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Poker TV Listings - WSOP, WPT, Celebrity Schedule
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The World Poker Tour and its (Poker)Fish
Paul Kammen |
For two hours each week, poker players and fans around the world tune into the World Poker Tour on the Travel Channel.
The WPT turned the poker world upside down when it began, fanning huge interest in the game and making poker on TV a ratings success, thanks in part to the advent of hole cameras and a production that was able to capture the thrill of the game in its most exciting form, no limit Texas Holdem.
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No Bracelets, Just Benjamins on GSN's
"High Stakes Poker"
Paul Kammen |
High Stakes Poker made its debut on Monday, January 16th on GSN. The game played is the one millions of Americans are now familiar with: no-limit Texas holdem, but the format is completely different. There is no trophy, no platter with wads of hundred-dollar bills placed on the table when action is heads-up, no champagne toast to a champion. Instead, it’s all about the Benjamins.
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"Heartland Poker Tour"
Shows More Down-to-Earth Poker
Paul Kammen |
A college student moves all-in with AQ suited in heads-up poker play, and gets called by a construction worker holding KJ offsuit. The two players are surrounded by lights, and an audience, and know that hole cameras reveal what they hold to the audience at home. On the line is a top prize of $30,000, bragging rights, and a brief reign in the poker spotlight of "flyover country."
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Interview with Lee Adams of "Pokerbeat"
Ashley Adams |
It's a show called Pokerbeat. Why should you care about a new poker TV show about to be released? Because it’s funny and it’s different from anything else you’ve ever seen. At least that’s the line I was being fed by their chief talent, Lee Adams.
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FSN Serves a Poker Smorgasbord
Paul Kammen |
2004 Superbowl Sunday brought us, besides football, the grand finale of Poker Superstars, a TV show made by Fox Sports Net (FSN). During Thanksgiving 2003, FSN
broadcast a poker tournament within 24 hours of its happening, the fastest poker results the U.S. had seen. Later on, FSN was the first to show a live
poker tournament from the U.S., held at the Turning Stone Casino. This network continues to serve dishes of poker as big and appealing as its sports offerings, and
the poker is clearly not a side dish. It's part of a smorgasbord.
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When The Casinos Lose:
"Breaking Vegas" On The History Channel
Paul Kammen |
The History Channel's series, "Breaking Vegas," is created out of some of the most fascinating stories of people who went on incredible runs raking in thousands -- sometimes millions -- of dollars from the casinos.
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Do Winning Streaks Exist in Poker Games?
Ashley Adams |
Proper poker strategy often involves finding the right answers to the wrong questions, as a query from a reader about streaking revealed.
I received an email the other day from a reader interested in knowing whether I believed in "streaks" or not. He wasn’t referring to the 1970s phenomenon of grown men running through a public area buck naked. He was asking about streaks of good or bad cards in poker, specifically Texas holdem.
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2005 World Series of Poker Results:
$10,000 No-Limit Texas Holdem, July 7-15 |
Winning poker players in the Main Event of the 2005 World Series of Poker,
#42 No-Limit Texas Holdem, included well over 500
money finishers whose prizes ranged from $12,500 to $7.5 million.
Joe Hachem, Steve Dannenmann, and John "Tex" Barch were Nos. 1, 2, and 3 of the final
table. Unlike last year, the world champion did not qualify online, or even in a satellite event, but bought in directly
for $10,000. However, online poker rooms did contribute three players of the nine at the final table: Brad
Kondracki, (No. 8) who qualified through play on PokerStars.com, Daniel Bergsdorf of Sweden, (No. 7) whose seat was also won from Poker Stars, and fourth-place
finisher Aaron Kanter, who won his seat in a Party Poker shootout.
Here are the full results of Event 42 and the names of all players who won cash prizes.
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GSN's Celebrity Poker Tournaments on TV:
"Poker Royale"
By Paul Kammen |
Not too long ago, if you were looking for poker on GSN, about the closest you could come would have been a rerun of the 70s and 80s game shows Card Sharks or Jokers Wild. That changed last November when GSN decided to launch a new series, Poker Royale.
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Poker, Reality TV Collide in "Vegas Virgins"
By Paul Kammen |
May 03, 2005
In 2000, Survivor changed the face of TV, ushering in a wave of "reality" shows that has not slowed down. Now, on any given night, viewers have their choice of numerous reality TV programs, featuring everything from celebrities living in a house to people doing outrageous stunts for cash.
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Poker On ESPN: What's Coming
By Paul Kammen |
April 20, 2005
In 2001, while doing a search for poker on TVguide.com, I read with glee that the 1997 World Series of Poker (WSOP) would be broadcast one afternoon on ESPN2. It was an hour-long show, which I knew I had to tape, for poker was seldom seen on TV.
Now poker is on TV pretty much every day, with poker shows raking in solid ratings even though the events are seldom seen live.
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Poker Tournaments and TV Coverage
By Paul Mcguire |
April 5, 2005
A few years ago, poker on TV was limited to only a couple of hours of coverage on American television every year. ESPN had such a low opinion of poker that they always aired the World Series from Las Vegas in the wee hours of the morning. It wasn’t even good enough to be on their main channel...
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Celebrity Poker Showdown
By Paul Kammen |
February 26, 2005
What: A weekly two-hour No Limit Holdem tournament of celebrities who play for their favorite charity. The winner of each game moves on to the "Championship Game" at the end of the season, when a larger prize for charity is given. Commentators for the event are actor/comedian Dave Foley and professional poker player Phil Gordon.
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