Poker on TV
On Wednesday, the UB.com sponsored poker news show "Poker2Nite" kicked off Season 2 on its new home, Versus. The series airs at 11:00pm ET and this week welcomed Absolute Poker pro and former "Real World: Las Vegas" star Trishelle Cannatella. Read more »
Cable station G4 has elected not to renew the online poker reality series "2 Months, $2 Million," according to show personality Jay "Krantz" Rosenkrantz. The future of the franchise is now up in the air. Read more »
On Sunday night, ESPN2's coverage of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe Main Event wrapped up with Barry Shulman defeating Daniel Negreanu heads-up to claim the top prize of ₤801,000. Read more »
The third episode of Season 6 of GSN's "High Stakes Poker" aired on Sunday night at 8:00pm ET. Team PokerStars Pro member Jason Mercier joined the set and Daniel Negreanu pushed all-in, but ultimately chopped the pot. Read more »
The UB.com sponsored poker news show "Poker2Nite" has seen its final new episode air on cable station Fox Sports Net. Season 2 of the franchise will appear on Versus, according to a post on PokerRoad. Read more »
Two episodes of "High Stakes Poker" Season 6 have aired and two players have already dropped $200,000. Last week, UB.com pro Phil Hellmuth went busto on the popular GSN cash game show. This week, that distinction belonged to Ladbrokes pro Andreas Hoivold. Read more »
The current season of GSN's "High Stakes Poker" is off to a flying start, with one important change. Longtime host A.J. Benza was dropped in favor of having analyst Gabe Kaplan run solo in the booth and veteran poker announcer Kara Scott interviewing players from the floor. Read more »
The 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe has been airing on ESPN2, with three hours of coverage shown last Sunday. The ratings for the annual tournament series have dropped 25% year over year due to stiff competition. Read more »
In breaking news from Bristol, ESPN2 will carry the inaugural season of the PokerStars sponsored North American Poker Tour (NAPT). The festivities will kick off on April 19th on the cable station with the Venetian $25,000 High Roller Bounty Shootout. Read more »
ESPN2's coverage of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe Main Event continued on Sunday night, as Team PokerStars Pro member Jason Mercier delivered knockout after knockout. Two more episodes remain and will air on February 28th. Read more »
Those without a valentine on Sunday were treated to the debut of "High Stakes Poker" Season 6 on GSN, which featured UB.com pro Phil Hellmuth drop $200,000 in a matter of minutes. Kara Scott and Gabe Kaplan hosted. Read more »
Season 1 has come and gone for the crew of the UB.com sponsored poker news program "Poker2Nite," which aired at 11:00pm ET on Wednesdays on Fox Sports Net. There has been no official announcement as to whether "Poker2Nite" will return for Season 2. Read more »
Last week's episode of the UB.com sponsored poker news show "Poker2Nite" featured former "Seinfeld" star Jason Alexander. The franchise airs on Wednesday nights at 11:00pm ET on Fox Sports Net. Read more »
Sunday night featured the New Orleans Saints capturing the team's first Super Bowl title. When the game ended, ESPN2 aired not one, not two, but three hours of coverage of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe Main Event. Read more »
Cable station GSN will air an eight-hour marathon of its hit cash game show "High Stakes Poker" leading up to the premiere of Season 6. The action begins at Noon ET on Sunday, February 14th. Read more »
The Fox Sports Net poker news show "Poker2Nite" welcomed the always outspoken Mike "The Mouth" Matusow this week. The franchise airs at 11:00pm ET every Wednesday night and can also be seen on The Score at 3:00pm ET on Sundays. Read more »
The ESPN poker franchise "Inside Deal" returned on Tuesday with the first episode of 2010. Joining the series, which emanated from a new set, were Poker Players Alliance (PPA) Executive Director John Pappas and 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Champion Joe Cada. Read more »
Recently, Poker News Daily reader Brandon McSmith wrote in claiming that Poker PROducions, which brought the NBC poker game show "Face the Ace" to life, took his idea for the series without permission. We sat down with Smith to get his side of the story in the lawsuit, which is currently pending in Nevada. Read more »
On Sunday night at 11:00pm ET on Fox Sports Net, the eighth season of the World Poker Tour (WPT) kicked off. Part one of the WPT Bellagio Cup V aired, featuring a talented final table headlined by Full Tilt Poker pro Erik Seidel. Read more »
The cast for the 16th cycle of the Emmy Award winning CBS reality series "Amazing Race" does not include any poker players. In its last season, the show featured Maria Ho and UB.com pro Tiffany Michelle. Read more »
On Wednesday's installment of the Fox Sports Net poker news show "Poker2Nite," Faraz "The-Toilet" Jaka and Justin "Boosted J" Smith recapped a hand from the Bellagio Cup V. The tournament will kick off the eighth season of the World Poker Tour (WPT) on Fox Sports Net. Read more »
The final episode of Nicknames week on the NBC poker franchise "Poker After Dark" featured Phil "The Unabomber" Laak defeating close friend Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari heads-up to win $120,000. Read more »
Wednesday night's installment of the Fox Sports Net poker news show "Poker2Nite" featured a stirring tribute to the late Amir Vahedi. Layne Flack paid a visit to the UB.com sponsored series, which airs at 11:00pm ET on Wednesdays. Read more »
This week's brand new installment of the NBC franchise "Poker After Dark" is dubbed "Nicknames." Making her debut on the show is 21 year-old Betfair pro Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad, who went by the moniker "The Huntress." Read more »
This week, the UB.com-sponsored poker news franchise "Poker2Nite" welcomed acclaimed tournament director Matt Savage. The creator of the Iron Man tournament and former director of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), Savage assessed the industry entering 2010. Read more »
