Attributes that players were chosen for...Mental, Physical, Controversy, and Physical(the other one).
While players like Phil Ivey are extremely competitive, there was concern that they would not share their thoughts with the cameras...hence their exclusion. Every attempt was made to balance the teams, however a pure match for Hellmuth was not to be found.
Tribe Takeyarolla........................Tribe Bustyaquicky
Daniel Negreanu..........................Erick Lindgren
Annie Duke..................................Evelyn Ng
Tony G........................................Mike Matasow
Jennifer Tilly...............................Clonie Gowen
Gus Hansen.................................Lanye Flack
Mimi Tran ...................................Jennifer Traniello
Antonio Esfandiari........................Phil Hellmuth
Isabelle Mercier............................Cecilia Mortenson