Heads Up Poker Round One

The NBC Heads Up Poker Championship is underway and the first round of eliminations is done. Poker Pros, online qualifiers and Hollywood invitees all matched up in player vs player competition, with only one player per match advancing to the next round. Players that did not advance include David Williams, Annie Duke, Dan Schreiber, Don Cheadle, David Singer, Alisha Kunze, Bill Edler and Chris Moneymaker. Their opponents who will advance include Johnny Chan, JC Tran, TJ Cloutier, Gus Hansen, Phil Laak, Phil Ivey, Scotty Nguyen, and current World Series of Poker main event champion Jerry Yang. The 64 players will continue to compete in similar fashion until only one player is left as champion.