Poker on TV
On Saturday, the second and last semifinal of the Full Tilt Doubles Poker Championship aired on GSN. The one-hour episode featured four teams vying for the two remaining spots at the series’ final table. Phil Ivey and Chris Ferguson began with 350,000 in chips, the lowest total of the group, while Erick Lindgren and Johnny… Read more »
On this week’s installment of the ESPN.com poker news show “Inside Deal,” World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event November Niner John Racener made the trek to Bristol. Racener will own the fourth largest stack when play resumes in Las Vegas next month at 19.1 million. Day 7 of the Main Event aired on ESPN… Read more »
On Tuesday night, 78 players took to the felts on Day 7 as part of ESPN’s coverage of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Danish poker pro Theo Jorgensen led the way with a stack of 9.3 million and was the only player above nine million. The stacked feature table included John… Read more »
According to an article on the website Deadline.com written by Nellie Andreeva, the executive producers of the critically acclaimed Showtime series Weeds, series creator Jenji Kohan and Matthew Salsberg, are trying to put together a new comedy series regarding the world of poker. The series would be called Whales and would potentially be a part… Read more »
After ending up $16,000 last week, Russell Harlow became the first “Loose Cannon” to return for a second go-around on the PokerStars-sponsored “Big Game.” To start this week’s festivities, $700,000 was spread across the six-handed table and Harlow told “Big Game” hostess Amanda Leatherman that it was time to “go big or go home.” You… Read more »
On Monday night, the new MTV series “World of Jenks” featured an in-depth look at the tumultuous life of poker pro Nick Schulman. After winning the 2005 World Poker Tour (WPT) Foxwoods World Poker Finals for $2.1 million, Schulman blew through his bankroll in just a year. Yesterday’s installment of “World of Jenks,” a documentary… Read more »
It was a rough week to be a contestant on the PokerStars Million Dollar Challenge, which flanks NFL coverage on FOX. On Sunday, both contestants failed to reach the third round of the show, which pits qualifiers against celebrity defenders and PokerStars pros for a chance at $1 million. Chris Rose serves as its host.… Read more »
On Saturday night, the first of two semifinal matches of the Full Tilt Doubles Poker Championship played out on GSN. Eight players took to the felt for the hour-long program and the top two teams advanced to the finals. In the semifinals, each team received two 30-second timeouts to talk strategy and players who advanced… Read more »
Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi entered Day 6 of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event second in chips and took his seat at the feature table alongside poker pro Peter Jetten. A total of 122 players remained including Mizrachi’s brother, Robert. Breeze Zuckerman exited in 121st place for $57,000 as this year’s Last… Read more »
New episodes of popular poker television shows are airing in droves this week, among them the PokerStars-sponsored “Big Game,” which airs late night on Fox. This week, the six-handed cash game table was stacked with over $1 million and Russell Harlow took to the felts as the online qualifier dubbed the “Loose Cannon.” PokerStars staked… Read more »
This week, new episodes of NBC’s “Poker After Dark” returned to airwaves featuring a high-stakes cash game. Over $1 million was spread across the table and the blinds stood at $300/$600 with a $100 ante. Ali Nejad had the call of the action, which emanated from the Golden Nugget in Downtown Las Vegas and airs… Read more »
On Saturday, the 16-person playoff field was determined in the Full Tilt Doubles Poker Championship on GSN. The show airs new episodes every Saturday at 9:00pm ET. Over the weekend, the final two qualifying matches for the playoffs were held. Teammates alternate action by street on Doubles Poker and cannot talk strategy at the table… Read more »
On Tuesday night, action from Day 6 of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event aired on ESPN. The two-hour broadcast saw Matt “mcmatto” Affleck, who had the chip lead for an extensive period of time last year, take to the feature table alongside tennis pro turned poker player Nick Rainey. The day… Read more »
On Sunday, the PokerStars-sponsored “Million Dollar Challenge” returned to Fox. The program can be seen before or after NFL games on the network and features poker pros and celebrities battling against an online qualifier. This week, Carmenlita Cothron, a sign language interpreter, took to the stage. First up for Cothron was former Super Bowl champion… Read more »
Whereas past installments of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) on ESPN have featured the “old guard of poker,” this week’s two-hour block highlighted one of the game’s young stars, Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond. The Bluefire Poker instructor took his seat at the feature table on Day 5 of the Main Event, which featured 574… Read more »
Season 2 of the PokerStars.net-powered “Million Dollar Challenge” debuted on Sunday flanking the NFL on FOX. Longtime sports commentator Chris Rose served as the host and also tackled play-by-play duties, while Michelle Nunes dished out details on a special online freeroll. The first challenger of the new season was Jessica Cupini, a single mom attending… Read more »
On Saturday night, the third regular season round concluded on the Full Tilt Doubles Poker Championship, which airs on GSN. The festivities featured must-win matches for David Oppenheim and David Benyamine, who are fighting for post-season births. Each player competes in four regular season matches and, in a unique twist to team poker, players alternate… Read more »
One of the most popular made for television poker shows, the PokerStars.net Million Dollar Challenge, will return with new episodes this Sunday, according to an announcement from the number one site in the online poker industry. Fox Television will once again air the Million Dollar Challenge as companion programming to its coverage of the National… Read more »
This week, the ESPN.com poker news program “Inside Deal” welcomed North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Mohegan Sun Main Event champ Vanessa Selbst. The newly minted PokerStars pro made the November Nine of the Partouche Poker Tour. Discussion first turned to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event money bubble, which popped this week as… Read more »
On Tuesday night, Day 4 of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event played out on ESPN. The all-important money bubble popped during the evening and coverage kicked off at 9:00pm ET on the cable station. James Carroll was the chip leader entering Day 4 at 803,000 and, amazingly, all four Mizrachi brothers… Read more »
On Saturday at 9:00pm ET, the Full Tilt Doubles Poker Championship continued airing on GSN. The third round of regular season matches began with Phil Hellmuth teaming with Toto Leonidas, Annette Obrestad teaming with Annie Duke, Phil Laak teaming with Phil Ivey, and Phil Gordon teaming with Jennifer Harman. The unique match boasted four players… Read more »
The much-hyped hand between Prahlad Friedman and Allied Network Solutions CEO Ted Bort during Day 2B of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event took center stage on this week’s installment of the ESPN poker news series “Inside Deal.” Friedman joined the show via phone to come clean. Day 3 of the Main… Read more »
“The Prince of Poker” Scotty Nguyen received airtime-a-plenty, baby, as part of ESPN’s continued coverage of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. On Tuesday night, Day 3 of the $10,000 buy-in tournament aired with a feature table that included Nguyen, Adam Schoenfeld, David Sklansky, and Deuces Cracked founder Chuck Danielsson. Seated at… Read more »
On Saturday night, the second round of matches in the Full Tilt Doubles Poker Championship played out on GSN. The unique team format features randomly assigned partners who alternate action on every street. Teammates cannot discuss strategy while they have cards unless they call a 30-second time out. In the first match of the one-hour… Read more »
On Tuesday, Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” Seated onstage alongside reality television icon Kim Kardashian, Frank discussed, among other topics, the recent success of HR 2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act, in Committee. A lively debate with Leno ensued. Watch here. The portion of… Read more »
