Poker on TV
Day 8 of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event played out on cable station ESPN on Tuesday night. The two-hour broadcast featured future November Nine members Phil Ivey, Jeff Shulman, and Darvin Moon. Read more »
This week, the ESPN poker franchise "Inside Deal" welcomed 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) November Nine member Kevin Schaffel. New Poker Hall of Fame nominee member Mike Sexton also called into the show. Read more »
Poker News Daily can independently confirm that former World Poker Tour (WPT) and "Poker After Dark" hostess Shana Hiatt will not reprise her role on GSN's "High Stakes Poker." Instead, it appears that Kara Scott will be signed. Read more »
Season 1 of G4's "2 Months, 2 Million" came to a close last week and the result was an outburst of chatter in the poker community regarding the innovative reality show. The cast landed well short of its $2 million goal, but the majority of viewers seem to be pleased with the overall product that G4 presented. Read more »
Poker players Tiffany Michelle and Maria Ho posted their highest finish to date in the CBS reality series "Amazing Race." The duo arrived at the Pit Stop in second place at the Atlantis Hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Read more »
The cast of the G4 online poker reality series "2 Months, $2 Million" officially pulled in $676,700 for the 10-week premiere season, over $1.3 million short of its stated goal. No word has come down from G4 as to whether the crew will be back for Season 2. Read more »
In 2010, the third installment of the NBC reality franchise "Celebrity Apprentice" will hit television airwaves. The show, which featured comedian Joan Rivers best poker pro Annie Duke in the finale last time out, will likely not include a poker player this time around. Read more »
With 64 players left, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event played out Day 7 on ESPN on Tuesday night. The feature table included Antonio Esfandiari, Ryan Fair, Steven Begleiter, and James Akenhead. Read more »
Ultimate Bet's relationship with the increasingly popular sport of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) continues to grow stronger, as the online poker site has secured title sponsorship of Rogers Sportsnet's weekly sports show "MMA Connected" for another season. Read more »
This week's installment of the ESPN.com poker franchise "Inside Deal" featured 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event November Nine member Joe Cada. Laura Lane and Poker News Daily Guest Columnist Bernard Lee host the show. Read more »
Fresh off being spared elimination last week in Cambodia after a rival team lost their passports, poker players Tiffany Michelle and Maria Ho finished sixth in the Dubai leg of the CBS reality series "Amazing Race." Read more »
The second episode of the PokerStars.net-sponsored "Million Dollar Challenge" hit television airwaves on Sunday following NFL on FOX coverage and featured Sergeant Denny Luna earning $25,000 before walking away. Read more »
With the news that A.J. Benza will not be returning for Season 6 of GSN's "High Stakes Poker," gossip waves have hit the poker community about who the next host of the highly popular cash game program will be. Read more »
In a recent blog entry that appeared on DoylesRoom.com, site namesake Doyle Brunson blasted two poker franchises to hit television airwaves in recent months: NBC's "Face the Ace" and FOX's "PokerStars.net Million Dollar Challenge." Read more »
In this week’s installment of the G4 online poker reality show “2 Months, $2 Million,” a high-stakes home game featuring David Williams, David “Viffer” Peat, Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier, and Andrew “good2cu” Robl took center stage. The “2 Months, $2 Million” cast entered the week up $507,000 on the season with two episodes remaining. Jay Rosenkrantz,… Read more »
Poker News Daily can confirm that Team PokerStars Pro member Vanessa Rousso will not be the next co-host of GSN's "High Stakes Poker." The revelation comes on the heels of the news that longtime host A.J. Benza will not return for Season 6. Read more »
This week on the ESPN.com poker show "Inside Deal," Team PokerStars Pro member Hevad Khan relived some of his memorable antics from the 2007 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event and gave his take on this year's November Nine. Read more »
Two original November Nine members, Dennis Phillips and 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Champion Peter Eastgate, took center stage on ESPN on Tuesday night. Play from Day 6 of the 2009 Main Event wrapped up from the Rio in Las Vegas. Read more »
According to his personal blog, A.J. Benza revealed that GSN's "High Stakes Poker" will return for Season 6 featuring Gabe Kaplan and a female co-host. New episodes will begin airing in February on the popular cable station. Read more »
On Tuesday night, action from the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) will continue on cable station ESPN. "The Worldwide Leader in Sports" has seen a ratings boom in 2009 down the stretch, with the Main Event final table on tap for November 10th. Read more »
Poker players Tiffany Michelle and Maria Ho finished in last place for the second time on this season of the CBS reality series "Amazing Race." This time, however, a team losing their passports saved them from elimination. Read more »
Sunday marked the debut of the FOX poker show "PokerStars Million Dollar Challenge," a franchise similar to rival site Fill Tilt Poker's "Face the Ace." In the end, Father Andrew Trapp of Garden City, South Carolina earned $100,000 and a seat at the Table of Champions. Read more »
A high-stakes mutli-table battle between Jay Rosenkrantz and David "Viffer" Peat headlined this week's episode of the G4 online poker reality series "2 Months, $2 Million." In the end, the team earned $371,000 for the week and is up over $500,000 overall. Read more »
This week, "Inside Deal," which airs on ESPN.com, welcomes two of the 2009 November Nine, Phil Ivey and Steven Begleiter, both Full Tilt Poker pros. "Inside Deal" is released every Tuesday. Read more »
With 96% of the field gone, players took to the felts for Days 5 and 6 of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on ESPN. Three women, two former Main Event champions, and one gold bracelet remained. Read more »
