This week, a partial list of entrants in the 2011 National Heads-Up Poker Championship was released. The unique single-elimination tournament, which emanates from Caesars Palacein Las Vegas, is set for March 3rd to 6th and will feature 64 of the game’s brightest minds. Last year, former UB.com pro Annie Duke defeated good friend Erik Seidel in the finals and banked $500,000.
This time around, $1.8 million in prize money will be on the line and the top player will walk away with three-quarters of a million dollars. The tournament will be shown on NBC and, needless to say, network officials are looking forward to the high-stakes, high-octane event playing out.



A brand new week of NBC’s “Poker After Dark” premieres on Monday. In fact, the new cycle, a $150,000 Cash Game, is so big that it will span two weeks. The blinds will be $300/$600 with an ante of $100 and the game features a rock solid lineup of pros.
No, this isn’t some sort of early April Fools Day joke. Season 7 of the popular GSN cash game series “High Stakes Poker” will feature former “Saturday Night Live” star Norm MacDonald as its host. The new cycle will premiere on Saturday, February 26th at 8:00pm ET and be shown in 3D. It will re-air each Sunday at 11:00pm ET in case you missed any of the action.
The seventh season of GSN’s “High Stakes Poker” will debut on Saturday, February 26th. The show moves from its customary Sunday night time slot to Saturday this time around. Once again, Gabe Kaplan will provide solo commentary in the booth and Kara Scott will conduct interviews from the poker room floor.
The seventh season of "High Stakes Poker" is set to make its debut on February 26th.


