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Poker After Dark

Poker After Dark is an hour-long poker television

Poker on television

Poker television programs have been extremely popular in the last several years, especially in North America and Europe. This has especially become the case since the invention of the "hole cam" in 1997 , which allows viewers at home to see each player's poker jargon....
program airing in the early mornings six times a week on NBC.

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

Shana Hiatt

Shana Hiatt is a model , presenter and poker player, who has appeared in several magazines....
. The host for season 3 was Marianela Pereyra

Marianela Pereyra

Marianela Pereyra is a model, actress, television personality, and was the hostess for the season 3 of Poker After Dark series on NBC, on which she was billed by her first name only....
, and Leeann Tweeden

Leeann Tweeden

Leeann Velez Tweeden is an United States model and television personality.Tweeden was born in Manassas, Virginia. She graduated from Osbourn Park High School in 1991....
took over starting with season 4. All seasons have contained voice-over commentary by Oliver "Ali" Nejad

Ali Nejad

Oliver "Ali" Nejad is an United States television poker sports commentator, who is best known as the off-screen announcer on National Broadcasting Company's Poker After Dark and the National Heads-Up Poker Championship....
.

In the United States, Poker After Dark is part of NBC's late night

Late night television

Late night television is the block of television programming airing after 10:00 12-hour clock and usually through 2:00 12-hour clock. Traditionally, this type of programming airs after the late local news and features a particular genre of programming that falls somewhere between a variety show and a talk show....
programming lineup.

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Poker After Dark is an hour-long poker television

Poker on television

Shana Hiatt

Shana Hiatt is a model , presenter and poker player, who has appeared in several magazines....
. The host for season 3 was Marianela Pereyra

Marianela Pereyra

Leeann Tweeden

Ali Nejad

Late night television

Rogers Sportsnet

Rogers Sportsnet is a Canada English language cable television sports specialty channel, operating four regional feeds and one national high-definition television feed....
. In Germany, it airs weekdays at 5:30 p.m. on DSF

Deutsches Sportfernsehen

DSF is a privately owned, commercial German television quiz channel, eroticism channel and sports television channel. It was founded on January 1, 1993 out of the television channel Tele 5 which had become the successor of the music video channel :de:musicbox on January 11, 1988....
. German commentary is provided by Michael Körner.. In Latin America it airs on Fox Sports Latin America, Saturdays at 23:00 Central Time. The program airs in the UK on Setanta Sports 1; one episode is shown from midnight most nights with little changed from the US-aired version.

Summary

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

The series was originally structured as a series of week-long No Limit

Betting (poker)

In the game of poker, the play largely centers around the act of gambling, and as such, a protocol has been developed to speed play, lessen confusion, and increase security while playing....
Texas hold 'em

Texas hold 'em

Texas hold 'em is the most popular poker game in the casinos and poker card rooms across North America and Europe, as well as online poker. According to Doyle Brunson and Johnny Moss, it was originally considered a variation of seven card stud, and was called "Texas hold 'em seven card stud" back in the 1920's....
mini-tournaments for six top poker professionals. Each week the players vied for a $120,000 winner-takes-all prize pool, with each paying a $20,000 buy-in

Buying in

Buying in has several meanings:*In the securities market it refers to a process by which the buyer of securities, whose seller fails to deliver the securities contracted for, can 'buy in' the securities from a third party with the defaulting seller to make good....
. By the end of the fifth show, a winner is determined. The sixth show is a "director's cut

Director's cut

A director's cut is a specially film editing version of a film, and less often television program, music video, Television advertisement or video games, that is supposed to represent the film director's own approved edit....
" that includes excerpts from the action from the previous five days, interspersed with talking heads commentary from the participants.

Beginning with season 4, the producers began to experiment with different formats, including 2 weeks of cash game play, and a week consisting of a double-elimination Heads Up battle between the first 4 winners of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship

National Heads-Up Poker Championship

The National Heads-Up Poker Championship is an annual poker tournament held in the United States and produced by the NBC television network. It is a $20,000 buy-in invitation-only tournament organized as a series of one-on-one games of betting hold'em matches....
. Also, starting with Season 3, each season has had a so called "Dream Table," pitting an amateur against five pros.

Schedule

Poker After Dark airs six times a week, early Tuesday to early Sunday, at 2:05 a.m. ET

North American Eastern Time Zone

The Eastern Time Zone of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America. Its time offset is -5 hrs GMT or UTC-5 during standard time and UTC-4 during daylight saving time....
(1:05 CT

Central Time zone

The Central Time Zone is in the Americas and observes standard time by subtracting six hours from Coordinated Universal Time during standard time and five hours during daylight saving time ....
), though times vary according to the preferences of the affiliates. The early Sunday show is a "director's cut" weekly summary of the previous week's shows.

NBC affiliates that do not air the show include WNYT Albany, New York

Albany, New York

Albany is the Capital of the state of New York and the county seat of Albany County, New York. Albany is roughly 136 miles north of the city of New York City, and slightly south of the confluence of the Mohawk River and Hudson Rivers....
, KPRC-TV

KPRC-TV

KPRC-TV is the National Broadcasting Company television affiliate in Houston, Texas, owned and operated by Post-Newsweek Stations, a subsidiary of the Washington Post Company....
Houston

Houston, Texas

Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America and the largest city within the state of Texas. As of the 2007 U.S. Census estimate, the city has a population of 2.2 million within an area of 600 square miles ....
, WDIV-TV

WDIV-TV

WDIV-TV, channel 4, is an NBC-affiliated television station based in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is owned by Post-Newsweek Stations and is the flagship station and home base of the group with the offices of the group located alongside WDIV's studios; the "Local" branding now utilized by all stations in the group was launched here al...
Detroit

Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Wayne County, Michigan. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwestern United States of the United States....
, KSL-TV

KSL-TV

File:100 1492.JPGKSL-TV is an NBC affiliate in Salt Lake City, Utah that broadcasts locally in analog on Very high frequency channel 5 and in digital on Ultra high frequency channel 38....
Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City is the Capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC....
, WMC-TV

WMC-TV

WMC-TV is the NBC affiliate for the Memphis, Tennessee metropolitan area. The station serves roughly the western third of Tennessee, northwestern Mississippi, northeastern Arkansas and the southeastern corner of Missouri over the air on satellite and on various cable systems....
Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County, Tennessee. Memphis rises above the Mississippi River on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff just south of the mouth of the Wolf River ....
, WBBH-TV

WBBH-TV

WBBH-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for Southwest Florida that is licensed to Fort Myers, Florida. It broadcasts a High-definition television digital signal on UHF channel 15 from a transmitter located north of Fort Myers Shores, Florida near the Lee County, Florida and Charlotte County, Florida County line....
Fort Myers

Fort Myers, Florida

Fort Myers is the county seat and commercial center of Lee County, Florida, Florida, United States. Its population was 48,208 in the United States Census 2000....
, KDLT-TV

KDLT-TV

KDLT, is a NBC affiliated television station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA, serving Eastern South Dakota and Southwestern Minnesota. It broadcasts on ATSC North American broadcast television frequencies 47, which redirects to NTSC channel 46 via Program and System Information Protocol....
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Sioux Falls is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Sioux Falls is the county seat of Minnehaha County, South Dakota, and also extends into Lincoln County, South Dakota to the south....
and WNWO-TV

WNWO-TV

WNWO-TV is a television station in Toledo, Ohio and affiliated with the NBC-TV network. The stations serves Northwestern Ohio, Southeastern Michigan and can be viewed in Windsor, Ontario and Essex County, Ontario over the air and on cable....
Toledo, Ohio

Toledo, Ohio

Toledo is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio. Named after Toledo, Spain, it is located on the western end of Lake Erie, on the Michigan border....
.

Reception

In the U.S., the show had some early rating

Nielsen Ratings

Nielsen Ratings are audience measurement developed by the AC Nielsen Company, to determine the audience size and composition of broadcast programming....
s success: during season one's second week, it attracted on average a larger audience among adults 18-34 than The Late Late Show
The Late Late Show (CBS TV series)

The Late Late Show is an United States late-night television talk and variety show currently hosted by Craig Ferguson on CBS. It immediately follows Late Show with David Letterman and is produced by Letterman's Worldwide Pants Incorporated in CBS Television City....
did the same week, even though the latter is broadcast 90 minutes earlier.

Sponsorship

Full Tilt Poker

File:FullTiltPoker logo.jpgFull Tilt Poker is an online poker card room launched in June 2004 with the involvement of a team of poker professionals, among them Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, Andy Bloch, Mike Matusow, Jennifer Harman and Chris Ferguson....
regularly advertises during Poker After Dark broadcasts and in some countries, Full Tilt Poker is included in the show's title, prompting players who work with rival Poker Stars to stop appearing on the show. Players from Doyles Room have continued to appear in Season 5, during which Doyles Room has also started to advertise.

Full Tilt Poker holds promotional tournaments that offer a seat on the show as the grand prize. The first of these winners, Ken Light, appeared on the first week of Season 3, and was said to have picked his own opponents, though Light later said on the show itself that he was only asked to provide a list of his favorite players and that he did not know that players from the list would join him on the show.

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 Gus Hansen Gustav Hansen is a professional Danish poker player who lives in Monaco. In his poker career Hansen has won a record three World Poker Tour open titles, the 2007 Aussie Millions main event and was the season one winner of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament....	Phil Hellmuth Phil Hellmuth Phillip J. Hellmuth, Jr. is an United States professional poker player. He is best known for holding a record eleven World Series of Poker bracelets, for winning the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker and for his "poker brat" personality....	Shawn Sheikhan	Annie Duke Annie Duke Annie Duke is a professional poker player and author who won a WSOP bracelet the 2004 World Series of Poker $2,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better event and was the winner of the 2004 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions where she earned the winner-takes-all prize of $2,000,000....	Steve Zolotow Steve Zolotow Steve Zolotow is an United States professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada. He was one of the regulars at the famed Mayfair Club.Zolotow has been on the poker circuit since 1988, when he finished in 5th place in that year's World Series of Poker $2500 Pot Limit Omaha hold 'em tournament....	Huck Seed Huck Seed Huckleberry Seed is an United States professional poker player who won the main event of the 1996 World Series of Poker.Seed grew up in Corvallis, Montana, where he attended Corvallis High School....
2	7-12	Jan 8-13	Play Anything	Mike Matusow Mike Matusow Michael Matusow is an American professional poker player, residing in Henderson, Nevada. Matusow's nickname of "The Mouth" reflects his reputation for trash-talking at the poker table....	Gabe Kaplan Gabe Kaplan Gabriel "Gabe" Kaplan is an United States comedian, actor and professional poker player. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, New York. He is best known for his role as Gabriel "Gabe" Kotter in the 1970s sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter, but he has become more visible in recent years in relation to the popularity of poker, especially the Texas...	David Grey David Grey David Grey is an United States professional poker player from Henderson, Nevada.Grey is best known as a cash-game player, but he also has several notable poker tournament wins to his name....	Doyle Brunson Doyle Brunson Doyle F. Brunson is an iconic American professional poker player who has played professionally for over 50 years. He is the first two-time World Series of Poker main event champion to win consecutively, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of several highly influential books on poker....	Jerry Buss Jerry Buss Gerald Hatten Buss is an American professional basketball team owner....	Daniel Negreanu Daniel Negreanu Daniel Negreanu is a Canadian professional poker player with four World Series of Poker bracelets and two World Poker Tour Championship titles....
3	13-18	Jan 15-20	WSOP World Series of Poker The World Series of Poker is the "the oldest, largest, most prestigious, and most media-hyped gaming competition in the world". It is held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada.... Champions	Chris Moneymaker Chris Moneymaker Christopher Bryan Moneymaker is an United States poker player who won the main event at the 2003 World Series of Poker . His victory is generally credited for being one of the main catalysts for the poker boom in the years following his win....	Jamie Gold Jamie Gold Jamie M. Gold is an United States television producer, a talent agent, and poker player, based in Malibu, California. He is known for winning the 2006 World Series of Poker World Series of Poker#The Main Event and currently divides his time between his activities as president of production for the entertainment company, Buzznation and pok...	Johnny Chan Johnny Chan (poker player) Johnny Chan , born in Guangzhou , People's Republic of China in 1957, now living in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a professional poker player....	Chris Ferguson Chris Ferguson Christopher Philip Ferguson is an American professional poker player. In his career he has won five World Series of Poker bracelets, including the bracelet for the 2000 World Series of Poker, and is the winner of the 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship....	Doyle Brunson Doyle Brunson Doyle F. Brunson is an iconic American professional poker player who has played professionally for over 50 years. He is the first two-time World Series of Poker main event champion to win consecutively, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of several highly influential books on poker....	Carlos Mortensen Carlos Mortensen Juan Carlos Mortensen is a professional poker player and the only Hispanic Main Event winner of the World Series of Poker. Mortensen is known for his loose play, bluffing tactics, and interesting chip-stacking style....
4	19-24	Jan 22-27	Earphones Please	Sam Farha Sam Farha Ihsan Farha is a professional poker player. He currently lives in Houston, Texas....	Tony G Tony G Antanas Guoga , more commonly known as Tony G, is a professional poker player.As a child, he was the Rubik's Cube champion of Lithuania before moving to Melbourne, Australia at the age of 11....	Mike Matusow Mike Matusow Michael Matusow is an American professional poker player, residing in Henderson, Nevada. Matusow's nickname of "The Mouth" reflects his reputation for trash-talking at the poker table....	Phil Hellmuth Phil Hellmuth Phillip J. Hellmuth, Jr. is an United States professional poker player. He is best known for holding a record eleven World Series of Poker bracelets, for winning the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker and for his "poker brat" personality....	Phil Ivey Phil Ivey Phillip D. Ivey is an United States professional poker player who has won five World Series of Poker bracelets and has a World Poker Tour title, making the final table there a record eight times....	Andy Bloch Andy Bloch Andrew E. Bloch is a professional poker player. He holds two electrical engineering degrees from MIT and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School....
5	25-30	Jan 29-Feb 3	Phil Phil	Phil Hellmuth Phil Hellmuth Phillip J. Hellmuth, Jr. is an United States professional poker player. He is best known for holding a record eleven World Series of Poker bracelets, for winning the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker and for his "poker brat" personality....	Jennifer Harman Jennifer Harman Jennifer C. Harman-Traniello is an United States professional poker player....	Phil Laak Phil Laak Philip "Phil" Laak is a professional poker player, now residing in Los Angeles, California. Laak was the winner of a World Poker Tour title in 2004 and has appeared on numerous nationally-aired television shows....	Erik Seidel Erik Seidel Erik Seidel is an United States professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada with eight World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title....	Antonio Esfandiari Antonio Esfandiari Antonio Esfandiari is a professional poker player.When he was 9 years old his family moved to San Jose, California.At the age of 19, he changed his name to Antonio which was adopted from living in a Mexican American community in San Jose, and became a professional magician....	Doyle Brunson Doyle Brunson Doyle F. Brunson is an iconic American professional poker player who has played professionally for over 50 years. He is the first two-time World Series of Poker main event champion to win consecutively, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of several highly influential books on poker....
6	31-36	Feb 12-17	Talking Heads	Michael Konik Michael Konik Michael Konik is an United States author, television personality, jazz singer, Improvisational theatre, blackjack player and poker player. Konik has a degree in Drama from New York University....	Phil Gordon Phil Gordon Philip Stewart Gordon is an United States professional poker player, author, and commentator, based in Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada. As of 2008, Gordon's total live poker tournament winnings exceed $1,700,000....	Howard Lederer Howard Lederer Howard H. Lederer , is a professional poker player and brother of poker professional Annie Duke, and author, poet Katy Lederer.Lederer's father is Richard Lederer, a writer and linguist who taught at St....	Chad Brown Chad Brown (poker player) Chad Brown is an United States acting, poker player and color commentator, based in Los Angeles, California....	Gabe Kaplan Gabe Kaplan Gabriel "Gabe" Kaplan is an United States comedian, actor and professional poker player. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, New York. He is best known for his role as Gabriel "Gabe" Kotter in the 1970s sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter, but he has become more visible in recent years in relation to the popularity of poker, especially the Texas...	Mike Sexton Mike Sexton Michael Sexton is an United States professional poker player and commentator....
7	37-42	Feb 19-24	Against All Odds	Chris Ferguson Chris Ferguson Christopher Philip Ferguson is an American professional poker player. In his career he has won five World Series of Poker bracelets, including the bracelet for the 2000 World Series of Poker, and is the winner of the 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship....	Clonie Gowen Clonie Gowen Cycalona Gowen is an United States professional poker player, based in Dallas, Texas.Gowen was born in Florida, and grew up in Kiowa, Oklahoma....	Sam Farha Sam Farha Ihsan Farha is a professional poker player. He currently lives in Houston, Texas....	Gus Hansen Gus Hansen Gustav Hansen is a professional Danish poker player who lives in Monaco. In his poker career Hansen has won a record three World Poker Tour open titles, the 2007 Aussie Millions main event and was the season one winner of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament....	Ted Forrest Ted Forrest Ted Forrest is an United States professional poker player, currently residing in Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada.Forrest won three bracelets at the 1993 World Series of Poker ....	Tony G Tony G Antanas Guoga , more commonly known as Tony G, is a professional poker player.As a child, he was the Rubik's Cube champion of Lithuania before moving to Melbourne, Australia at the age of 11....
8	43-48	Mar 12-17	Killer Table	Phil Ivey Phil Ivey Phillip D. Ivey is an United States professional poker player who has won five World Series of Poker bracelets and has a World Poker Tour title, making the final table there a record eight times....	Erick Lindgren Erick Lindgren Erick Lindgren is an United States professional poker player.He won his first major tournament at the Bellagio in 2002 and followed that up with his first World Poker Tour win ten months later....	Jennifer Tilly Jennifer Tilly Jennifer Tilly is an Academy Award-nominated Canadian-American actor and a World Series of Poker World Series of Poker bracelet winner....	Patrik Antonius Patrik Antonius Patrik Antonius is a Finland professional poker player, former tennis player and coach, and model from Vantaa, Finland. He currently resides in Monte Carlo....	Jennifer Harman Jennifer Harman Jennifer C. Harman-Traniello is an United States professional poker player....	Phil Gordon Phil Gordon Philip Stewart Gordon is an United States professional poker player, author, and commentator, based in Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada. As of 2008, Gordon's total live poker tournament winnings exceed $1,700,000....
9	49-54	Apr 16-21	Loose Lips	Mike Matusow Mike Matusow Michael Matusow is an American professional poker player, residing in Henderson, Nevada. Matusow's nickname of "The Mouth" reflects his reputation for trash-talking at the poker table....	Allen Cunningham Allen Cunningham Allen Cunningham is an United States professional poker player. Cunningham studied civil engineering at UCLA before dropping out of school to play poker professionally....	David Benyamine David Benyamine David Benyamine is a France professional poker player with a World Poker Tour title.Benyamine was a professional tennis player in his early career but had to retirement because of shoulder pain....	Barry Greenstein Barry Greenstein Barry Greenstein is a professional poker player. He was exposed to poker at a young age by his father. After graduating from Bogan High School, he earned a bachelor degree in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign....	Shawn Sheikhan	John Juanda John Juanda Johnson "John" Juanda is an United States professional poker player based in Marina del Rey, California.Juanda lives in Los Angeles. He was born and raised in Indonesia but is Chinese Indonesian....
10	55-60	May 14-19	Ladies' Week	Clonie Gowen Clonie Gowen Cycalona Gowen is an United States professional poker player, based in Dallas, Texas.Gowen was born in Florida, and grew up in Kiowa, Oklahoma....	Evelyn Ng Evelyn Ng Evelyn Ng is a Canada professional poker player.Ng began her gambling career playing billiards for money at age 14. By age 17, she had expanded into dealing blackjack and poker dealer games in her hometown of Toronto....	Dee Luong Dee Luong Dee Luong is a professional poker player from Henderson, Nevada. She made a final table of the World Series of Poker in 2003 and was featured in 2007 on the NBC television program Poker After Dark....	Vanessa Rousso Vanessa Rousso Vanessa Ashley Rousso is a law student at the University of Miami and a professional poker player. Born in White Plains, New York, Rousso has Multiple citizenship with the United States and France....	Jennifer Harman Jennifer Harman Jennifer C. Harman-Traniello is an United States professional poker player....	Cyndy Violette Cyndy Violette Cyndy Violette is an United States professional poker player who won a World Series of Poker bracelet in 2004.Cyndy often played poker with family members as a child....

Season 2 (2007)

Season 2 was taped in May 2007 at the South Point Casino in Las Vegas.

Week	Episodes	Original Airdates	Title	Seat 1	Seat 2	Seat 3	Seat 4	Seat 5	Seat 6
1	1-6	Jun 11-16	Golden Men	Jamie Gold Jamie Gold Jamie M. Gold is an United States television producer, a talent agent, and poker player, based in Malibu, California. He is known for winning the 2006 World Series of Poker World Series of Poker#The Main Event and currently divides his time between his activities as president of production for the entertainment company, Buzznation and pok...	Joe Hachem Joe Hachem Joseph Hachem is a Lebanon-Australian poker player known for winning the main event of the 2005 World Series of Poker....	Greg Raymer Greg Raymer Gregory Raymer is a professional poker player. He is best known for winning the 2004 World Series of Poker main event, and for the opaque hologram sunglasses that he sometimes wears during hands....	Huck Seed Huck Seed Huckleberry Seed is an United States professional poker player who won the main event of the 1996 World Series of Poker.Seed grew up in Corvallis, Montana, where he attended Corvallis High School....	Doyle Brunson Doyle Brunson Doyle F. Brunson is an iconic American professional poker player who has played professionally for over 50 years. He is the first two-time World Series of Poker main event champion to win consecutively, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of several highly influential books on poker....	Johnny Chan Johnny Chan (poker player) Johnny Chan , born in Guangzhou , People's Republic of China in 1957, now living in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a professional poker player....
2	7-12	Jun 18-23	International	Gus Hansen Gus Hansen Gustav Hansen is a professional Danish poker player who lives in Monaco. In his poker career Hansen has won a record three World Poker Tour open titles, the 2007 Aussie Millions main event and was the season one winner of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament....	David Benyamine David Benyamine David Benyamine is a France professional poker player with a World Poker Tour title.Benyamine was a professional tennis player in his early career but had to retirement because of shoulder pain....	Patrik Antonius Patrik Antonius Patrik Antonius is a Finland professional poker player, former tennis player and coach, and model from Vantaa, Finland. He currently resides in Monte Carlo....	Daniel Negreanu Daniel Negreanu Daniel Negreanu is a Canadian professional poker player with four World Series of Poker bracelets and two World Poker Tour Championship titles....	Marco Traniello Marco Traniello Marco Traniello is an Italy professional hairdressing and is sponsored professional poker player on Full Tilt Poker.Prior to working as a world-renowned professional hairdresser, Traniello was the captain of an oil ship and a real estate agent....	Brad Booth Brad Booth Bradley Booth is a Canadian professional poker player known for his appearances on the GSN series High Stakes Poker and buying in for a "cool million." He is one of the most successful high limit players of the last decade....
3	13-18	Jun 25-30	Queens and Kings	Gabe Kaplan Gabe Kaplan Gabriel "Gabe" Kaplan is an United States comedian, actor and professional poker player. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, New York. He is best known for his role as Gabriel "Gabe" Kotter in the 1970s sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter, but he has become more visible in recent years in relation to the popularity of poker, especially the Texas...	Howard Lederer Howard Lederer Howard H. Lederer , is a professional poker player and brother of poker professional Annie Duke, and author, poet Katy Lederer.Lederer's father is Richard Lederer, a writer and linguist who taught at St....	Ali Nejad Ali Nejad Oliver "Ali" Nejad is an United States television poker sports commentator, who is best known as the off-screen announcer on National Broadcasting Company's Poker After Dark and the National Heads-Up Poker Championship....	Vanessa Rousso Vanessa Rousso Vanessa Ashley Rousso is a law student at the University of Miami and a professional poker player. Born in White Plains, New York, Rousso has Multiple citizenship with the United States and France....	Annie Duke Annie Duke Annie Duke is a professional poker player and author who won a WSOP bracelet the 2004 World Series of Poker $2,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better event and was the winner of the 2004 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions where she earned the winner-takes-all prize of $2,000,000....	Kristy Gazes Kristy Gazes Kristy Gazes is a professional poker player originally from California.Gazes has been playing poker since 1986. She made a living for years as a high stakes cash game player in Los Angeles, California....
4	19-24	Sep 10-15	World Series Legends	Doyle Brunson Doyle Brunson Doyle F. Brunson is an iconic American professional poker player who has played professionally for over 50 years. He is the first two-time World Series of Poker main event champion to win consecutively, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of several highly influential books on poker....	Layne Flack Layne Flack Layne Flack is an United States professional poker player, residing in Montana and Nevada.Flack started playing cards with his grandparents, but became engrossed in the game whilst working at a casino....	Phil Hellmuth Phil Hellmuth Phillip J. Hellmuth, Jr. is an United States professional poker player. He is best known for holding a record eleven World Series of Poker bracelets, for winning the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker and for his "poker brat" personality....	Chris Ferguson Chris Ferguson Christopher Philip Ferguson is an American professional poker player. In his career he has won five World Series of Poker bracelets, including the bracelet for the 2000 World Series of Poker, and is the winner of the 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship....	Erik Seidel Erik Seidel Erik Seidel is an United States professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada with eight World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title....	T.J. Cloutier
5	25-30	Sep 17-22	WPT All-Stars	Erick Lindgren Erick Lindgren Erick Lindgren is an United States professional poker player.He won his first major tournament at the Bellagio in 2002 and followed that up with his first World Poker Tour win ten months later....	Howard Lederer Howard Lederer Howard H. Lederer , is a professional poker player and brother of poker professional Annie Duke, and author, poet Katy Lederer.Lederer's father is Richard Lederer, a writer and linguist who taught at St....	Daniel Negreanu Daniel Negreanu Daniel Negreanu is a Canadian professional poker player with four World Series of Poker bracelets and two World Poker Tour Championship titles....	Michael Mizrachi Michael Mizrachi Michael Mizrachi is an United States professional poker player.Growing up, Mizrachi wanted to become a Physician but dropped out of college to play poker full-time....	Gus Hansen Gus Hansen Gustav Hansen is a professional Danish poker player who lives in Monaco. In his poker career Hansen has won a record three World Poker Tour open titles, the 2007 Aussie Millions main event and was the season one winner of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament....	Tuan Le Tuan Le Tuan Le is an Vietnamese-American professional poker player, known for his aggression and risk-taking.Of Vietnamese ancestry, Le was raised in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, but by middle school age he was living in Los Angeles, California where he attended John Burroughs Junior High School, on McCadden and 6th Street....
6	31-36	Sep 24-29	Live To Hurt	Antonio Esfandiari Antonio Esfandiari Antonio Esfandiari is a professional poker player.When he was 9 years old his family moved to San Jose, California.At the age of 19, he changed his name to Antonio which was adopted from living in a Mexican American community in San Jose, and became a professional magician....	Shawn Sheikhan	Mike Matusow Mike Matusow Michael Matusow is an American professional poker player, residing in Henderson, Nevada. Matusow's nickname of "The Mouth" reflects his reputation for trash-talking at the poker table....	Phil Hellmuth Phil Hellmuth Phillip J. Hellmuth, Jr. is an United States professional poker player. He is best known for holding a record eleven World Series of Poker bracelets, for winning the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker and for his "poker brat" personality....	Phil Laak Phil Laak Philip "Phil" Laak is a professional poker player, now residing in Los Angeles, California. Laak was the winner of a World Poker Tour title in 2004 and has appeared on numerous nationally-aired television shows....	Daniel Negreanu Daniel Negreanu Daniel Negreanu is a Canadian professional poker player with four World Series of Poker bracelets and two World Poker Tour Championship titles....
7	37-42	Oct 1-6	Poker Prowess	Phil Laak Phil Laak Philip "Phil" Laak is a professional poker player, now residing in Los Angeles, California. Laak was the winner of a World Poker Tour title in 2004 and has appeared on numerous nationally-aired television shows....	David Williams David Williams (card player) David Anthony Williams is a professional poker and Magic: The Gathering player. He was a student at Princeton University and studied Economics at Southern Methodist University and attended the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, an early entrance college program....	Annie Duke Annie Duke Annie Duke is a professional poker player and author who won a WSOP bracelet the 2004 World Series of Poker $2,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better event and was the winner of the 2004 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions where she earned the winner-takes-all prize of $2,000,000....	Andy Bloch Andy Bloch Andrew E. Bloch is a professional poker player. He holds two electrical engineering degrees from MIT and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School....	John Juanda John Juanda Johnson "John" Juanda is an United States professional poker player based in Marina del Rey, California.Juanda lives in Los Angeles. He was born and raised in Indonesia but is Chinese Indonesian....	Clonie Gowen Clonie Gowen Cycalona Gowen is an United States professional poker player, based in Dallas, Texas.Gowen was born in Florida, and grew up in Kiowa, Oklahoma....
8	43-48	Oct 8-13	Mega Match	David Benyamine David Benyamine David Benyamine is a France professional poker player with a World Poker Tour title.Benyamine was a professional tennis player in his early career but had to retirement because of shoulder pain....	Allen Cunningham Allen Cunningham Allen Cunningham is an United States professional poker player. Cunningham studied civil engineering at UCLA before dropping out of school to play poker professionally....	Jennifer Harman Jennifer Harman Jennifer C. Harman-Traniello is an United States professional poker player....	Phil Ivey Phil Ivey Phillip D. Ivey is an United States professional poker player who has won five World Series of Poker bracelets and has a World Poker Tour title, making the final table there a record eight times....	Barry Greenstein Barry Greenstein Barry Greenstein is a professional poker player. He was exposed to poker at a young age by his father. After graduating from Bogan High School, he earned a bachelor degree in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign....	Eli Elezra Eli Elezra Eli Elezra is an Israeli professional poker player and a businessman, now living in Las Vegas, Nevada.While he was in Israel, Elezra was a lieutenant in the Golani Brigade....
9	49-54	Nov 5-10	Of Mouth and Men	Alan "Boston" Dvorkis	Antonio Esfandiari Antonio Esfandiari Antonio Esfandiari is a professional poker player.When he was 9 years old his family moved to San Jose, California.At the age of 19, he changed his name to Antonio which was adopted from living in a Mexican American community in San Jose, and became a professional magician....	Mike Sexton Mike Sexton Michael Sexton is an United States professional poker player and commentator....	Mike Matusow Mike Matusow Michael Matusow is an American professional poker player, residing in Henderson, Nevada. Matusow's nickname of "The Mouth" reflects his reputation for trash-talking at the poker table....	Jamie Gold Jamie Gold Jamie M. Gold is an United States television producer, a talent agent, and poker player, based in Malibu, California. He is known for winning the 2006 World Series of Poker World Series of Poker#The Main Event and currently divides his time between his activities as president of production for the entertainment company, Buzznation and pok...	Paul Wasicka Paul Wasicka Paul Wasicka is a professional poker player, based in Las Vegas, Nevada who was the runner-up at the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event and the winner of the 2007 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship....
10	55-60	Nov 12-17	Signature Week	Howard Lederer Howard Lederer Howard H. Lederer , is a professional poker player and brother of poker professional Annie Duke, and author, poet Katy Lederer.Lederer's father is Richard Lederer, a writer and linguist who taught at St....	Phil Ivey Phil Ivey Phillip D. Ivey is an United States professional poker player who has won five World Series of Poker bracelets and has a World Poker Tour title, making the final table there a record eight times....	Chris Ferguson Chris Ferguson Christopher Philip Ferguson is an American professional poker player. In his career he has won five World Series of Poker bracelets, including the bracelet for the 2000 World Series of Poker, and is the winner of the 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship....	Phil Hellmuth Phil Hellmuth Phillip J. Hellmuth, Jr. is an United States professional poker player. He is best known for holding a record eleven World Series of Poker bracelets, for winning the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker and for his "poker brat" personality....	Jennifer Harman Jennifer Harman Jennifer C. Harman-Traniello is an United States professional poker player....	Gus Hansen Gus Hansen Gustav Hansen is a professional Danish poker player who lives in Monaco. In his poker career Hansen has won a record three World Poker Tour open titles, the 2007 Aussie Millions main event and was the season one winner of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament....

Week 8 (Mega Match) required a $50,000 buy-in rather than the usual $20,000, resulting in a $300,000 first prize.
Week 10 (Signature Week) was so named because the participants were those featured in the show's 2007 opening credits.

Season 3 (2008)

Season 3 was taped in October 2007 at the South Point Casino in Las Vegas.

Week	Episodes	Original Airdates	Title	Seat 1	Seat 2	Seat 3	Seat 4	Seat 5	Seat 6
1	1-6	Dec 31-Jan 5	Dream Table	Daniel Negreanu Daniel Negreanu Daniel Negreanu is a Canadian professional poker player with four World Series of Poker bracelets and two World Poker Tour Championship titles....	Phil Hellmuth Phil Hellmuth Phillip J. Hellmuth, Jr. is an United States professional poker player. He is best known for holding a record eleven World Series of Poker bracelets, for winning the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker and for his "poker brat" personality....	Jennifer Harman Jennifer Harman Jennifer C. Harman-Traniello is an United States professional poker player....	Mike Matusow Mike Matusow Michael Matusow is an American professional poker player, residing in Henderson, Nevada. Matusow's nickname of "The Mouth" reflects his reputation for trash-talking at the poker table....	Scotty Nguyen Scotty Nguyen Thuan "Scotty" Nguy?n is a Vietnamese American professional poker player who is a five time World Series of Poker WSOP bracelet winner, most notably as the winner of the 1998 World Series of Poker Main Event and the 2008 WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E....	Ken Light
2	7-12	Jan 7-12	19th Hole	Gavin Smith Gavin Smith Gavin Smith is a Canada professional poker player who won the WPT Mirage Poker Showdown Championship event in 2005.Smith learned how to play cards by playing cribbage and rummy with his father....	David Oppenheim David Oppenheim David Oppenheim is an United States professional poker player from Calabasas, California, California who placed third in the World Poker Tour season 2 results of the World Poker Tour's Betting #No limit Texas hold 'em Championship at the Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City, winning $117,500....	Erick Lindgren Erick Lindgren Erick Lindgren is an United States professional poker player.He won his first major tournament at the Bellagio in 2002 and followed that up with his first World Poker Tour win ten months later....	Phil Ivey Phil Ivey Phillip D. Ivey is an United States professional poker player who has won five World Series of Poker bracelets and has a World Poker Tour title, making the final table there a record eight times....	Doyle Brunson Doyle Brunson Doyle F. Brunson is an iconic American professional poker player who has played professionally for over 50 years. He is the first two-time World Series of Poker main event champion to win consecutively, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of several highly influential books on poker....	Daniel Negreanu Daniel Negreanu Daniel Negreanu is a Canadian professional poker player with four World Series of Poker bracelets and two World Poker Tour Championship titles....
3	13-18	Jan 14-19	Hecklers	Gavin Smith Gavin Smith Gavin Smith is a Canada professional poker player who won the WPT Mirage Poker Showdown Championship event in 2005.Smith learned how to play cards by playing cribbage and rummy with his father....	Sam Grizzle	Jean-Robert Bellande Jean-Robert Bellande Jean-Robert Bellande is an United States nightclub owner, promoter and poker player who has a Bachelor of Arts in marketing from Azusa Pacific University and is now living in Las Vegas metropolitan area, Nevada....	Mike Matusow Mike Matusow Michael Matusow is an American professional poker player, residing in Henderson, Nevada. Matusow's nickname of "The Mouth" reflects his reputation for trash-talking at the poker table....	Shawn Sheikhan	Phil Hellmuth Phil Hellmuth Phillip J. Hellmuth, Jr. is an United States professional poker player. He is best known for holding a record eleven World Series of Poker bracelets, for winning the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker and for his "poker brat" personality....
4	19-24	Feb 11-16	World Champions	Chris Ferguson Chris Ferguson Christopher Philip Ferguson is an American professional poker player. In his career he has won five World Series of Poker bracelets, including the bracelet for the 2000 World Series of Poker, and is the winner of the 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship....	Johnny Chan Johnny Chan (poker player) Johnny Chan , born in Guangzhou , People's Republic of China in 1957, now living in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a professional poker player....	Berry Johnston Berry Johnston Berry Johnston is an United States professional poker player. He is best known as the 1986 World Champion, but he has also won four other WSOP bracelet at the World Series of Poker in addition to cashes and wins in many other tournaments throughout his career....	Jamie Gold Jamie Gold Jamie M. Gold is an United States television producer, a talent agent, and poker player, based in Malibu, California. He is known for winning the 2006 World Series of Poker World Series of Poker#The Main Event and currently divides his time between his activities as president of production for the entertainment company, Buzznation and pok...	Phil Hellmuth Phil Hellmuth Phillip J. Hellmuth, Jr. is an United States professional poker player. He is best known for holding a record eleven World Series of Poker bracelets, for winning the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker and for his "poker brat" personality....	Huck Seed Huck Seed Huckleberry Seed is an United States professional poker player who won the main event of the 1996 World Series of Poker.Seed grew up in Corvallis, Montana, where he attended Corvallis High School....
5	25-30	Feb 18-23	Cowboys	Doyle Brunson Doyle Brunson Doyle F. Brunson is an iconic American professional poker player who has played professionally for over 50 years. He is the first two-time World Series of Poker main event champion to win consecutively, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of several highly influential books on poker....	Chris Ferguson Chris Ferguson Christopher Philip Ferguson is an American professional poker player. In his career he has won five World Series of Poker bracelets, including the bracelet for the 2000 World Series of Poker, and is the winner of the 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship....	Chau Giang Chau Giang Chau Tu Giang is an United States professional poker player of China descent, who is a three time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and a three time final tablist of the World Poker Tour with over $3 million in live tournament winnings alone....	Andy Bloch Andy Bloch Andrew E. Bloch is a professional poker player. He holds two electrical engineering degrees from MIT and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School....	Hoyt Corkins Hoyt Corkins Hoyt Corkins is an United States professional poker player. Known for his softly-spoken voice and his aggressive style, Corkins has two World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title....	Gabe Kaplan Gabe Kaplan Gabriel "Gabe" Kaplan is an United States comedian, actor and professional poker player. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, New York. He is best known for his role as Gabriel "Gabe" Kotter in the 1970s sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter, but he has become more visible in recent years in relation to the popularity of poker, especially the Texas...
6	31-36	Feb 25-Mar 1	International	Patrik Antonius Patrik Antonius Patrik Antonius is a Finland professional poker player, former tennis player and coach, and model from Vantaa, Finland. He currently resides in Monte Carlo....	Johnny Chan Johnny Chan (poker player) Johnny Chan , born in Guangzhou , People's Republic of China in 1957, now living in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a professional poker player....	Roland De Wolfe Roland De Wolfe Roland De Wolfe is an England professional poker player and was formerly a writer for the poker magazine Inside Edge.After winning first prize in the Gutshot Poker Club, he went on to make a money finish in the $1,000 betting event of the 2005 World Series of Poker....	Daniel Negreanu Daniel Negreanu Daniel Negreanu is a Canadian professional poker player with four World Series of Poker bracelets and two World Poker Tour Championship titles....	Gus Hansen Gus Hansen Gustav Hansen is a professional Danish poker player who lives in Monaco. In his poker career Hansen has won a record three World Poker Tour open titles, the 2007 Aussie Millions main event and was the season one winner of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament....	John Juanda John Juanda Johnson "John" Juanda is an United States professional poker player based in Marina del Rey, California.Juanda lives in Los Angeles. He was born and raised in Indonesia but is Chinese Indonesian....
7	37-42	Mar 24-29	Jam Up	David Williams David Williams David Williams may refer to:...	Howard Lederer Howard Lederer Howard H. Lederer , is a professional poker player and brother of poker professional Annie Duke, and author, poet Katy Lederer.Lederer's father is Richard Lederer, a writer and linguist who taught at St....	Mike Matusow Mike Matusow Michael Matusow is an American professional poker player, residing in Henderson, Nevada. Matusow's nickname of "The Mouth" reflects his reputation for trash-talking at the poker table....	Barry Greenstein Barry Greenstein Barry Greenstein is a professional poker player. He was exposed to poker at a young age by his father. After graduating from Bogan High School, he earned a bachelor degree in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign....	Antonio Esfandiari Antonio Esfandiari Antonio Esfandiari is a professional poker player.When he was 9 years old his family moved to San Jose, California.At the age of 19, he changed his name to Antonio which was adopted from living in a Mexican American community in San Jose, and became a professional magician....	Eli Elezra Eli Elezra Eli Elezra is an Israeli professional poker player and a businessman, now living in Las Vegas, Nevada.While he was in Israel, Elezra was a lieutenant in the Golani Brigade....
8	43-48	Mar 31-Apr 5	Gus and the Ladies	Gus Hansen Gus Hansen Gustav Hansen is a professional Danish poker player who lives in Monaco. In his poker career Hansen has won a record three World Poker Tour open titles, the 2007 Aussie Millions main event and was the season one winner of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament....	Vanessa Rousso Vanessa Rousso Vanessa Ashley Rousso is a law student at the University of Miami and a professional poker player. Born in White Plains, New York, Rousso has Multiple citizenship with the United States and France....	J. J. Liu J. J. Liu Joanne Jishung Liu is a professional poker player from Palo Alto, California . She is the highest placing female in a World Poker Tour Championship event, finishing runner-up to Ted Forrest at the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Stars in 2007....	Clonie Gowen Clonie Gowen Cycalona Gowen is an United States professional poker player, based in Dallas, Texas.Gowen was born in Florida, and grew up in Kiowa, Oklahoma....	Beth Shak	Erica Schoenberg Erica Schoenberg Erica Schoenberg is an United States professional blackjack and poker player. She is a former Model , personal trainer, and professional volleyball player....
9	49-54	May 12-17	Love at First Raise	Jennifer Harman Jennifer Harman Jennifer C. Harman-Traniello is an United States professional poker player....	David Benyamine David Benyamine David Benyamine is a France professional poker player with a World Poker Tour title.Benyamine was a professional tennis player in his early career but had to retirement because of shoulder pain....	Jennifer Tilly Jennifer Tilly Jennifer Tilly is an Academy Award-nominated Canadian-American actor and a World Series of Poker World Series of Poker bracelet winner....	Marco Traniello Marco Traniello Marco Traniello is an Italy professional hairdressing and is sponsored professional poker player on Full Tilt Poker.Prior to working as a world-renowned professional hairdresser, Traniello was the captain of an oil ship and a real estate agent....	Erica Schoenberg Erica Schoenberg Erica Schoenberg is an United States professional blackjack and poker player. She is a former Model , personal trainer, and professional volleyball player....	Phil Laak Phil Laak Philip "Phil" Laak is a professional poker player, now residing in Los Angeles, California. Laak was the winner of a World Poker Tour title in 2004 and has appeared on numerous nationally-aired television shows....
10	55-60	May 19-24	Commentators	Mark Gregorich	Chad Brown Chad Brown Chadwick Everett Brown is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second round of the 1993 NFL Draft....	Ali Nejad Ali Nejad Oliver "Ali" Nejad is an United States television poker sports commentator, who is best known as the off-screen announcer on National Broadcasting Company's Poker After Dark and the National Heads-Up Poker Championship....	Robert Williamson III Robert Williamson III Robert Williamson III is an United States professional poker player from Dallas, Texas.Williamson grew up with three sisters and his best friend, Chris Caywood in Granbury, Texas and received Bachelor of Business Administration degrees in finance and real estate from Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas....	Phil Gordon Phil Gordon Philip Stewart Gordon is an United States professional poker player, author, and commentator, based in Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada. As of 2008, Gordon's total live poker tournament winnings exceed $1,700,000....	Howard Lederer Howard Lederer Howard H. Lederer , is a professional poker player and brother of poker professional Annie Duke, and author, poet Katy Lederer.Lederer's father is Richard Lederer, a writer and linguist who taught at St....

Week 1 (Dream Table) featured the winner of a Full Tilt Poker sponsored contest (Ken Light) and was billed as the five professionals Light chose to play against, though Light said in an interview during one of the week's episodes that he was only asked to list his favorite players, and did not know that the list would be used to form the table.
Week 9 (Love at First Raise) featured 3 pairs of players who were couples at the time of filming: Jennifer Harman & Marco Traniello, David Benyamine & Erica Schoenberg, and Jennifer Tilly & Phil Laak.

Season 4 (2008)

Season 4 was taped in April 2008 at the South Point Casino in Las Vegas. Season 4 episode titles and presumed seating order taken from NBC's Web site.

Week	Episodes	Original Airdates	Title	Seat 1	Seat 2	Seat 3	Seat 4	Seat 5	Seat 6
1	1-6	Jul 14-19	Cash Game #1	Tom Dwan Tom Dwan Tom Dwan is an American professional poker player who regularly plays Online poker in the biggest No-Limit Texas hold 'em and Pot-Limit Omaha hold 'em games primarily on Full Tilt Poker, where he plays under the screen name "durrrr"....	Phil Hellmuth Phil Hellmuth Phillip J. Hellmuth, Jr. is an United States professional poker player. He is best known for holding a record eleven World Series of Poker bracelets, for winning the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker and for his "poker brat" personality....	Mike Baxter	Allen Cunningham Allen Cunningham Allen Cunningham is an United States professional poker player. Cunningham studied civil engineering at UCLA before dropping out of school to play poker professionally....	Guy Laliberte Guy Laliberté Guy Lalibert? is the founder and chief executive officer of Cirque du Soleil. Starting out as an accordion player, stiltwalker and fire-eater; Lalibert? created his circus which is a synthesis of all circus styles around the world....	Dave Peat "Viffer"
2	7-12	Jul 21-26	Nets Online poker Online poker is the game of poker played over the Internet. It has been partly responsible for a dramatic increase in the number of poker players worldwide.... Vs. Vets	Brian Townsend Brian Townsend Brian Townsend is an United States professional poker player, currently residing in Santa Barbara, California, California.Townsend is largely known for his success playing Texas Hold 'em and Omaha Hold 'em at Full Tilt Poker, playing under the nickname 'sbrugby.' Townsend began playing online poker at $0.50/$1.00 blinds but gradually moved...	Doyle Brunson Doyle Brunson Doyle F. Brunson is an iconic American professional poker player who has played professionally for over 50 years. He is the first two-time World Series of Poker main event champion to win consecutively, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of several highly influential books on poker....	Tom Dwan Tom Dwan Tom Dwan is an American professional poker player who regularly plays Online poker in the biggest No-Limit Texas hold 'em and Pot-Limit Omaha hold 'em games primarily on Full Tilt Poker, where he plays under the screen name "durrrr"....	Johnny Chan Johnny Chan (poker player) Johnny Chan , born in Guangzhou , People's Republic of China in 1957, now living in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a professional poker player....	Huck Seed Huck Seed Huckleberry Seed is an United States professional poker player who won the main event of the 1996 World Series of Poker.Seed grew up in Corvallis, Montana, where he attended Corvallis High School....	Andrew Robl
3	13-18	Jul 28-Aug 3	Heads Up Challenge National Heads-Up Poker Championship The National Heads-Up Poker Championship is an annual poker tournament held in the United States and produced by the NBC television network. It is a $20,000 buy-in invitation-only tournament organized as a series of one-on-one games of betting hold'em matches....	Phil Hellmuth Phil Hellmuth Phillip J. Hellmuth, Jr. is an United States professional poker player. He is best known for holding a record eleven World Series of Poker bracelets, for winning the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker and for his "poker brat" personality....	Ted Forrest Ted Forrest Ted Forrest is an United States professional poker player, currently residing in Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada.Forrest won three bracelets at the 1993 World Series of Poker ....	Paul Wasicka Paul Wasicka Paul Wasicka is a professional poker player, based in Las Vegas, Nevada who was the runner-up at the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event and the winner of the 2007 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship....	Chris Ferguson Chris Ferguson Christopher Philip Ferguson is an American professional poker player. In his career he has won five World Series of Poker bracelets, including the bracelet for the 2000 World Series of Poker, and is the winner of the 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship....
4	19-24	Sep 22-Sep 27	Mission Impossible	Mike Matusow Mike Matusow Michael Matusow is an American professional poker player, residing in Henderson, Nevada. Matusow's nickname of "The Mouth" reflects his reputation for trash-talking at the poker table....	Phil Laak Phil Laak Philip "Phil" Laak is a professional poker player, now residing in Los Angeles, California. Laak was the winner of a World Poker Tour title in 2004 and has appeared on numerous nationally-aired television shows....	Phil Hellmuth Phil Hellmuth Phillip J. Hellmuth, Jr. is an United States professional poker player. He is best known for holding a record eleven World Series of Poker bracelets, for winning the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker and for his "poker brat" personality....	David Williams David Williams (card player) David Anthony Williams is a professional poker and Magic: The Gathering player. He was a student at Princeton University and studied Economics at Southern Methodist University and attended the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, an early entrance college program....	Clonie Gowen Clonie Gowen Cycalona Gowen is an United States professional poker player, based in Dallas, Texas.Gowen was born in Florida, and grew up in Kiowa, Oklahoma....	Gavin Smith Gavin Smith Gavin Smith is a Canada professional poker player who won the WPT Mirage Poker Showdown Championship event in 2005.Smith learned how to play cards by playing cribbage and rummy with his father....
5	25-30	Sep 29-Oct 4	Dream II	Mike Matusow Mike Matusow Michael Matusow is an American professional poker player, residing in Henderson, Nevada. Matusow's nickname of "The Mouth" reflects his reputation for trash-talking at the poker table....	Phil Hellmuth Phil Hellmuth Phillip J. Hellmuth, Jr. is an United States professional poker player. He is best known for holding a record eleven World Series of Poker bracelets, for winning the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker and for his "poker brat" personality....	Mike Sexton Mike Sexton Michael Sexton is an United States professional poker player and commentator....	Jennifer Harman Jennifer Harman Jennifer C. Harman-Traniello is an United States professional poker player....	Gavin Smith Gavin Smith Gavin Smith is a Canada professional poker player who won the WPT Mirage Poker Showdown Championship event in 2005.Smith learned how to play cards by playing cribbage and rummy with his father....	Paul Featherstone
6	31-36	Oct 6-Oct 11	Mayfair Club	Jay Heimowitz Jay Heimowitz Jay B. Heimowitz is an United States Jewish poker player from Bethel, New York, New York. Jay was one of the original players that helped establish the Mayfair Club as a premier poker house....	Howard Lederer Howard Lederer Howard H. Lederer , is a professional poker player and brother of poker professional Annie Duke, and author, poet Katy Lederer.Lederer's father is Richard Lederer, a writer and linguist who taught at St....	Mickey Appleman Mickey Appleman Mickey Appleman is an United States professional poker player and sports betting, now living in Fort Lee, New Jersey, New Jersey.Appleman grew up in Long Island, where he was both a strong sportsman and academic, eventually receiving a MBA in statistics....	Dan Harrington Dan Harrington Dan Harrington is a professional poker player. Harrington chose his own nickname "Action Dan" even though he is known for being a tight conservative player....	Steve Zolotow Steve Zolotow Steve Zolotow is an United States professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada. He was one of the regulars at the famed Mayfair Club.Zolotow has been on the poker circuit since 1988, when he finished in 5th place in that year's World Series of Poker $2500 Pot Limit Omaha hold 'em tournament....	Mike Shichtman
7	37-42	Oct 13-Oct 19	Cash Game #2	Patrik Antonius Patrik Antonius Patrik Antonius is a Finland professional poker player, former tennis player and coach, and model from Vantaa, Finland. He currently resides in Monte Carlo....	Dee Tiller	Howard Lederer Howard Lederer Howard H. Lederer , is a professional poker player and brother of poker professional Annie Duke, and author, poet Katy Lederer.Lederer's father is Richard Lederer, a writer and linguist who taught at St....	Doyle Brunson Doyle Brunson Doyle F. Brunson is an iconic American professional poker player who has played professionally for over 50 years. He is the first two-time World Series of Poker main event champion to win consecutively, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of several highly influential books on poker....	Gabe Kaplan Gabe Kaplan Gabriel "Gabe" Kaplan is an United States comedian, actor and professional poker player. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, New York. He is best known for his role as Gabriel "Gabe" Kotter in the 1970s sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter, but he has become more visible in recent years in relation to the popularity of poker, especially the Texas...	Eli Elezra Eli Elezra Eli Elezra is an Israeli professional poker player and a businessman, now living in Las Vegas, Nevada.While he was in Israel, Elezra was a lieutenant in the Golani Brigade....

Dream II is the second tournament consisting of the winner of a Full Tilt Poker sponsored contest (Paul Featherstone) and the five professionals he chose to play against.
Heads Up Battle is a double elimination heads-up format featuring the first 4 winners of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship
National Heads-Up Poker Championship

The National Heads-Up Poker Championship is an annual poker tournament held in the United States and produced by the NBC television network. It is a $20,000 buy-in invitation-only tournament organized as a series of one-on-one games of betting hold'em matches....
and required a $50,000 buy-in resulting in a winner-take-all $200,000 prize.
The two weeks of cash games will be a $200/400 NL cash game instead of a winner take all tournament. During most of the second cash game, the players agreed to $100 antes and the occasional $800 straddle. The first cash game also featured a $100 ante for its duration.
Mission Impossible Week was named in deference to Mike Matusow, who entered the game winless in three-plus seasons of the show, with each of his opponents at least a one-time winner. A considerable portion of the table chat between and during hands makes reference to this.

Season 5 (2009)

Most of Season 5 was taped December 19-21, 2008 at the Golden Nugget Las Vegas

Golden Nugget Las Vegas

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. The season's first three weeks include episodes originally announced as Season 4 episodes and were taped at South Point.

Week	Episodes	Original Airdates	Title	Seat 1	Seat 2	Seat 3	Seat 4	Seat 5	Seat 6
1	1-6	Dec 29-Jan 3	Close but no Cigar	Andy Black	Lee Watkinson Lee Watkinson Lee Watkinson is an United States professional poker player, originally from Longbranch, Washington.At the 2004 World Series of Poker , Watkinson finished 2nd in the $5,000 betting Omaha hold 'em event....	Dewey Tomko Dewey Tomko Duane "Dewey" Tomko is an United States former kindergarten teacher turned professional poker player, based in Winter Haven, Florida.Tomko is chiefly noted as the runner-up in the World Series of Poker $10,000 betting Texas hold'em main event in both 1982 WSOP and 2001 WSOP ...	David Williams	Allen Cunningham	Mike Matusow
2	7-12	Jan 5-Jan 11	Speak Your Mind	Todd Brunson Todd Brunson Todd Brunson is an United States professional poker player and the son of poker player Doyle Brunson.Although Brunson's father Doyle was a poker player, Brunson did not learn the game when he was young....	Phil Hellmuth Phil Hellmuth Phillip J. Hellmuth, Jr. is an United States professional poker player. He is best known for holding a record eleven World Series of Poker bracelets, for winning the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker and for his "poker brat" personality....	Phil Gordon Phil Gordon Philip Stewart Gordon is an United States professional poker player, author, and commentator, based in Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada. As of 2008, Gordon's total live poker tournament winnings exceed $1,700,000....	Gabe Kaplan	Cory Zeidman	David Grey David Grey David Grey is an United States professional poker player from Henderson, Nevada.Grey is best known as a cash-game player, but he also has several notable poker tournament wins to his name....
3	13-18	Feb 9-Feb 14	Brilliant Minds	Brandon Adams	Chris Ferguson	Andy Bloch Andy Bloch Andrew E. Bloch is a professional poker player. He holds two electrical engineering degrees from MIT and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School....	Bill Chen	Jimmy Warren	David Sklansky David Sklansky David Sklansky is a professional poker player and author.Sklansky grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, where he graduated from Teaneck High School in 1966....
4	19-24	Feb 16-Feb 21	Nets vs. Vets Cash Game	Taylor Caby	Cole South	Gabe Kaplan	David Benefield	Doyle Brunson	Eli Elezra
5	25-30	Mar 23-Mar 28	Dream Table III	Johnny Chan	Jennifer Tilly	Arnold Thimons	Mike Matusow	Phil Laak	Daniel Negreanu
6	31-36	Mar 30-Apr 4	International III	Brad Booth	Allen Cunningham	David Benyamine	John Juanda	John Phan	Ivan Demidov Ivan Demidov Ivan Demidov is a professional poker player from Moscow, Russia. Demidov is one of the 'November Nine', having made the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event in 2008....
7	37-42	May 4-May 9	Hellmuth Bash Cash Game I	Tom Dwan	Kenny Tran Kenny Tran Phuong "Kenny" Tran is an Vietnamese American professional poker player from Arcadia, California who won the 2008 World Series of Poker $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em World Championship....	Phil Laak	Antonio Esfandiari	Phil Hellmuth	Bob Safai
8	43-48	May 11-May 16	Hellmuth Bash Cash Game II	Tom Dwan	Antonio Esfandiari	Kenny Tran	Phil Hellmuth	Bob Safai	Phil Laak
9	49-54	Jun 15-Jun 20	Sit-n-Talk	Jennifer Harman	Mike Matusow	Antonio Esfandiari	Jean-Robert Bellande	Vanessa Rousso	David Grey
10	55-60	Jun 22-Jun 27	Celebrities and Mentors	Barry Greenstein	Jason Alexander Jason Alexander Jason Alexander is an United Statesn actor, best known for his role as George Costanza on the television series Seinfeld....	Phil Gordon	Orel Hershiser Orel Hershiser Orel Leonard Hershiser IV is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He is currently an analyst for Baseball Tonight and Wednesday Night Baseball on ESPN....	Don Cheadle Don Cheadle Donald Frank "Don" Cheadle is an United States actor, film producer, philanthropist, and author. Cheadle rose to prominence after playing supporting roles in films such as Out of Sight, Traffic , and the Ocean's Eleven series of films....	Gavin Smith

Close but no Cigar Week consisted of players who at the time of taping had played at a WSOP Main Event final table but did not win.
The Nets vs. Vets Cash Game is Eli Elezra's fourth PAD appearance, always sitting in Seat 6.
Dream Table III is the first time the contest winner is not in Seat 6.
The two weeks of Hellmuth Bash games will be the first time the same six players will appear over 10 consecutive episodes of play.

Results and Notes

The following tables do not include results of unaired episodes, even if such information is available online.

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

In the first 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 , while Duke had . The lack of decorum
Decorum

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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 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.

Season 2 (2007)

Week	Title	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	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	Jennifer Harman	Gus Hansen	Chris Ferguson	Phil Hellmuth	Howard Lederer	Phil Ivey

In "International" week, Gus Hansen was knocked out after 6 hands, and heads-up play started after 53 hands, both record lows for the show.

Season 3 (2008)

Week	Title	6th Place	5th Place	4th Place	3rd Place	Runner-Up	Winner
1	Dream Table	Mike Matusow	Daniel Negreanu	Scotty Nguyen	Ken Light	Jennifer Harman	Phil Hellmuth
2	19th Hole	David Oppenheim	Erick Lindgren	Daniel Negreanu	Doyle Brunson	Phil Ivey	Gavin Smith
3	Hecklers	Mike Matusow	Sam Grizzle	Gavin Smith	Jean-Robert Bellande	Shawn Sheikhan	Phil Hellmuth
4	World Champions	Huck Seed	Chris Ferguson	Berry Johnston	Jamie Gold	Phil Hellmuth	Johnny Chan
5	Cowboys	Hoyt Corkins	Doyle Brunson	Chau Giang	Chris Ferguson	Andy Bloch	Gabe Kaplan
6	International	Daniel Negreanu	John Juanda	Gus Hansen	Roland De Wolfe	Patrik Antonius	Johnny Chan
7	Jam Up	Barry Greenstein	Mike Matusow	Eli Elezra	Howard Lederer	Antonio Esfandiari	David Williams
8	Gus & Ladies	J. J. Liu	Gus Hansen	Erica Schoenberg	Beth Shak	Clonie Gowen	Vanessa Rousso
9	Love at First Raise	Erica Schoenberg	Phil Laak	Jennifer Harman	Jennifer Tilly	Marco Traniello	David Benyamine
10	Commentators	Howard Lederer	Phil Gordon	Robert Williamson III	Chad Brown	Ali Nejad	Mark Gregorich

"Dream Table" week featured a Poker After Dark first: 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.
"Hecklers Week" featured a controversial situation which necessitated the producer having to come to the table. Phil Hellmuth attempted to bluff the river with pair of aces on the board in a hand against Jean-Robert Bellande, and Bellande called. Hellmuth then said "you got it" and held onto his cards, waiting for Bellande to show the winner. Bellande felt he did not have to show his hand, while Hellmuth thought "olden day etiquette" indicated that he should. The tournament was stopped for 5 minutes while all players voiced their opinions and eventually the producer came over and then Hellmuth showed his hand, necessitating that Bellande show his to claim the pot.
"Jam Up" week featured a rule that allowed any player knocked out over the first six hands (once around the table) to rebuy. On the first hand, Eli Elezra was knocked out when his AK didn't crack Howard Lederer's AA when they both got all their chips in pre-flop. Eli was allowed to rebuy for another $20,000, which brought the total chips in play to $140,000, and the first place prize to $140,000.

Season 4 (2008)

Week	Title	6th Place	5th Place	4th Place	3rd Place	Runner-Up	Winner
1	Cash Game #1	--------------------------------------------- ( Not Applicable ) ---------------------------------------------
2	Nets Vs. Vets	Andrew Robl	Johnny Chan	Tom Dwan	Huck Seed	Doyle Brunson	Brian Townsend
3	Heads Up Challenge
Paul Wasicka	Ted Forrest	Chris Ferguson	Phil Hellmuth
4	Mission Impossible	David Williams	Gavin Smith	Mike Matusow	Phil Hellmuth	Phil Laak	Clonie Gowen
5	Dream II	Mike Sexton	Mike Matusow	Paul Featherstone	Jennifer Harman	Phil Hellmuth	Gavin Smith
6	Mayfair Club	Dan Harrington	Mike Shichtman	Steve Zolotow	Mickey Appleman	Howard Lederer	Jay Heimowitz
7	Cash Game #2	--------------------------------------------- ( Not Applicable ) ---------------------------------------------

The Heads Up Challenge used a double-elimination format. In the opening round, Chris Ferguson defeated Paul Wasicka and Phil Hellmuth defeated Ted Forrest. Hellmuth then defeated Ferguson to move on to the final, while Forrest's win against Wasicka eliminated Wasicka. Facing off with one loss each, Ferguson defeated Forrest to set up a Hellmuth-Ferguson final, where Hellmuth only needed to win one out of two matches while Ferguson needed to sweep both matches. Ferguson won the opener before Hellmuth won the finale. In each of Hellmuth's wins against Ferguson, he had pocket tens on the final hand.

Season 5 (2009)

Week	Title	6th Place	5th Place	4th Place	3rd Place	Runner-Up	Winner
1	Close but no Cigar	David Williams	Dewey Tomko	Allen Cunningham	Lee Watkinson	Andy Black	Mike Matusow
2	Speak Your Mind	Phil Hellmuth	Todd Brunson	Gabe Kaplan	David Grey	Cory Zeidman	Phil Gordon
3	Brilliant Minds	David Sklansky	Bill Chen	Brandon Adams	Jimmy Warren	Chris Ferguson	Andy Bloch
4	Nets vs. Vets Cash Game	--------------------------------------------- ( Not Applicable ) ---------------------------------------------
5	Dream Table III
6	International III
7	Hellmuth Bash Cash Game I	--------------------------------------------- ( Not Applicable ) ---------------------------------------------
8	Hellmuth Bash Cash Game II	--------------------------------------------- ( Not Applicable ) ---------------------------------------------
9	Sit-n-Talk
10	Celebrities and Mentors

Season 5 started with three veteran Poker After Dark players securing their first PAD wins (Matusow, Gordon and Bloch).

Stats

"Most Appearances" is updated through all filmed episodes (through all of Season 5).
"Most Wins" and "Never Won" are updated through all aired episodes, and do not include cash game results, as those do not have a declared winner. They also do not include special weeks such as the Heads-Up Challenge week.
As a result, numbers in the "Appearances" columns could be different in these tables compared to the "Most Appearances" table).

Most Wins

The following players have won more than once. (Aired episodes of regular-format tournaments only.)

Player	Wins	Appearances	% Won	Other finishes
Johnny Chan	3	5	60%	2nd, 5th
Clonie Gowen	3	5	60%	2nd, 4th
Gavin Smith	2	4	50%	4th, 5th
Phil Ivey	2	5	40%	2nd, 3rd (x2)
Gabe Kaplan	2	5	40%	3rd, 4th (x2)
Howard Lederer	2	7	29%	2nd (x2), 3rd (x2), 6th
Phil Hellmuth	2	12	17%	2nd (x3), 3rd (x2), 4th (x2), 5th, 6th (x2)

Never Won

The following players have appeared more than twice, but have yet to win. (Aired episodes of regular-format tournaments only.)

Player	Appearances	Highest finish
Antonio Esfandiari	4	2nd (x2)
Jamie Gold	4	2nd
Huck Seed	4	2nd
Annie Duke	3	3rd (x2)
Barry Greenstein	3	4th
Erick Lindgren	3	5th (x2)

Most Appearances

The following players have been invited to play on Poker After Dark more than twice. ("Total appearances" column includes all filmed events; "Aired" omits non-regular format tournaments as well as yet-to-air episodes.)

Player	Total appearances	Aired	Highest aired finish
Phil Hellmuth	16	12	1st (x2)
Mike Matusow	13	11	1st
Doyle Brunson	10	8	1st
Jennifer Harman	9	8	1st
Chris Ferguson	8	7	1st
Howard Lederer	8	7	1st (x2)
Daniel Negreanu	8	7	1st
Phil Laak	8	5	1st
Gus Hansen	7	7	1st
Gabe Kaplan	7	5	1st (x2)
Antonio Esfandiari	7	4	2nd (x2)
Johnny Chan	6	5	1st (x3)
Clonie Gowen	5	5	1st (x3)
Phil Ivey	5	5	1st (x2)
David Benyamine	5	4	1st
Phil Gordon	5	4	1st
Gavin Smith	5	4	1st (x2)
Allen Cunningham	5	3	1st
Andy Bloch	4	4	1st
Jamie Gold	4	4	2nd
Huck Seed	4	4	2nd
Shawn Sheikhan	4	4	1st
David Williams	4	4	1st
Patrik Antonius	4	3	1st
Barry Greenstein	4	3	4th
John Juanda	4	3	1st
Vanessa Rousso	4	3	1st
Eli Elezra	4	2	2nd
Tom Dwan	4	1	4th
Annie Duke	3	3	3rd (x2)
Erick Lindgren	3	3	5th (x2)
Mike Sexton	3	3	1st
David Grey	3	2	2nd
Jennifer Tilly	3	2	3rd

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