Allerede i første runde har det nemlig flasket sig sådan, at nummer ét på Global Poker Index, Dan Smith, skal op imod tredjepladsen på selv samme liste i form af Jason Mercier.
Det er dog langt fra den eneste interessante duel, idet der også er lagt op til battle of the Phils med efternavnene Ivey og Laak samt en kvindedyst mellem Liv Boeree og Gaelle Baumann, der var lige ved at nå WSOP Main Event-finalen i 2012.
De mange twitter-kommentatorer, der havde beklaget sig over fraværet af Tom Marchese, har også fået hørt deres kald. Endnu et afbud fra Jennifer Harman har sørget for, at Marchese møder Doyle Brunson i første runde.
Det samlede lineup ser ud som følger.
Clubs Bracket
Antonio Esfandiari vs. Jennifer Tilly
Jonathan Duhamel vs. Matt Glantz
Chris Moorman vs. Carlos Mortensen
Matt Salsberg vs. Dan Cates
Vanessa Rousso vs. Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Shaun Deeb vs. Andy Frankenberger
Andy Bloch vs. Kyle Julius
Will Failla vs. Scott Seiver
Spades Bracket
Ben Lamb vs. Barry Greenstein
John Monnette vs. Greg Raymer
Viktor Blom vs. Andrew Lichtenberger
Michael Mizrachi vs. Mike Matusow
David Williams vs. John Hennigan
Sam Simon vs. David Oppenheim
Phil Laak vs. Phil Ivey
Justin Bonomo vs Isaac Haxton
Hearts Bracket
Joseph Cheong vs. Olivier Busquet
Jean Robert Bellande vs. Bruce Miller (Online qualifier)
Maria Ho vs. Phil Galfond
Eugene Katchalov vs. Faraz Jaka
Justin Smith vs. Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
Phil Hellmuth vs. Mike Sexton
Chris Moneymaker vs. Jason Somerville
Rob Salaburu vs. David "Doc" Sands
Diamonds Bracket
Erik Seidel vs. Tom Dwan
Tom Marchese vs. Doyle Brunson
Brian Hastings vs. Matt Matros
Nick Schulman vs. Eli Elezra
Greg Merson vs. Joe Serock
Mohsin Charania vs. Huck Seed
Liv Boeree vs. Gaëlle Baumann
Dan Smith vs. Jason Mercier
Antonio Esfandiari vs. Jennifer Tilly
Jonathan Duhamel vs. Matt Glantz
Chris Moorman vs. Carlos Mortensen
Matt Salsberg vs. Dan Cates
Vanessa Rousso vs. Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Shaun Deeb vs. Andy Frankenberger
Andy Bloch vs. Kyle Julius
Will Failla vs. Scott Seiver
Spades Bracket
Ben Lamb vs. Barry Greenstein
John Monnette vs. Greg Raymer
Viktor Blom vs. Andrew Lichtenberger
Michael Mizrachi vs. Mike Matusow
David Williams vs. John Hennigan
Sam Simon vs. David Oppenheim
Phil Laak vs. Phil Ivey
Justin Bonomo vs Isaac Haxton
Hearts Bracket
Joseph Cheong vs. Olivier Busquet
Jean Robert Bellande vs. Bruce Miller (Online qualifier)
Maria Ho vs. Phil Galfond
Eugene Katchalov vs. Faraz Jaka
Justin Smith vs. Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
Phil Hellmuth vs. Mike Sexton
Chris Moneymaker vs. Jason Somerville
Rob Salaburu vs. David "Doc" Sands
Diamonds Bracket
Erik Seidel vs. Tom Dwan
Tom Marchese vs. Doyle Brunson
Brian Hastings vs. Matt Matros
Nick Schulman vs. Eli Elezra
Greg Merson vs. Joe Serock
Mohsin Charania vs. Huck Seed
Liv Boeree vs. Gaëlle Baumann
Dan Smith vs. Jason Mercier