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Popular Poker TV Shows
By admin | July 4, 2009
When you’re not playing poker on PokerStars com and you’re just kicking back watching some television you can usually catch one of the many poker television shows on TV. There is a long list of poker television shows that have been developed over the past six years with lots of them being a success and lots of them being a failure to some extent. Some of the popular television shows that you can watch on TV are as followed.
* The World Series of Poker is broadcasted every year on the ESPN Channel and you can always watch some of the best poker action of the year take place. The main event is the highlight event that is shown on TV, but there are also several other WSOP events that are broadcasted on ESPN. You will also find lots of TV channels based on where you live which play replays of certain final tables throughout the year.
* The World Poker Tour is broadcasted on several television networks throughout the year including quite a few sport networks in several countries. The World Poker Tour is one of the biggest poker circuits in the world and features many tournaments over the year where many of the top poker players compete in.
* Poker After Dark has been airing for several seasons now on TV and is one of the most popular poker TV shows right now. It’s played every single weekday currently and although some of the weeks have been replays they do have quite a few seasons. In this show six poker players all buy-in for $20K and the winner and the end of the week takes home the $120K prize pool.
* NBC Heads-Up Championship is strictly shown on the NBC Network and has become a very popular event over the past couple years. The tournament always has the best poker players playing as well as many big name celebrities. Every year the event starts with 64 players and players compete in heads-up single elimination battles. The winner moves onto the next round until there are only two players left and then the two players battle it out for the trophy and bragging rights.
* The Aussie Millions sponsored by Full Tilt Poker has been aired on the television as well more often over the past couple years with the most recent broadcast being the huge cash game at the last Aussie Millions. Players bought in with their own money and played in a single table cash game which lasted for days and was very fun to watch as you could see the best players in the world fighting each other on the tables.
* Ultimate Bet recently aired a new season of there television show which features Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth. The two poker players watch amateur players backstage play poker and then the two needs to pick teams. Once each player has picked their team they will play one final tournament where the team with the most points wins. The goal is to outlast the other team in the final tournament and its very fun to watch as all the players are amateur poker players.
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