Face The Ace - Poker Game Show on NBC

Air times on NBC:

• August 1, 2009 – 9:00pm ET
• August 8, 2009 – 9:00pm ET
• September 12, 2009 – 2:00pm ET
• October 31, 2009 – 5:00pm ET
• November 14, 2009 – 3:00pm ET
• December 12, 2009 – 3:00pm ET
• January 2, 2010 – 2:30pm ET

Face The Ace, a new poker game show, will start airing on NBC in August. You can qualify on Full Tilt Poker for a trip to Vegas, where 30 players will audition for the show. Contestants will play Full Tilt pros heads up for a chance to win $1 million. Variety reports:

"Ace" opens with four pro poker players hidden behind smoked-glass doors. A contestant will choose one of those doors -- and wind up playing heads-up no-limit Hold 'Em against a pro opponent.

If the contestant wins his first match, he can opt to take the winnings and go home -- or risk those winnings and play against another pro for a bigger pot. If he wins again, he can go home -- or play against a third pro for a chance at $1 million.

But if they lose, the contestant walks away with nothing.

The amateurs will be getting 4 or 5 to one on their money at each decision point.

The show is hosted by Steve Schirripa, who played Bobby “Bacala” Baccalieri on The Sopranos. It will premiere Aug. 1 at 9 p.m. on NBC, and air the following Saturday in the same slot. After that, it's scheduled to run Saturday afternoons beginning in September. NBC has ordered 7 episodes so far.

For further information see the Face The Ace web site.



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