2011 NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship Odds and Predictions are now posted on NSAwins.com and vegas oddsmakers have listed Phil Ivey the 12/1(+1200) favorite to win the 7th edition of the tournament that is produced by NBC television and will be held March 3-6, 2011 at Ceasars Palace in Las Vegas. The tournament “buy in” is $20,000 and it is by invitation-only that top poker professionals can get themselves into the field. The tournament began in 2005 at the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas but moved to Ceasars Palace in 2006 and has been held there every year since. Past champions include 2005 Winner Phil “The Poker Brat” Helmuth(20/1 +2000 odds to win 2011), 2006 Winner Ted Forrest(25/1 +2500 odds to win 2011), 2007 Winner Paul Wassicka(not particiapting in 2011), 2008 Winner Chris Ferguson(20/1 +2000 odds to win 2011), 2009 Winner Huck Seed(40/1 +4000 odds to win 2011) and 2010 Winner Annie Duke(40/1 +4000 odds to win 2011). The structure of the NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship is modeled after the popular NCAA Tournament. The tournament is a single-elimination tournament conisting of 64 players in 4 seperate brackets(Diamonds, Clubs, Hearts, and Spades) playing no limit Texas hold ’em. Each player is seeded 1 thru 16 in each of the four brackets with each winner advancing until ultimately a final round matchup occurs between the last two players and the winner of that match gets annointed Champion. NSAwins.com Staff’s consensus official prediction to win the 2011 NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship is for Phil Helmuth at 20/1 +2000 odds to win his 2nd Championship and become the 1st 2-time winner of the tournament. You can view the latest 2011 NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship Odds at BoDog where you can also get a $1100 Poker Bonus for opening up a new BoDog Poker account.
Odds to win the 2011 NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship taking place in Las Vegas on March 4-6, 2011
Jason Alexander 100/1
Patrik Antonius 25/1
Eric Baldwin 40/1
David Benyamine 40/1
Andy Bloch 40/1
Liv Boeree 40/1
James Bord 40/1
Doyle Brunson 25/1
Joe Cada 40/1
Daniel Cates 25/1
Johnny Chan 30/1
Don Cheadle 100/1
Nicolas Chouity 40/1
Allen Cunningham 25/1
Jonathan Duhamel 40/1
Annie Duke 40/1
Tom Dwan 20/1
Peter Eastgate 50/1
Eli Elezra 40/1
Antonio Esfandiari 30/1
Chris Ferguson 20/1
Ted Forrest 25/1
Phil Galfond 20/1
Phil Gordon 50/1
Barry Greenstein 25/1
Bertrand Grospellier 30/1
Joe Hachem 40/1
Gus Hansen 25/1
Jennifer Harman 40/1
Phil Hellmuth 20/1
Phil Ivey 12/1
Faraz Jaka 25/1
John Juanda 40/1
Gabe Kaplan 75/1
Frank Kassel 40/1
Eugene Katchalov 40/1
Phil Laak 40/1
Howard Lederer 40/1
Erick Lindgren 30/1
Ayaz Mahmood 40/1
Thomas Marchese 40/1
Mike Matusow 50/1
Jason Mercier 40/1
Michael Mizrachi 35/1
Sorel Mizzi 40/1
Chris Moneymaker 75/1
Daniel Negreanu 15/1
Scotty Nguyen 40/1
Annette Obrestad 40/1
Dennis Phillips 75/1
Dwyte Pilgrim 40/1
John Racener 40/1
Greg Raymer 50/1
Vanessa Rousso 40/1
Kara Scott 100/1
Huck Seed 40/1
Erik Seidel 20/1
Vanessa Selbst 40/1
Emmitt Smith 150/1
Gavin Smith 30/1
Jennifer Tilly 75/1
Melburn Whitmire 75/1
David Williams 30/1
Justin Young 40/1