Big pro names are on hand this weekend at the Palms for a different concept in poker, as teams of six players each are competing in the first-ever U.S. PokerBowl. 25 teams in five conferences are vying for the title. The five teams in each conference play down through their own qualifying events, to send a team on to the championship, which features each conference winner.
Here's the lineups for the teams, with some of the team nicknames changed after first choices such as "Pittsburgh Stealers" and "Dallas Kowboys" may have drawn the ire of the NFL. In any event, Card Player, the official media provider for the event, has opted to list city names only.Northern Conference
Chicago Sharks: Joseph Michael, James Ferguson, Sorel Mizzi, Mike Glasser, Jonathon Little, Shannon Shorr
Cleveland Crows: Justin Bonomo, Carl Olson, Steve Sung, Danny Wong, J.C. Alvarado, Jared Hamby
Minnesota Young Guns: Todd Breyfogle, Scott Clements, Ryan Hartmann, Jordan Rich, Mike Pickett, Cory Slaughbaugh
New Jersey XFactors: Eric Lynch, Scott Pendergrast, Jon Turner, Jon Friedberg, Shannon Pendergrast, Joe Hill
Seattle Sentinels: Dale Wenstad, Keith Bartlett, Jesse Martinez, Brandon Leung, Traci Wolfe, Lee Watkinson
Eastern Conference
Boston Diamonds: Paul Darden, Donnie Wahlberg, Bernard Lee, Spiro Mitrokostas, Steve 'Dakota' Happas, Greg Raymer
Detroit Absolute Nuts: Mark Seif, Nick Brancato, Rick Fuller, Scotty Nguyen, Kenna James, Kathy Liebert
New York Rounders: Kevin Saul, Gavin Griffin, Victor Ramdin, Daniel Alaei, Darrell Dicken, John D’Agostino
Philadelphia Phish: Dan Shak, Beth Shak, Frank Vizza, Louie Esposito, Robert Wiziak, Eugene Todd
Pittsburgh River Rats: Marty Marucci, Brian Stanton, Michael Foglia, Scott Conner, William Takacs, Robert Jon Ford
Southern Conference
Atlanta Aces: Antonio Salorio, Fred Goldberg, Erik Cajelais, Paul Wolfe, Greg Mueller, Kyle Wilson
Cincinnati Full House: Ari Goldstein, Chris Manzo, Steve Kingsley, Steve Dannenmann, Steve Zoine, Vincent Napolitano
Dallas Roughnecks: T.J. Cloutier, Jeff Littlefield, Allen Carter, Tex Barch, Layne Flack, Keith Lehr
Houston Hurricanes: Clonie Gowen, Michael Binger, Chris Ferguson, Lee Markholt, Gabe Thaler
Miami Miracles: David Benefield, Tom Dwan, Di Dang, Hac Dang, Phil Galfond, Alan Sass
Western Conference
Denver High Rollers : Vanessa Rousso, Chad Brown, Matt Atkins, Doyle Brunson, Todd Brunson, Erik Seidel
Las Vegas Rat Pack: Antonio Esfandiari, Jennifer Tilly, Phil Laak, Danny Masterson, Scott Fischman, Mike Matusow
Phoenix Pharaohs: Chris Smith, Shawn Chaconas, Jason Griffiths, Jason Rivera, Arte the Russian, Roy Winston
St. Louis Surge: Anna Wroblewski, Joe Tehan, John Kimm, Adam Gerber, Hank Sitton, Allen Kessler
Tennessee Tilt: David Williams, Scott Levy, Gregg Merkow, Michael Gracz, Nenad Medic, Amnon Filippi
California Conference
Los Angeles Killers: Brandon Cantu, Jeff Madsen, Ryan Young, Theo Tran, Tim West, Joe Cassidy
Oakland Razors: Paul Wasicka, William Lin, Steve McNulty, Eric Morris, Robert Seabolt, Ron Myers
Orange County Coolers: J.C. Tran, Nam Le, Tuan Le, Michael Mizrachi, Kirk Morrison, Tim Phan
San Diego Players: Jason Hubbard, Thayer Rasmussen, Shaun Deeb, Peter Feldman, Alex Jacob, Jordan Morgan
San Francisco Kings: Luke DeSantos, David Ramirez, Max Pescatori, James Van Alstyne, Trish McCoy, Brian Roberts
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