Poker Night in America

Poker Night in America
Starring Joe Stapleton
Chris Hanson
Doug Polk
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 5
Production
Producer(s) Todd Anderson
Rush Street Productions
Production location(s) United States
Release
Original network CBS Sports
Comcast
Original release 2014
External links
[Poker Night in America Website]

Poker Night in America (PNIA) is a poker television program which features cash games and sit & gos. The series production began in 2013 and was first aired in 2014.[1] The show is web streamed and televised. PNIA was developed by Todd Anderson, president of Rush Street Productions and co-founder of the Heartland Poker Tour.

The show hosts various cash games at local casinos across the United States and is sponsored by 888poker.[2] During the filming of the season one Shaun Deeb slow rolled Mike Matusow with quad 5s resulting in Matusow having an outburst.[3] Since the incident, slow rolling has become a tradition on the show. Professional poker players such as Danielle Andersen, Maria Ho, Alec Torelli, Layne Flack, Phil Laak, Tom Schneider and others have appeared on the show.[4]

In 2017, the show presented King of the Hill, a series of $50,000 buy in heads up sit & gos with players such as Daniel Cates, Phil Hellmuth, Doug Polk, Olivier Busquet, Dan Colman and Parker Talbot competing for a $200,000 prize.[5][6][7]

Joe Stapleton and Chris Hanson were the commentators for the first 5 seasons. In 2018, PNIA intends to replace the current commentators with celebrities.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Holloway, Chad (2013-07-26). "Rush Street Productions to Launch Poker Night in America; Adds Nolan Dalla to Team". PokerNews. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  2. ↑ Global Poker Index (2014-06-28). "Poker Night in America Announces Deal With 888poker". Sporting News. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  3. ↑ Pempus, Brian (2013-09-24). "Poker Cash Game TV: Mike Matusow Gets Massively Slow Rolled By Shaun Deeb". cardplayer.com. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  4. ↑ "Meet the Players from 888poker's Poker Night in America". us.888poker.com. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  5. ↑ Cross, Valerie (2017-08-24). "Phil Hellmuth Mounts Huge Comeback to Win PNIA King of the Hill Title". PokerNews. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  6. ↑ Cross, Valerie (2017-10-08). "Olivier Busquet Goes Undefeated to Claim King of the Hill 2 Title". PokerNews. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  7. ↑ Cross, Valerie (2017-10-27). "Daniel Colman Sweeps Olivier Busquet, Brandon Adams in KOTH 3". PokerNews. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  8. ↑ Cross, Valerie (2018-02-23). "PNIA Introduces Poker Night LIVE: A Celebrity Poker & Talk Show". PokerNews. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
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