Poker After Dark Season 3 will begin another late night line up on December 31st. Ali Nejad will return as the commentator and Marianela Pereyra will premier as the new late night poker princess. The main focus will still be the 6-handed match-ups featuring the top poker players putting up $20,000 per match to win the $120,000 winner take all prize.
There will be a few notable newcomers to this year’s schedule. Making their debut will be, Robert Williamson III, Hoyt Corkins, Scotty Nguyen, Chau Giang, Gavin Smith, Sam Grizzle, Beth Shak, J.J. Liu, Roland de Wolfe, David Oppenheim, Erica Schoenberg, Berry Johnston, Mark Gregorich, and John-Robert Bellande.
Maybe the most notable newcomer will be Ken Light who won his seat in a FullTiltPoker.net freeroll and will choose his own personal dream table to play at in the opening match.
Other matches will include a Champions Week, featuring 6 players who have won the World Series of Poker Main Event, International Week, Commentators Week, bachelor Gus Hansen will sit at a table of ladies in a Gus and the Ladies match and Hecklers Week with 6 of the games best trash talkers battling it at with cards and wit.
The first two seasons saw 57 poker players compete and here are some interesting trivia they have brought us:
Three players have won 2 matches:
1) Howard Lederer
2) Clonie Gowen
3) Phil Ivey
Two players are winless:
1) Phil Hellmuth – 0-6
2) Mike Matusow – 0-5
No player has eliminated the whole table but 3 have eliminated 4:
1) Johnny Chan
2) Clonie Gowen
3) Howard Lederer
Fasted Eliminated:
1) Gus Hansen – 6th hand
Biggest Comeback:
1) Jennifer Harman – Down to 4,000 in chips
Longest Heads-Up Play:
1) Antonius and Brad Booth – 120 hands
Poker After Dark’s 3rd season dates and matches:
Match 21: Dream Table (Week of 12/ 31)Daniel Negreanu
Phil Hellmuth Mike Matusow Scotty Nguyen Ken Light |
Match 26: International (Week of 2/ 25)Patrik Antonius (Finland)
Johnny Chan (China) Roland de Wolfe (England) Daniel Negreanu (Canada) Gus Hansen (Denmark) John Juanda (Indonesia) |
Match 22: 19th Hole (Week of 1/ 7)Gavin SmithDavid OppenheimErick Lindgren
Phil Ivey Daniel Negreanu |
Match 27: Jam Up (Week of 3/24)David WilliamsHoward Lederer
Mike Matusow Barry Greenstein Antonio Esfandiari Eli Elezra |
Match 23: Hecklers (Week of 1/14)Gavin SmithSam GrizzleJohn-Robert BellandeMike MatusowShawn SheikhanPhil Hellmuth | Match 28: Gus and the Ladies (Week of 3/31)Gus HansenVanessa RoussoJ.J. LiuClonie GowenBeth ShakErica Schoenberg |
Match 24: World Champions (Week of 2/11)Chris FergusonJohnny ChanBerry Johnston
Jamie Gold Phil Hellmuth Huck Seed |
Match 29: Love at First Raise (Week of 5/12)Jennifer HarmanDavid BenyamineJennifer Tilly
Marco Traniello Erica Schoenberg Phil Laak |
Match 25: Cowboys (Week of 2/18)Doyle Brunson
Chris Ferguson Chau Giang Andy Bloch Hoyt Corkins Gabe Kaplan |
Match 30: Commentators (Week of 5/19)
Mark Gregorich Chad Brown Ali Nejad Robert Williamson III Howard Lederer |
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