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The World Poker Tour is a series of 16 high stakes poker tournaments filmed in exotic locales and leading poker rooms. The show is the highest rated series in the history of the Travel Channel and continues to increase its viewing audience worldwide. With its mix of expert commentary, on-screen explanatory graphics and 17 cameras -- including the revolutionary WPT cam revealing the players' hole cards -- the WPT has transformed poker into a televised spectator sport. It has ... inspired the poker boom among fans and amateur players, who play at home with friends, and others who are now coming out to compete in WPT tournaments. Last season, the WPT offered more than $35 million in prize money. Filming for Season Three has already begun and prize money is projected to reach $70 million.
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This week, in addition to "High Stakes," he'll ... appear on NBC's new poker show, "Poker After Dark," playing with world champions Brunson, Johnny Chan, Chris Ferguson, Carlos Mortensen and Chris Moneymaker. ("Poker After Dark" airs 2:05 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday with a weekly wrapup show at 1 a.m. Sunday.)
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GSN, The Network for Games, is launching its new series, HIGH STAKES POKER in January 2006. The series will unite some of the top professional poker players with elite poker-playing business executives in an exciting match of skill and money. Also known as a "cash game," each player will ante up $100,000 of his/her own money. The stakes are high, as a player can lose several thousands of his/her own money, making the series one of the most exciting poker shows ever to air.
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The Game Show Network is breaking new ground in terms of poker programming. They are in the process of producing ‘High Stakes Poker,’ the first high stakes cash game to be seen on television, where players buy in with $100,000 of their own money – and have the option to cash out or rebuy if they lose.After seeing nothing but tournaments on television, this could be a refreshing change. We will be able to view the world of high stakes poker at its finest, as well as take a glimpse into the lifestyles and luxuries the high rollers afford.Scheduled to appear are professional poker players Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, and Doyle Brunson, among others. They will be competing against businessmen such as Lakers owner Jerry Buss and Tilman Fertitta, owner of the Landry’s chain of restaurants.
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GSN's HIGH STAKES POKER ("HSP") continues to be the richest cash game in history on television and the last seven episodes in season IV have up to and over $5 million on the table. HSP IV premieres on Monday, August 27 at 9 PM ET/8 CT from South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. This season features 17 episodes up from 13 episodes in season III.
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Andy Beal is a Texas billionaire with a penchant for poker and high stakes gambling. He went to Vegas with the express intention of playing some of the highest stakes poker games ever against the best ....
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