DOUBLES POKER CHAMPIONSHIP, premiered, August 14 at 9:00pm (ET/PT) and is a dramatic new 13-week television series from POKER PROductions that highlights the action at the recent Doubles Poker Championship at the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The buy-in for this tournament was a hefty 000 per player. Thirty-two of the top professional poker players in the world competed as two-person teams that shared each hand, with million in first-place prize money awarded to the winning team. Among those who competed were big name stars Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan, Phil Hellmuth, Johnny Chan, David Benyamine, Annie Duke, Chris Ferguson, Gus Hansen, and Jennifer Harman. Poker player/fashion model Lacey Jones serves as the series’ host.
This week, we have poker pro (and World Poker Tour Borgata winner) Dwyte Pilgrim, 2+2 Moderator Kevin Mathers (KevMath) and Croatian poker presenter Tatjana Pasalic (named one of the world’s “sexiest poker players.” Plus news from Jess Welman and hosts The Entities. For more information, show notes and an upcoming schedule, go to thisweekin.com.
Poker & Pasta Gina’s Bistro in Las Vegas @ Durango & Flamingo missingflops Las Vegas, NV USA September 2010
Just a few years out of college and David “Doc” Sands has already racked up nearly .5 million winning poker tournaments, and this January he became the world’s top-ranked online tournament player. Sands sat down with Reason.tv’s Ted Balaker to discuss Sand’s love of poker and individual liberty, the parallels between marijuana and gambling policy, and the hypocrisy embedded in America’s gambling laws. Says Sands, “At the same time they’re facilitating lotteries, they’re telling us that online poker is a game of chance that we shouldn’t be allowed to play.” Approximately 9.12 minutes. Interview by Ted Balaker. Shot by Alex Manning, Adam Jensen, and Paul Detrick. Edited by Manning. Go to reason.tv for HD, iPod, and audio versions of this and all our videos, and subscribe to Reason.tv’s YouTube channe l to receive automatic notification when new content is posted.
Irish Poker Open 2010 Episode 4
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