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Celebrity Poker Showdown
Celebrity Poker Showdown is a perhaps best described as a recreational documentary; a popular show on the station Bravo, it is a limited run series of celebrities playing poker, taped at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada in front of a live studio audience. In each show, five celebrities play by the no limit Texas hold 'em rules, for a charity of their choice.
The first series was hosted by actor/comic Kevin Pollak, and each episode (except for the Championship Game) was an hour. The Championship telecast was two hours in length. Each succeeding series has been hosted by Dave Foley, and all episodes were two hours in length. Professional poker player Phil Gordon provides the color commentary throughout each series. The series is produced by Joshua Malina.
Steven Culp won the series' seventh tournement final, aired on November 17, 2005.
The eighth tournament, scheduled to begin broadcasting in January 2006, will also feature a non-celebrity playing as a result of an online tournament where the winner will be flown to Las Vegas and participate in the tournament.
Some of the celebs on this series have parlayed this into visits onto the World Poker Tour and/or the World Series of Poker. In 2005, Brad Garrett, Shannon Elizabeth and James Woods all participated in the WSOP's $10,000 Texas Hold-Em Main Event.
