NBC will air the broadcast over six consecutive 1-3 hour show Sundays beginning April 17th.
The buy-in increased from $20,000 to $25,000 which will increase the first place payday to $750,000 instead of the $500,000 it has been the last few years.
The results from the first round of matches:
Spades Bracket
Doyle Brunson Def. Jennifer Tilly
Dennis Phillips Def. Erick Lindgren
Daniel “jungleman12” Cates Def. Phil Ivey
Chris Moneymaker Def. John Racener
Carlos Mortensen Def. Sam Trickett
David Oppenheim Def. Eric Baldwin
Patrik Antonius Def. Sorel Mizzi
Eugene Katchalov Def. Faraz Jaka
Diamonds Bracket
Bertrand Grospellier Def. Justin Young
Phil Galfond Def. Joe Hachem
Vanessa Selbst Def. Eli Elezra
Peter Eastgate Def. Chris Ferguson
Jennifer Harman Def. Huck Seed
Erik Seidel Def. Allen Cunningham
Greg Raymer Def. Mike Matusow
Phil Gordon Def. Thomas Marchese
Clubs Bracket
Olivier Busquet Def. Dwyte Pilgrim
Liv Boeree Def. Jason Alexander
Jason Mercier Def. Ted Forrest
Andy Bloch Def. John Juanda
Barry Greenstein Def. Scotty Nguyen
Ayaz Mahmood Def. Annette Obrestad
Jonathan Duhamel Def. Melburn Whitmire
Antonio Esfandiari Def. Nicolas Chouity
Hearts Bracket
Andrew Robl Def. Kara Scott
Emmitt Smith Def. David Williams
Gavin Smith Def. Gus Hansen
James Bord Def. Frank Kassela
Phil Laak Def. Daniel Negreanu
Michael Mizrachi Def. Vanessa Rousso
Tom Dwan Def. Don Cheadle
David Benyamine Def. Phil Hellmuth
Round 2 Match-Ups:
Diamonds Bracket
Bertrand Grospellier v. Phil Galfond
Vanessa Selbst v. Peter Eastgate
Jennifer Harman v. Erik Seidel
Greg Raymer v. Phil Gordon
Clubs Bracket
Olivier Busquet v. Liv Boeree
Jason Mercier v. Andy Bloch
Barry Greenstein v. Ayaz Mahmood
Jonathan Duhamel v. Antonio Esfandiari
Hearts Bracket
Andrew Robl v. Emmitt Smith
Gavin Smith v. James Bord
Phil Laak v. Michael Mizrachi
Tom Dwan v. David Benyamine
Spades Bracket
Doyle Brunson v. Dennis Phillips
Daniel Cates v. Chris Moneymaker
Carlos Mortensen v. David Oppenheim
Patrik Antonius v. Eugene Katchalov
