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Poker has been appearing on television somewhat regularly since the late-1970s. In the United States, CBS started airing the final table of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event as an annual one-hour show around this time and later by ESPN, which were casino-produced shows produced under a time-buy arrangement for sports omnibus programming such as the CBS Sports Spectacular.
The National Heads-Up Poker Championship was an annual poker tournament held in the United States and produced by the NBC television network. [1] It is a $25,000 "buy-in" invitation-only tournament [2] organized as a series of one-on-one games of no limit Texas hold 'em matches.
Face the Ace was a poker-themed game show on NBC, first airing August 1, 2009. [1] The show was hosted by Steve Schirripa (The Sopranos) along with hostess/spokesmodel Megan Abrigo [2] and featured the commentary of Ali Nejad, who also served in the same capacity for NBC's Poker After Dark. [3]
Poker After Dark is an hour-long poker television program that originally aired on NBC, [3] premiering on January 1, 2007. [2] 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. [4]
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In March 2006, Sheikhan made the final four of NBC's National Heads-Up Poker Championship (during the early rounds of which he told Gus Hansen, whom he eliminated, to throw away his cards - Sheikhan had made Four of a kind), earning $125,000. [2] He lost to eventual winner Ted Forrest.
From high school in Albany, California, through to college at UC Berkeley, Nejad hosted and reported for First Cut, a local NBC affiliate show in the San Francisco Bay area, where he began his television career. [8] Having been a recreational poker player for years, Nejad dropped out of Berkeley in 1998 to pursue playing poker full-time.
High Stakes Poker is an American cash game poker television program. The poker variant played on the show is no limit Texas hold 'em. The first four seasons ran from January 16, 2006 to December 17, 2007 on GSN. The next three seasons ran from March 1, 2009 to May 21, 2011, and was simulcast in 3DTV on N3D. [1]