We had some fun with this event last year and I got flukey picking Paul Wasicka as one of my initial four picks. The championship starts tonight!
The draw:
Clubs
* Jonathan Little vs. Erik Seidel
* Patrik Antonius vs. Gabe Kaplan
* Greg Raymer vs. Hooman Nikzad
* Kenny Tran vs. Scott Clements
* Mike Matusow vs. Joseph Hachem
* Tom Dwan vs. Phil Hellmuth
* Tom Schneider vs. Gavin Smith
* Chris Ferguson vs. John Juanda
Spades
* Don Cheadle vs. Gus Hansen
* Scotty Nguyen vs. Bill Edler
* Jerry Yang vs. Chris Moneymaker
* David Singer vs. Phil Laak
* Phil Ivey vs. Alisha Kunze
* David Williams vs. Johnny Chan
* Daniel Schreiber vs. T.J. Cloutier
* Annie Duke vs. J.C. Tran
Diamonds
* Jason Alexander vs. Huck Seed
* David Pham vs. Brian Townsend
* Clonie Gowen vs. Jennifer Tilly
* Daniel Negreanu vs. Michael Mizrachi
* Barry Greenstein vs. Howard Lederer
* David Benyamine vs. Jennifer Harman
* Sam Farha vs.
Doyle Brunson
* Erick Lindgren vs. Eli Elezra
Hearts
* Vanessa Rousso vs. Antonio Esfandiari
* Shannon Elizabeth vs. Andy Bloch
* Todd Brunson vs. Scott Fischman
* Jamie Gold vs. Tom Kelly
* Ted Forrest vs. Orel Hershiser
* Allen Cunningham vs. Chad Brown
* Jean-Robert Bellande vs. Sam Grizzle
* Freddy Deeb vs. Paul Wasicka
The start times for each bracket are as follows: Hearts 10:15 a.m., Diamonds 1:15 p.m., Clubs 4:15 p.m., and Spades 6:45 p.m. (they're eight hours behind as they're PST).
http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news...d-matchups-set
The winner of the clubs bracket will play the winner of the spades bracket and the winner of the diamonds bracket will play the winner of the hearts bracket.
Bet365's odds on who'll be the outright winner:
They haven't included Freddy Deeb but have included Brad Garrett (who isn't playing!).
