Brackets released for NBC Heads-Up Poker tournament

After a flurry of late changes, we now have the final brackets for the 2011 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship presented by GoDaddy.com. Late additions to the proceedings include Sam Trickett (replacing Joe Cada), Carlos Mortensen (replacing Gabe Kaplan), Olivier Busquet (replacing Johnny Chan), David “Viffer” Peat (replacing Howard Lederer), and David Oppenheim (replacing last year’s champion Annie Duke).

Here is a look at the first round matchups in each bracket:

Diamonds

Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier vs. Justin Young MY PICK = ElkY
Joe Hachem vs. Phil Galfond MY PICK = Phil Galfond
Vanessa Selbst vs. Eli Elezra MY PICK = Vanessa Selbst
Peter Eastgate vs.Chris Ferguson MY PICK = Chris Ferguson
Huck Seed vs. Jennifer Harman MY PICK = Huck Seed
Erik Seidel vs. Allen Cunningham MY PICK = Erik Seidel
Mike Matusow vs. Greg Raymer MY PICK = Greg Raymer
Thomas Marchese vs. Phil Gordon MY PICK = Tom Marchese

BRACKET WINNER = ElkY

Clubs

Dwyte Pilgrim vs. Olivier Busquet MY PICK = Olivier Busquet
Liv Boeree vs. Jason Alexander MY PICK = Liv Boeree
Jason Mercier vs. Ted Forrest MY PICK = Ted Forrest
Andy Bloch vs. John Juanda MY PICK = Andy Bloch
Barry Greenstein vs. Scotty Nguyen MY PICK = Barry Greenstein
Annette Obrestad vs. Ayaz Mahmood MY PICK = Annette Obrestad
Jonathan Duhamel vs. Melburn Whitmire MY PICK = Jonathan Duhamel
Nicolas Chouity vs. Antonio Esfandiari MY PICK = Antonio Esfandiari

BRACKET WINNER = Olivier Busquet

Hearts

Kara Scott vs. David “Viffer” Peat MY PICK = Viffer
David Williams vs. Emmitt Smith MY PICK = David Williams
Gavin Smith vs. Gus Hansen MY PICK = Gus Hansen
James Bord vs. Frank Kassela MY PICK= James Bord
Phil Laak vs. Daniel Negreanu My Pick = Phil Laak
Michael Mizrachi vs. Vanessa Rousso MY PICK = Vanessa Rousso
Don Cheadle vs. Tom Dwan MY PICK = Tom Dwan
Phil Hellmuth vs. David Benyamine MY PICK = Phil Hellmuth

Bracket Winner = David Williams

Spades

Doyle Brunson vs. Jennifer Tilly MY PICK = Jennifer Tilly
Erick Lindgren vs. Dennis Phillips MY PICK = Dennis Phillips
Daniel Cates vs. Phil Ivey MY PICK = Daniel Cates
John Racener vs. Chris Moneymaker MY PICK= John Racener
Carlos Mortensen vs. Sam Trickett MY PICK= Sam Trickett
Eric Baldwin vs. David Oppenheim MY PICK = Eric Baldwin
Patrik Antonius vs. Sorel Mizzi MY PICK = Sorel Mizzi
Eugene Katchalov vs. Faraz Jaka MY PICK = Faraz Jaka

BRACKET WINNER = Faraz Jaka

TOURNAMENT WINNER = ElkY
Round 1 of the tournament will take place on Friday, and the remaining 32 players will return to the tables on Saturday where they will play two more rounds, reducing the field down to eight players. On Sunday the Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals will be played.