For the seventh straight year, a field of 64 of the world’s elite poker players will go head-to-head in some of the most aggressive poker playing around. Filmed in Caesars Palace Poker Room in March, the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship is a ‘who’s who’ from the poker world.  The tournament has a unique, single-elimination, bracket-style format modeled after college basketball tournaments, except that the finals are a best of three.

 
May 8 (Noon-1pm ET)
First hour: Rd 16: Clubs & Spades
Doyle Brunson vs Chris Moneymaker
Olivier Busquet vs Jason Mercier

May 8 (1pm-2pm ET)
Second hour: Rd 16: Hearts & Diamonds
Michael Mizrachi vs David Benyamine
Phil Galfond vs Vanessa Selbst
Erik Seidel vs Phil Gordon
 
2011 National Heads-Up Poker TV ScheduleSunday5/8NBC Sports Special: National Heads-Up Poker Championship #4NOON-2 p.m. ET
Sunday5/15NBC Sports Special: National Heads-Up Poker Championship #5NOON-2 p.m. ET
Sunday5/22NBC Sports Special: National Heads-Up Poker Championship #6NOON-3 p.m. ET