NBC’s Heads-Up Poker Championship, one of the first major television poker programs, is to return this year with a host of famous names, it has been announced.

The first tournament was shown in 2005 as the television network attempted to take advantage of the boom in online play, and the success of the show meant that it was renewed for a second, and now third, year.

Featuring on the 2007 show will be names such as Gus Hansen, Chris Moneymaker and Jennifer Harman, as well as the current holders of the World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour titles, Jamie Gold and Joe Hachem.

Winners of the 2005 and 2006 Heads-Up tournaments, Phil Hellmuth and Ted Forrest, will also be in attendance, making this year’s line-up the most star-studded yet.

The show will run from April 8th to May 20th, with episodes to be shown on Sunday afternoons.

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