Airdate: The Poker Star
Australia's first ever poker reality series offers $100,000 and the chance to compete in the world’s largest tournaments.
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The Poker Star, pitched as Australia’s first ever poker reality series, premieres on ONE and TEN from September 30.
2005 World Series of Poker champ Joe Hachem hosts the series that sees eleven Aussies compete against each other for the chance to win $100,000 and travel the world competing in the world’s largest tournaments as Joe Hachem’s protege.
Contestants will dive with sharks, walk high wires and face off against Secret Service trained “Human Lie Detector” Steven van Aperen.
Over eight weeks four female and seven male competitors have been living together in Melbourne and being filmed around the clock.
Poker strategist Lee Nelson will help judge the contestants’ performance.
The show ties in with an online poker site.
A timeslot is yet to be confirmed.
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Honestly, who cares. C’mon people, There are a lot more important problems than whether poker is a sport or not to worry about.
Whats going on?
since when is a game of cards sport, and it ties in with online gambling, thats a shocker
shh dont tell
Nick Xenaphon
steven g says:
September 7, 2009 at 8:20 am
Poker is not a sport !
……poker is a sport when it is played in a competitive structure as golf is a sport or even table tennis, tournament poker is a competitive structed sport where it is last man standing (or sitting).
On The Poker Star website it says that it premiers on One HD from Wednesday September 30th @ 8:30pm
Scot: Radical Media.
Poker aint a sport. But until they put the snooker on, it’s the only thing I watch on ONE.
David,
do you know what production company is behind this program?
This sounds very similar to a US show that was on Discovery Travel about 3 years ago.
WIN / NBN are doing Australian Poker Hero. Haven’t seen Nine’s name attached to this yet.
Why am I not surprised to see that 9 are going to cash in on this.
Any news on a date for the Nine/Win program Australian Poker Hero?
Aus Poker Hero is 10 eps from October sometime.
Whats going on?
since when is a game of cards sport, and it ties in with online gambling, thats a shocker
shh dont tell
Nick Xenaphon
Poker is not a sport !