Poker Books, TV and Movies

In this category, you can find stories about poker in the media. Whether its poker on TV, a review of an old poker movie, or TV stars who play poker, this is the place to find out about TV poker.

• Season Four of 'High Stakes Poker' Announced

  April 03, 2007,

  Not only is the popular program 'High Stakes Poker' closing in on an exciting conclusion to its third season, the show has already confirmed that a fourth season will soon begin filming...

   

• PokerNews Columnist Dennis Waterman Makes Poker Dome Final

  March 12, 2007,

  For the last nine months, over 200 players worked their way through the Mansion 'Poker Dome', all in search of the $1,000,000 first prize. The final table is now set, and last night PokerNews.com columnist Dennis Waterman won the final seat...

   

• Reality-TV Format Marks Season Two of 'Calvin Ayre's Wild Card Poker'

  March 08, 2007,

  It's poker with a twist. "Calvin Ayre Wild Card Poker," the promotional poker programming effort from Bodog, is returning for its second season. This time, however, the program is trying something new...

   

• Poker And Rock & Roll Coming To Television's VH1 Classic

  March 03, 2007,

  The VH1 Classic Rock And Roll Celebrity Poker Tournament will air on the cable station VH1 Classic at 10PM (Eastern Time) on March 14th, bringing not only the skill and challenges of the game of poker...

   

• Party Poker Sponsors New U.K. 'Premier League Poker' Offering

  February 20, 2007,

  Phil Hellmuth headlines a 12-player ensemble converging on Kent, England for the late February filming of "Premier League Poker." The series will be produced by Matchroom Poker at Kent's Maidstone Studios...

   

• Pro-Am Poker 'Equalizer' Finals to Air Today

  February 18, 2007,

  The Pro-Am Poker Equalizer, which has been seemingly one of the harder poker programs to find on the television dial, began airing its final few broadcasts over the weekend on ESPN....

   

• 'High Stakes Poker' Better Than Ever

  February 01, 2007,

  After two highly successful seasons on GSN (formerly the Game Show Network), people may have been wondering what could make the highly popular poker program 'High Stakes Poker' better than its first two years...

   

• NBC Announces Third Annual National Heads-Up Poker Championship

  January 31, 2007,

  NBC and Caesar's Palace are teaming up for the third edition of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship, to be held in early March. A ratings hit since its inception, the bracket-elimination tourney pits 64 top players...

   

• Negreanu, Sebok, Smith Star in 'RawVegas' Launch

  January 22, 2007,

  Daniel Negreanu, Joe Sebok and Gavin Smith are three big poker names who make starring appearances in yesterday's launching of RawVegas.tv. Under the leadership of Steve 'Chops' Preiss, the president of RawVegas...

   

• TV Poker Review: Poker After Dark

  January 12, 2007,

  One of the biggest problems featuring televised poker is that nowadays, the market is being inundated with watered-down poker shows that lack substance. However, the announcement of NBC's highly anticipated Poker After Dark....

   

• UltimateBet.net Aruba Classic to Air on GSN

  November 21, 2006,

  The Game Show Network [GSN] has announced the upcoming premiere of its coverage of the recently completed UltimateBet.net Aruba Classic, with the first airing scheduled for 10 p.m. ET on Friday, December 8....

   

• Poker After Dark: A Sneak Peek at the Shana Hiatt Hosted Show

  October 28, 2006,

  The newest addition to the televised poker line-up will be Poker at Night. The first season of ten episodes was being taped for broadcast on NBC at the South Point Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas this past week. I stopped by for a peek...

   

• NBC's "Poker After Dark" Set for New Year's Debut. Shana Hiatt to Host.

  October 15, 2006,

  Late-night poker programming featuring some of the biggest names in the game? That's what's on tap when NBC rolls out its newest poker entry, 'Poker After Dark.' Currently slated for a kickoff on Jan. 2nd, 2007...

   

• Taping Of 'High Stakes Poker, Season Three' Set For Next Week

  October 04, 2006,

  After two excellently received and extremely popular runs, one of GSN's most popular productions, 'High Stakes Poker', will be taping their third season next week....

   

• Is Blackjack The New Poker? Ken Einiger of the UBT Thinks So

  September 21, 2006,

  Poker has been a mainstay of cable television since the late 1990's. With the World Poker Tour in 2003, however, the game exploded into a worldwide phenomenon drawing millions of new players to the game....

   

• CBS Deals In With The Ultimate Blackjack Tour

  August 30, 2006,

  With the numerous poker programs that populate the television landscape, you had to figure that other casino games could potentially make their way to the airwaves....

   

• Hip Hop, and Poker Join for TV Series

  August 29, 2006,

  Hip Hop culture has become all pervasive in American society. From clothing, to cell phones, and oh yeah – the music, Hip Hop culture is arguably the single most influential force on America's youth today....

   

• GSN Renews 'High Stakes Poker' For Third Season, Invites World Champ

  August 15, 2006,

  After the success of the first season of the series and the continuing growth of viewership during its current second season, GSN (formerly known as the Game Show Network)...

   

• Jennifer Tilly Set to Defend World Poker Tour 'Ladies' Night' Title

  August 14, 2006,

  The lineup for the fourth edition of the World Poker Tour's® Ladies' Night tournament is all but set, with Academy Award® nominated actress Jennifer Tilly set to defend the title she won last year...

   

• 'One of a Kind' Traces Stu Ungar's Life This Saturday on ESPN

  July 27, 2006,

  Every subculture has its legends. A legend is, in a sense simply a story. In the subculture of the poker world, players often spend as much time telling or listening to stories

   

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