. The Round of 32 and Round of 16 matchups will take place on Saturday, while the Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Championship matchups will take place on Sunday, March 7th.

Here are the first round matchups:

Club Bracket

Patrik Antonius vs Chris Moneymaker
Leo Wolpert vs Eric Baldwin
David Williams vs Joe Cada
Erik Seidel vs Huck Seed
Dan Ramirez vs Erick Lindgren
Peter Eastgate vs Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
Stephen Quinn vs Ted Forrest
Dario Minieri vs Jamie Gold

Spade Bracket

Gavin Smith vs Phil Ivey
Richard Edwards vs Scotty Nguyen
Shawn Rice vs Joe Hachem
Gabe Kaplan vs Johnny Chan
Daniel Negreanu vs Jason Mercier
Pieter de Korver vs Mike Sexton
Phil Gordon vs Tom Dwan
Phil Laak vs John Juanda

Heart Bracket

Jesper Hougaard vs Allen Cunningham
Eli Elezra vs Greg Mueller
Annette Dworksi vs Chris Ferguson
Kara Scott vs Dennis Phillips
Brock Parker vs Doyle Brunson
JP Kelly vs Don Cheadle
Howard Lederer vs Phil Hellmuth
Annette Obrestad vs Orel Hershiser

Diamond Bracket

Barry Greenstein vs Vanessa Rousso
Sam Farha vs Antonio Esfandiari
Jennifer Harman vs Jennifer Tilly
Jerry Yang vs Mike Matusow
Darvin Moon vs Bill Huntress
Andy Bloch vs Annie Duke
Andrew Wilson vs Paul Wasicka
Gus Hansen vs Greg Raymer

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It's interesting that there are no less than three Team Pokerstars vs Team Pokerstars matchups in the first round (Negreanu vs Mercier, Eastgate vs "ElkY" and Greenstein vs Rousso).

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