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In the United States, ''Poker After Dark'' is part of NBC's [[Late night television|late night]] programming lineup. In [[Canada]] it airs afternoons and late nights on [[Rogers Sportsnet]].
In the United States, ''Poker After Dark'' is part of NBC's [[Late night television|late night]] programming lineup. In [[Canada]] it airs afternoons and late nights on [[Rogers Sportsnet]].


The series is structured as a week-long [[Betting (poker)#No limit|No Limit]] [[Texas hold 'em]] mini-tournament for six top poker professionals. Each week, the players vie for a $120,000 winner-takes-all prize pool, with each paying a $20,000 [[Buying in|buy-in]].<ref>Although the standard buy-in on ''Poker After Dark'' is $20,000, the buy-in for the Mega Match (which first aired the week of [[October 8]], 2007) was $50,000.</ref> By the end of Friday's show, a winner is determined. Saturday's show is a "[[director's cut]]" that includes excerpts from the action from the previous five days, interspersed with [[talking heads]] commentary from the participants, and in the first two seasons included bloopers by Hiatt.
The series is structured as a week-long [[Betting (poker)#No limit|No Limit]] [[Texas hold 'em]] mini-tournament for six top poker professionals. Each week, the players vie for a $120,000 winner-takes-all prize pool, with each paying a $20,000 [[Buying in|buy-in]].<ref>Although the standard buy-in on ''Poker After Dark'' is $20,000, the buy-in for the Mega Match (which first aired the week of [[October 8]], 2007) was $50,000.</ref> By the end of Friday's show, a winner is determined. Saturday's show is a "[[director's cut]]" that includes excerpts from the action from the previous five days, interspersed with talking heads commentary from the participants, and in the first two seasons included bloopers by Hiatt.


The ''Poker After Dark'' format features an "intimate look at one table as it develops over the week."<ref name="nbcannounce"/> Blinds start at $100/$200 and slowly escalate. Nejad's commentary is limited, allowing viewers to hear more of the table talk among the players, all of whom are miked.<ref name="nbcannounce"/>
The ''Poker After Dark'' format features an "intimate look at one table as it develops over the week."<ref name="nbcannounce"/> Blinds start at $100/$200 and slowly escalate. Nejad's commentary is limited, allowing viewers to hear more of the table talk among the players, all of whom are miked.<ref name="nbcannounce"/>

Revision as of 15:22, 13 January 2008

Poker After Dark
File:PokerAfterDark.jpg
From left: dealer John Waltermeyer, Gus Hansen, Phil Hellmuth, Shawn Sheikhan, Annie Duke.
Presented byShana Hiatt (2007)
Marianela Pereyra (2008-)
Narrated byAli Nejad
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes180
Production
ProducersPoker Productions (Eric Drache and Mori Eskandani)[1]
Production locationLas Vegas
Running time1 hour (with commercials; about 40 minutes without)
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseJanuary 1, 2007 –
present

Poker After Dark is an hour-long poker television program airing six nights a week [2], hosted by Marianela Pereyra (she goes by Marianela on the show). Oliver "Ali" Nejad provides voice-over commentary (and occasionally plays).

The show made its debut on January 2, 2007.[1] For its first two seasons, both of which first aired in 2007, the show was hosted by Shana Hiatt[3].

In the United States, Poker After Dark is part of NBC's late night programming lineup. In Canada it airs afternoons and late nights on Rogers Sportsnet.

The series is structured as a week-long No Limit Texas hold 'em mini-tournament for six top poker professionals. Each week, the players vie for a $120,000 winner-takes-all prize pool, with each paying a $20,000 buy-in.[4] By the end of Friday's show, a winner is determined. Saturday's show is a "director's cut" that includes excerpts from the action from the previous five days, interspersed with talking heads commentary from the participants, and in the first two seasons included bloopers by Hiatt.

The Poker After Dark format features an "intimate look at one table as it develops over the week."[1] Blinds start at $100/$200 and slowly escalate. Nejad's commentary is limited, allowing viewers to hear more of the table talk among the players, all of whom are miked.[1]

In the U.S., the show had some early ratings success: during season one's second week, it attracted on average a larger audience among adults 18-34 than The Late Late Show did the same week, even though the latter is broadcast 90 minutes earlier.[5]

In Germany, Poker After Dark airs weekdays at 5:30 p.m. on DSF. German commentary is provided by Michael Körner.[6]

Schedule

Although start times vary according to preferences of local affiliates, Poker After Dark usually airs weekdays at 2:05 a.m. ET (1:05 CT) on most stations.[7] The "director's cut" weekly summary airs on Saturdays, typically following Saturday Night Live[7].

Poker After Dark airs on all NBC affiliates, except for preemptions from WNYT-TV Albany, New York, KPRC-TV Houston, WDIV-TV Detroit, KXAN-TV Austin, Texas, KSL-TV Salt Lake City, WMC-TV Memphis, WBBH-TV Fort Myers, and WNWO-TV Toledo, Ohio.[citation needed]

Sponsorship

Full Tilt Poker regularly advertises on NBC during Poker After Dark broadcasts, and previously held a promotion (tournament) with the grand prize being a seat on the show. Winner Ken Light appeared on the first week of Season 3, picking his own opponents.[3]

Episode guide

Season 1 (2007)

Week Episodes Original Airdates Title Seat 1 Seat 2 Seat 3 Seat 4 Seat 5 Seat 6
1 1-6 Jan 1-6 Poker Brat Attack Gus Hansen Phil Hellmuth Shawn Sheikhan Annie Duke Steve Zolotow Huck Seed
2 7-12 Jan 8-13 Play Anything Mike Matusow Gabe Kaplan David Grey Doyle Brunson Jerry Buss Daniel Negreanu
3 13-18 Jan 15-20 WSOP Champions Chris Moneymaker Jamie Gold Johnny Chan Chris Ferguson Doyle Brunson Carlos Mortensen
4 19-24 Jan 22-27 Earphones Please Sam Farha Tony G Mike Matusow Phil Hellmuth Phil Ivey Andy Bloch
5 25-30 Jan 29-Feb 3 Phil Phil Phil Hellmuth Jennifer Harman Phil Laak Erik Seidel Antonio Esfandiari Doyle Brunson
6 31-36 Feb 12-17 Talking Heads Michael Konik Phil Gordon Howard Lederer Chad Brown Gabe Kaplan Mike Sexton
7 37-42 Feb 19-24 Against All Odds Chris Ferguson Clonie Gowen Sam Farha Gus Hansen Ted Forrest Tony G
8 43-48 Mar 12-17 Killer Table Phil Ivey Erick Lindgren Jennifer Tilly Patrik Antonius Jennifer Harman Phil Gordon
9 49-54 Apr 16-21 Loose Lips Mike Matusow Allen Cunningham David Benyamine Barry Greenstein Shawn Sheikhan John Juanda
10 55-60 May 14-19 Ladies' Week Clonie Gowen Evelyn Ng Dee Luong Vanessa Rousso Jennifer Harman Cyndy Violette
  • In the third episode of Season 1, the players continued to talk and make noise while Phil Hellmuth was trying to decide whether to go all-in against Annie Duke. Hellmuth held A♥ 10♦, while Duke had K♠ K♥. The lack of decorum caused Hellmuth to lash out at Shawn Sheikhan, call over the show's executive producer, and leave the table. Hellmuth also threatened not to participate in future Poker After Dark tournaments unless the show implemented a rule, similar to those used in other tournaments, that encouraged people to stop talking when a player is making an important decision. Immediately after the incident, producers put in place a rule which states that if a player wishes to have silence at the table when faced with a tough decision, the player need only inform the dealer, who will then notify the other players of the request. Failure to comply will result in a "time-out" period of one lap of the button for the offending player(s), with blinds forfeited during this time.[8]

Season 2 (2007)

Season 2 was taped in May 2007 at the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.[7]

Week Episodes Original Airdates Title[7] Seat 1 Seat 2 Seat 3 Seat 4 Seat 5 Seat 6
1 1-6 Jun 11-16[9] Golden Men Jamie Gold Joe Hachem Greg Raymer Huck Seed Doyle Brunson Johnny Chan
2 7-12 Jun 18-23[9] International Gus Hansen David Benyamine Patrik Antonius Daniel Negreanu Marco Traniello Brad Booth
3 13-18 Jun 25-30[9] Queens and Kings Gabe Kaplan Howard Lederer Ali Nejad Vanessa Rousso Annie Duke Kristy Gazes
4 19-24 Sep 10-15[9] World Series Legends Doyle Brunson Layne Flack Phil Hellmuth Chris Ferguson Erik Seidel T.J. Cloutier
5 25-30 Sep 17-22[9] WPT All-Stars Erick Lindgren Howard Lederer Daniel Negreanu Michael Mizrachi Gus Hansen Tuan Le
6 31-36 Sep 24-29[9] Live To Hurt Antonio Esfandiari Shawn Sheikhan Mike Matusow Phil Hellmuth Phil Laak Daniel Negreanu
7 37-42 Oct 1-6[9] Poker Prowess Phil Laak David Williams Annie Duke Andy Bloch John Juanda Clonie Gowen
8 43-48 Oct 8-13[9] Mega Match David Benyamine Allen Cunningham Jennifer Harman Phil Ivey Barry Greenstein Eli Elezra
9 49-54 Nov 5-10[9] Of Mouth and Men Alan "Boston" Dvorkis Antonio Esfandiari Mike Sexton Mike Matusow Jamie Gold Paul Wasicka
10 55-60 Nov 12-17[9] Signature Week[10] Howard Lederer Phil Ivey Chris Ferguson Phil Hellmuth Jennifer Harman Gus Hansen
  • Week 8 (Mega Match) required a $50,000 buy-in rather than the usual $20,000 providing a $300,000 first prize.

Season 3 (2008)

Season 3 was taped in October 2007 at the South Point Hotel in Las Vegas.[7]

Week Episodes Original Airdates Title[11] Seat 1 Seat 2 Seat 3 Seat 4 Seat 5 Seat 6
1 1-6 Dec 31-Jan 5 Dream Table[12] Daniel Negreanu Phil Hellmuth Jennifer Harman Mike Matusow Scotty Nguyen Ken Light
2 7-12 Jan 7-12 19th Hole Gavin Smith David Oppenheim Erick Lindgren Phil Ivey Doyle Brunson Daniel Negreanu
3 13-18 Jan 14-19 Hecklers Gavin Smith Sam Grizzle Jean-Robert Bellande Mike Matusow Shawn Sheikhan Phil Hellmuth
4 19-24 Feb 11-16 World Champions Chris Ferguson Johnny Chan Berry Johnston Jamie Gold Phil Hellmuth Huck Seed
5 25-30 Feb 18-23 Cowboys Doyle Brunson Chris Ferguson Chau Giang Andy Bloch Hoyt Corkins Gabe Kaplan
6 31-36 Feb 25-Mar 1 International Patrik Antonius Johnny Chan Roland de Wolfe Daniel Negreanu Gus Hansen John Juanda
7 37-42 Mar 24-29 Jam Up David Williams Howard Lederer Mike Matusow Barry Greenstein Antonio Esfandiari Eli Elezra
8 43-48 Mar 31-Apr 5 Gus and the Ladies Gus Hansen Vanessa Rousso J. J. Liu Clonie Gowen Beth Shak Erica Schoenberg
9 49-54 May 12-17 Love at First Raise Jennifer Harman David Benyamine Jennifer Tilly Marco Traniello Erica Schoenberg Phil Laak
10 55-60 May 19-24 Commentators Mark Gregorich Chad Brown Ali Nejad Robert Williamson III Phil Gordon Howard Lederer

Results

Season 1 (2007)

Week Title 6th Place 5th Place 4th Place 3rd Place Runner-Up Winner
1 Poker Brat Attack Phil Hellmuth Steve Zolotow Shawn Sheikhan Annie Duke Huck Seed Gus Hansen
2 Play Anything Jerry Buss Doyle Brunson Gabe Kaplan Mike Matusow David Grey Daniel Negreanu
3 WSOP Champions Carlos Mortensen Jamie Gold Doyle Brunson Chris Ferguson Chris Moneymaker Johnny Chan
4 Earphones Please Sam Farha Phil Hellmuth Andy Bloch Tony G Mike Matusow Phil Ivey
5 Phil Phil Doyle Brunson Erik Seidel Phil Hellmuth Jennifer Harman Antonio Esfandiari Phil Laak
6 Talking Heads Chad Brown Michael Konik Mike Sexton Gabe Kaplan Phil Gordon Howard Lederer
7 Against All Odds Sam Farha Ted Forrest Clonie Gowen Gus Hansen Tony G Chris Ferguson
8 Killer Table Erick Lindgren Phil Gordon Jennifer Tilly Phil Ivey Patrik Antonius Jennifer Harman
9 Loose Lips Barry Greenstein Mike Matusow David Benyamine Shawn Sheikhan Allen Cunningham John Juanda
10 Ladies' Week Vanessa Rousso Evelyn Ng Dee Luong Cyndy Violette Jennifer Harman Clonie Gowen

Season 2 (2007)

Week Title[7] 6th Place 5th Place 4th Place 3rd Place Runner-Up Winner
1 Golden Men Greg Raymer Jamie Gold Huck Seed Doyle Brunson Johnny Chan Joe Hachem
2 International Gus Hansen[13] Daniel Negreanu Marco Traniello David Benyamine Brad Booth Patrik Antonius
3 Queens and Kings Ali Nejad Annie Duke Vanessa Rousso Howard Lederer Kristy Gazes Gabe Kaplan
4 World Series Legends Chris Ferguson Layne Flack Erik Seidel T.J. Cloutier Phil Hellmuth Doyle Brunson
5 WPT All-Stars Michael Mizrachi Erick Lindgren Daniel Negreanu Gus Hansen Tuan Le Howard Lederer
6 Live To Hurt Mike Matusow Daniel Negreanu Phil Hellmuth Antonio Esfandiari Phil Laak Shawn Sheikhan
7 Poker Prowess Phil Laak Andy Bloch David Williams Annie Duke John Juanda Clonie Gowen
8 Mega Match David Benyamine Jennifer Harman Barry Greenstein Phil Ivey Eli Elezra Allen Cunningham
9 Of Mouth and Men Mike Matusow Alan Dvorkis Antonio Esfandiari Paul Wasicka Jamie Gold Mike Sexton
10 Signature Week[10] Jennifer Harman Gus Hansen Chris Ferguson Phil Hellmuth Howard Lederer Phil Ivey

Season 3 (2008)

Week Title[11] 6th Place 5th Place 4th Place 3rd Place Runner-Up Winner
1 Dream Table[12] Mike Matusow Daniel Negreanu Scotty Nguyen Ken Light Jennifer Harman Phil Hellmuth[14]
2 19th Hole David Oppenheim Erick Lindgren Daniel Negreanu Doyle Brunson Phil Ivey Gavin Smith
3 Hecklers
4 World Champions
5 Cowboys
6 International
7 Jam Up
8 Gus & Ladies
9 Love at First Raise
10 Commentators

Stats

Most Wins

The following players have won more than once.

Player Wins Appearances[15] Other finishes
Clonie Gowen 2 3 4th
Howard Lederer 2 4 3rd, 2nd
Phil Ivey 2 5 3rd, 3rd, 2nd

Never Won

The following players have appeared more than twice, but have yet to win.

Player Appearances[15] Highest finish
Mike Matusow 6 2nd
Antonio Esfandiari 3 2nd
Jamie Gold 3 2nd
David Benyamine 3 3rd
Annie Duke 3 3rd

Most Appearances

The following players have been invited to play on Poker After Dark more than twice

Player Appearances[15] Highest finish
Phil Hellmuth 9 1st
Mike Matusow 8 2nd
Doyle Brunson 7 1st
Daniel Negreanu 7 1st
Jen Harman 7 1st
Gus Hansen 7 1st
Howard Lederer 6 1st (twice)
Chris Ferguson 6 1st
Phil Ivey 5 1st (twice)
Clonie Gowen 4 1st (twice)
Johnny Chan 4 1st
Gabe Kaplan 4 1st
Sean Sheikhan 4 1st
Antonio Esfandiari 4 2nd
Jamie Gold 4 2nd
David Benyamine 4 3rd
Patrik Antonius 3 1st
John Juanda 3 1st
Phil Gordon 3 2nd
Huck Seed 3 2nd
Annie Duke 3 3rd
Andy Bloch 3 4th
Barry Greenstein 3 4th
Vanessa Rousso 3 4th
Erick Lindgren 3 5th

References and footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d NBC Announces New Poker After Dark series, from the NBC Universal Media Village website
  2. ^ NBC launches poker show from United Press International
  3. ^ a b Poker After Dark kicks off season with Dream Match
  4. ^ Although the standard buy-in on Poker After Dark is $20,000, the buy-in for the Mega Match (which first aired the week of October 8, 2007) was $50,000.
  5. ^ Poker After Dark Draws Ratings, a January 2007 Bodog Online poker blog entry
  6. ^ Poker Exklusiv on the DSF website
  7. ^ a b c d e f Poker After Dark returns for second season[dead link‍] from the NBC Sports website
  8. ^ Poker After Dark Week 1 Recap from the NBC Sports website
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j pokerafterdark.com past matches from the NBC Sports website
  10. ^ a b Participants were those featured in the show's 2007 opening credits
  11. ^ a b 2008 Poker After Dark schedule from the NBC Sports website
  12. ^ a b Ken Light was the winner of a Full Tilt Poker sponsored contest (tournament) in which he won a seat on the show and selected which pros he would like to play against
  13. ^ According to Nejad's commentary, Hansen was out after six hands, and heads-up play started after 53 hands, both record lows for the show
  14. ^ Phil Hellmuth won by taking an all-in bet from both Ken light and Jen Harman on the last hand, resulting in the first match to end with no heads-up play.
  15. ^ a b c "Appearances" columns in "Most Wins" and "Never Won" is through AIRED episodes, while "Appearances" for "Most Appearances" is through FILMED episodes. All "Highest Finish"/"Other Finishes" is through AIRED episodes.

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