Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu Favored To Win

Published on March 1st, 2011 10:04 am EST

The King is holding the National Heads-Up Poker Championship LogoThe 7th annual National Heads-Up Poker Championship is scheduled to get underway in just a couple of days.

64 players will be paying $25,000 to get their shot at the $750,000 first-place prize. The prize pool has been $1.5 million in previous years, but the bigger buy-in ($25,000 up from $20,000) means that there will be a total of $1.8 million up for grabs in 2011.

The draw party for the 2011 National Heads-Up Poker Championship will take place on Thursday, March 3rd at PURE Nightclub in Caesars Palace. The tournament will get underway the next day (March 4th) and run until March 6th.

Former winners of this event include Annie Duke, Phil Hellmuth, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson and Paul Wasicka.

In case you were wanting to put some money down on your favorite player, Bodog is currently taking bets on this event.

Here are the current odds to win:

Phil Ivey 12/1
Daniel Negreanu 15/1
Phil Galfond 20/1
Phil Hellmuth 20/1
Tom Dwan 20/1
Erik Seidel 20/1
Chris Ferguson 20/1
Ted Forrest 25/1
Barry Greenstein 25/1
Gus Hansen 25/1
Faraz Jaka 25/1
Doyle Brunson 25/1
Daniel Cates 25/1
Allen Cunningham 25/1
Patrik Antonius 25/1
Gavin Smith 30/1
Bertrand Grospellier 30/1
Erick Lindgren 30/1
Johnny Chan 30/1
David Williams 30/1
Antonio Esfandiari 30/1
Michael Mizrachi 35/1
Frank Kassel 40/1
Eugene Katchalov 40/1
Phil Laak 40/1
Howard Lederer 40/1
Justin Young 40/1
Dwyte Pilgrim 40/1
John Racener 40/1
Eric Baldwin 40/1
David Benyamine 40/1
Andy Bloch 40/1
Liv Boeree 40/1
James Bord 40/1
Joe Cada 40/1
Nicolas Chouity 40/1
Jonathan Duhamel 40/1
Annie Duke 40/1
Scotty Nguyen 40/1
Annette Obrestad 40/1
Eli Elezra 40/1
Joe Hachem 40/1
Jennifer Harman 40/1
Vanessa Rousso 40/1
Huck Seed 40/1
Vanessa Selbst 40/1
John Juanda 40/1
Jason Mercier 40/1
Sorel Mizzi 40/1
Ayaz Mahmood 40/1
Thomas Marchese 40/1
Phil Gordon 50/1
Greg Raymer 50/1
Peter Eastgate 50/1
Mike Matusow 50/1
Chris Moneymaker 75/1
Gabe Kaplan 75/1
Dennis Phillips 75/1
Jennifer Tilly 75/1
Melburn Whitmire 75/1
Don Cheadle 100/1
Jason Alexander 100/1
Kara Scott 100/1
Emmitt Smith 150/1

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Here are some other bets that you can put money down on:

Which of the following players will last longer in the 2011 NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship taking place in Las Vegas on March 4-6?

Daniel Negreanu -140
Annie Duke EVEN

Which of the following players will Last longer in the 2011 NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship taking place in Las Vegas on March 4-6?

Sorel Mizzi -120
John Racener -120

Which of the following players will Last longer in the 2011 NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship taking place in Las Vegas on March 4-6?

Tom Dwan EVEN
Phil Ivey -140

Which of the following players will Last longer in the 2011 NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship taking place in Las Vegas on March 4-6?

Joe Cada -120
Jonathan Duhamel -120

Will at least one of the following Celebrities make Round 3 of the 2011 NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship taking place in Las Vegas on March 4-6? (Jason Alexander, Don Cheadle, Emmitt Smith, Jennifer Tilly)

Yes +110
No -150

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