Poker on TV
On Tuesday night, the Golf Channel program “Golf in America” profiled the life and times of Walters Golf CEO Bill Walters. The seven-minute segment on the prolific businessman and nosebleed-stakes gambler featured vignettes with several poker icons. The Golf Channel piece opened with World Poker Tour host and Poker News Daily Guest Columnist Mike Sexton… Read more »
This week, the ESPN.com poker news franchise “Inside Deal” welcomed recent World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Dean Hamrick and top-tier female pro Vanessa Rousso. New episodes of “Inside Deal” are released every Tuesday exclusively on ESPN.com. Hamrick finally got over the proverbial hump in 2010, taking down a $1,500 No Limit Hold’em event… Read more »
Defending World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion Joe Cada struggled in his debut on the PokerStars.net-powered “Big Game,” whose Week 3 kickoff episode aired on Monday night on Fox. The series is shown nightly starting at 1:00am or 2:00am in most markets. Russian born Nadya Magnus was this week’s “Loose Cannon” online qualifier… Read more »
Eight players remained entering GSN’s coverage of the 2010 Aussie Millions High-Roller Event on Saturday night. The one-hour show, which airs at 9:00pm ET, features commentary from Paul Khoury and Grub Smith. Four of the final eight were Americans, three were Aussies, and one was a Brit. With the blinds at 6,000/12,000, Full Tilt Poker… Read more »
According to a post on TwoPlusTwo, the upcoming season of “Survivor: Nicaragua” may feature a poker player. During “Survivor: China,” former Bodog pro Jean-Robert Bellande tried to outwit, outlast, and outplay the competition, but was the eighth person voted out. In mid-May, TwoPlusTwo poster “HeyIzDro” set the rumor mill ablaze by posting that a producer… Read more »
With regular hosts Laura Lane on vacation and Bernard Lee in Las Vegas, ESPN Poker Editor Andrew Feldman assumed the helm of “Inside Deal.” The ESPN.com poker news show sponsored by PokerStars welcomed Barry Greenstein. Lee appeared via satellite from Sin City, where he’s competing in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP). With five… Read more »
Monday night marked the first episode of Week 2 of the PokerStars.net sponsored “Big Game” on Fox. The high-stakes cash game featuring a “Loose Cannon” qualifier from PokerStars battling against five poker pros airs at 1:00am or 2:00am nightly in most markets. Daniel Negreanu was the high roller at the table, buying in for $200,000,… Read more »
GSN’s coverage of the 2010 Aussie Millions continued on Saturday night as part of the network’s poker block. The one-hour episode, which began at 9:00pm ET, featured 15 players remaining in the AUD $100,000 High Roller event, including a star studded feature table. Paul Khoury and Grub Smith had the call of the action from… Read more »
In 146 days, the fourth stop on the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) will pan out from the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles. The tournament, which kicks off on November 12th, will crown a champ five days later. Still undecided is whether ESPN, which aired NAPT action from the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Venetian, and… Read more »
This week on the ESPN.com poker news show “Inside Deal,” 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) November Niner Eric Buchman breaks down his $200,000 win in a $2,000 Limit Hold’em event. In addition, ESPN poker columnist Gary Wise talks bracelet prop bets and dishes out the latest dirt from Las Vegas. Bernard Lee returned to… Read more »
This week, “The Cash Game” continues on the NBC franchise “Poker After Dark.” The second week of action began on Monday night at 2:05am ET with a good old-fashioned Twitter fight between UB.com pro Phil Hellmuth and DoylesRoom namesake Doyle Brunson. Hellmuth told his elder, “I’ll side bet you that I can get 75,000 more… Read more »
On Monday night, the PokerStars “Big Game” debuted on Fox affiliates across the United States and online on PokerStars.tv. Tony G finished the inaugural one-hour episode, which saw 32 hands played, up $95,000, while poker legend Doyle Brunson dropped $110,000. The daily series features commentary from Chris Rose and Joe Stapleton and began with each… Read more »
Week 1 of the PokerStars sponsored “Big Game” kicks off tonight on Fox affiliates around the United States. The high-stakes cash game features five pros battling against a “Loose Cannon” amateur armed with $100,000 in real money. You can catch the “Big Game” starting between 1:00am and 2:00am in most television markets. A promo clip… Read more »
Action from the 2010 Aussie Millions AUD $100,000 High Roller Event continued on GSN on Saturday night at 9:00pm ET. The hour-long show, presented by Full Tilt Poker, included a final table stacked with sponsored pros of the world’s second largest online poker site. Paul Khoury and Grub Smith once again had the call of… Read more »
The lawsuit over the rights to the short-lived NBC poker franchise “Face the Ace” has officially been entered in the United States District Court in Nevada. The case is numbered 2:10-cv-870 and parties are in the process of being served. The plaintiff, Las Vegas resident Brandon McSmith, alleges that his concept for the “All Star… Read more »
The ESPN.com poker franchise “Inside Deal” made its triumphant return to a weekly telecast and featured a race among four online poker pros to become the next member of the DoylesRoom Brunson 10. Three of the four joined “Inside Deal” host Laura Lane and fill-in Andrew Feldman, who held down the fort while regular host… Read more »
The first episode of “Poker After Dark: The Cash Game” aired on Monday night at 2:05am ET on NBC. The installment ended with two titans of the game, DoylesRoom namesake Doyle Brunson and UB.com front man Phil Hellmuth, dominating the action. The former ended the episode up $135,000. Five of the six members of The… Read more »
On Saturday night, the 2010 Aussie Millions debuted on GSN. Announcers Paul Khoury and Grub Smith had the call of Day 1 of the AUD $100,000 buy-in High-Roller event and each player had only 30 seconds to act. Full Tilt Poker sponsors GSN’s latest foray into unique poker programming, which can be seen at 9:00pm… Read more »
From a network that was once thought to be jumping off the poker bandwagon comes two brand new shows and nine hours of coverage dedicated to the sport. On Thursday, GSN officials announced that the network will air the 2010 Aussie Millions beginning on June 5th and the Full Tilt Poker Doubles Championship beginning on… Read more »
In 2003, a little-known Tennessee accountant named Chris Moneymaker took down the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Moneymaker is the reason you and I are here today and this week marks the seven-year anniversary of his win. Moneymaker joined Tuesday’s installment of the ESPN.com poker news show “Inside Deal.” The annual WSOP used… Read more »
“I finally didn’t come in second on NBC,” Annie Duke exclaimed following her win in the 2010 National Heads-Up Poker Championship, whose finale played out on NBC on Sunday. Taking second fiddle to comedian Joan Rivers in the finals of the network’s “Celebrity Apprentice” last year, Duke triumphed over fellow poker pro Erik Seidel to… Read more »
On Friday, the lawsuit over the rights to the short-lived NBC poker franchise “Face the Ace” was scheduled to be filed in Federal Court in Las Vegas. Casino security officer Brandon McSmith has alleged ownership to the concept behind the Full Tilt Poker-backed game show. In March, the Eighth District Court in Nevada dismissed the… Read more »
Wednesday night may have marked the final installment of the UB.com sponsored poker news program “Poker2Nite.” UB.com officials declined to renew the show for a third season, according to show co-host Scott Huff. The Twitterverse was buzzing on Thursday morning just hours after the “Poker2Nite” Season 2 finale aired on Versus. Huff Tweeted during the… Read more »
The Season 2 finale of the UB.com sponsored poker news show “Poker2Nite” aired on Wednesday. Former “Amazing Race” contestant Maria Ho challenged Absolute Poker pro Trishelle Cannatella for the series’ “On the Clock” trophy. First up was discussion of the recently completed World Poker Tour (WPT) Grand Prix de Paris, which saw World Series of… Read more »
Monday night featured the final action from the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) on ESPN2. This time, the High Roller event at the 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure took center stage. The $25,000 buy-in poker tournament, which played out in January, featured German Tobias Reinkemeier holding the chip lead entering the final table. The broadcast… Read more »
