If it's March we must be at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for the annual NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship. As always, 64 players have been invited to this bracket-style made-for-television tournament. They are a mix of veterans and up-and-comers, cash game players and tournament champions, amateurs and celebrities.

The draw party was held last night at PURE Nightclub. A PokerNews video team was on hand to catch the red-carpet festivities out front; a PokerNews blogging team was on hand to catch the draw (and empty the bar of free booze) inside afterwards. The draw was completely random for all 32 first-round matches and produced these pairings:

Diamonds Bracket (1:30pm PT)

Bertrand Grospellier v. Justin Young
Joe Hachem v. Phil Galfond
Vanessa Selbst v. Eli Elezra
Peter Eastgate v. Chris Ferguson
Huck Seed v. Jen Harman
Erik Seidel v. Allen Cunningham
Mike Matusow v. Greg Raymer ***FEATURE TABLE***
Tom Marchese v. Phil Gordon

Clubs Bracket (4:00pm PT)

Dwyte Pilgrim v. Olivier Busquet
Liv Boeree v. Jason Alexander ***FEATURE TABLE***
Jason Mercier v. Ted Forrest
Andy Bloch v. John Juanda
Barry Greenstein v. Scotty Nguyen
Annette Obrestad v. Ayaz Mahmood
Jonathan Duhamel v. Melvin Whitmire
Nicolas Chouity v. Antonoi Esfandiari

Hearts Bracket (7:00pm PT)

Kara Scott v. David Peat
David Williams v. Emmitt Smith
Gavin Smith v. Gus Hansen
James Bord v. Frank Kassela
Phil Laak v. Daniel Negreanu ***FEATURE TABLE***
Michael Mizrachi v. Vanessa Rousso
Don Cheadle v. Tom Dwan
Phil Hellmuth v. David Benyamine

Spades Bracket (9:30pm PT)

Doyle Brunson v. Jen Tilly ***FEATURE TABLE***
Erick Lindgren v. Dennis Phillips
Daniel Cates v. Phil Ivey
John Racener v. Chris Moneymaker
Sam Trickett v. Carlos Mortensen
Eric Baldwin v. David Oppenheim
Patrik Antonius v. Sorel Mizzi
Eugene Katchalov v. Faraz Jaka

Play is scheduled to start at 1:30pm but this is a TV production. Expect things to kick off a little late.