Beginning with Season 4, the producers began to experiment with different formats, including no-limit cash games, and a double-elimination Heads Up battle between the first 4 winners of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship. The sixth show was a ' director's cut' that includes excerpts from the action from the previous five days, interspersed with talking heads commentary from the participants. By the end of the fifth show, a winner is determined. Each week the players vied for a $120,000 winner-takes-all prize pool, with each paying a $20,000 buy-in. The series was originally structured as a series of week-long No Limit Texas hold 'em mini-tournaments for six top poker professionals. (The table talk occasionally reveals that the 'week-long' series is taped in one long session.) Commentator Ali Nejad's commentary is limited, allowing viewers to hear much of the table talk among the players, all of whom are mic'ed. The Poker After Dark format featured an 'intimate look at one table as it develops over the week.' Blinds start at $100/$200 and slowly escalate.

Īll seasons have contained voice-over commentary by Oliver 'Ali' Nejad. Veronica Brill was introduced as the sideline reporter during season 12. When the series returned on PokerGO in 2017, Drea Renee took over as lead presenter. The host for season 3 was Marianela Pereyra, and Leeann Tweeden took over starting with season 4. Poker After Dark episodes are now filmed exclusively at the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort and Casino, and distributed on video streaming service PokerGO.įor its first two seasons, both of which originally aired in 2007, the show was presented by Shana Hiatt. The show rebooted on August 14, 2017, with appearances from Tom Dwan, Daniel Negreanu, Antonio Esfandiari. The series was canceled on December 3, 2011, following the 'Black Friday' criminal case, which involved major sponsor Full Tilt Poker as one of the defendants. Poker After Dark is an hour-long poker television program that originally aired on NBC, premiering on January 1, 2007. Poker Productions ( Eric Drache and Mori Eskandani) ġ hour (with commercials about 42 minutes without) Ħ hours when on PokerGO (with player breaks about 5 hours, 20 minutes without) (134 weeks consisting of 68 tournaments and 117 cash games) JSTOR ( February 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources. This article relies excessively on references to primary sources.

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