Golden
Nugget Host Televised Events
Television's hottest game returns
to the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino in Las
Vegas for two made-for-television poker games
featuring some of the biggest names in poker.
The two televised
events -- High Stakes Poker, produced for GSN,
and Poker Superstars III, produced for Fox Sports
Net (FSN) -- mark the return of televised gaming
to the legendary downtown resort. Earlier this
year, the Golden Nugget was home to the World
Series Of Blackjack, which aired on GSN, Speed
Channel's Mobil High Endurance Charity Poker
Challenge and NBC's National Heads-Up Poker
Championship, which garnered solid ratings.
"The
Golden Nugget is the birthplace of poker in
Las Vegas," said Dan Shumny, vice president
of marketing for the Golden Nugget. "We
are pleased to host these popular televised
poker games, and to be a part of the poker phenomenon."
High
Stakes Poker
GSN,
The Network for Games, is launching its new
series, High Stakes Poker in January 2006. The
series will unite some of the top professional
poker players with elite poker-playing business
executives in an exciting match of skill and
money. Also known as a "cash game,"
each player will ante up $100,000 of his/her
own money. The stakes are high, as a player
can lose several thousands of his/her own money,
making the series one of the most exciting poker
shows ever to air.
Among
the poker aces scheduled to appear are Doyle
Brunson, Johnny Chan, Jennifer Harmon, Barry
Greenstein and Phil Hellmuth, among other high-profile
players.
The
series will be filmed in its entirety at the
Golden Nugget, Nov. 2-4. Tapings will be closed
to the public. The Golden Nugget also served
as the location for GSN's 2005 series, World
Series Of Blackjack, a head-to-head match up
of professional and amateur blackjack players.
High
Stakes Poker will premiere on GSN Monday, January
16, 2006, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT).
The
Superstars of Poker
Fox
Sports Net (FSN) brings the third season of
its popular series Poker Superstars to the Golden
Nugget, November 9-16. The 36-episode series,
produced by Henry Orenstein, will feature 24
of the world's greatest poker players, including
poker luminaries such as Johnny Chan, Chris
Ferguson, Todd Brunson, Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth
and Chris Moneymaker.
Poker
Superstars III is the latest in poker programming
on FSN -- the only US network to air live poker
tournaments -- and joins the network's successful
line-up of poker series, such as Learn From
The Pros, Monte Carlo Millions, Aussie Millions
and the highly rated Poker Superstars International.
The
show tapings, scheduled for November 9-16 at
the Golden Nugget, will be closed to the public.
Poker Superstars will air on Fox Sports Net
beginning March 12, 2006. Check local listings
for air times.
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