In the Fold Equity episode of Lie to Me the team heads to Las Vegas to search for a missing World Series of Poker finalist. It airs next Monday on Fox at 9 PM.
The next new show will be a fabulous Poker After Dark cash game lineup on December 7.
This week's newsbites:
- They cracked down on prop betting during the filming of High Stakes Poker season 6.
- More information about the players on High Stakes Poker season 6, including the additions of Phil Laak, Phil Galfond, and Jason Mercier, plus various players blogging about their experiences.
- Poker After Dark updates: details of the drama at the taping emerged, Gus Hansen talked about how he fared, and they'll start airing the episodes at the beginning of next year.
- Poker 2Nite news: the initial run is 13 weeks, Sebok and Huff did an interview about the show, I was bored with it, and PokerNews.com opined on whether it will survive or not (a split decision).
- WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack stepped down. There are no plans to replace him, leaving Harrah's Interactive Entertainment CEO Mitch Garber (formerly PartyGaming's CEO) in charge. Harrah's will soon open an online gambling site (no US players allowed).
- The World Poker Tour people talked more about their plans (I wouldn't expect any changes to the TV side).
- Shuffle Up and Deal updates: Mike Sexton, Chad Brown, and Brandi Williams are on the team for this poker-themed game show, and 13 episodes have been ordered to air on MyNetworkTV.
- I found a couple more good articles about 2 Months 2 Million.
- Shark Out of Water is an 18 minute poker film with cameos by Phil Hellmuth and Brad Booth. You can order the DVD for $10.
- I found out what Kimberly Lansing is up to now: doing the Moviefone Minute.
- More technology to automate poker TV production: Gaming Partners International's RFID chips and counters.
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