Poker Stars is currently giving players a free chance to win a seat in the prestigious invite-only National Heads-UP Poker Championship. The tournament is played in Las Vegas and is a 64 player tournament with the biggest poker professionals taking part.

Poker Stars.net is currently running Round 1 Freerolls and players that advance will play in Round 2. The top 56 players of Round 2 will be entered in the Grand Final. The Grand Final poker tournament will award the top 2 finishers with prize packages worth over $21k ($20k tournament entry, 4 nights, and $1k for travel expenses).

Round 1 tournaments are played daily till February 20 and the top 200 players will advance to Round 2.

Round 2 tournaments are played every Sunday with the top 56 players advancing to the Grand Final.

The Grand Final will be played on February 22, 2009 at 15:00 Eastern. The top 2 players will then play at the National Heads-Up Poker Championship on March 5-8. The tournament will later be aired on NBC!

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