The show, set for a seven week run on the different regional networks of the Fox Sports cable system, made its debut with the first episode showing three times during the evening, at 9PM, 11PM and 12:30AM (all Eastern time).
The three different times help accommodate the contractual agreements regional networks have with local college and professional athletic teams that require them to cover their games. With three different times, regional network should be able to bring to poker fans at least one offering of the show on Mondays.
The show itself has some promise, if only for the combative atmosphere at the tables and between the hosts themselves.
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Thirty-six players, including Godsmack's Sully Erna, Anthrax's Scott Ian, blackjack champion "Hollywood" Dave Stann and model and Absolute Poker spokesperson Serinda Swan, battle it out at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in California, while Duke and Hellmuth sit back and eliminate players not by chip count but by how good their play is.
By the midpoint of the run of the show, the two professionals will choose teams that will compete for a seat at the 2008 World Series of Poker Championship Event.
With a lack of new poker programming on the air at this time, Duke and Hellmuth's Best Damn Poker Show should be a way to pass the time until the latest season of the World Poker Tour hits the airwaves in the next couple of months.
Check your local listings to see when next Monday's episode of the Best Damn Poker Show will appear. For further insight into the show, visit Earl's blog.
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College Poker Life: University of Texas, Austin, TX
As the spring semester continues at the University of Texas in Austin, students are still finding plenty of time to enjoy the game of poker. This time of year is when the action often dries out, as classes tend to get harder, studying...
Bodog to launch Bodog Poker Open
The inaugural season will kickoff on March 3 with events in No-Limit, Pot-Limit, Six-handed and Rebuy variants on the agenda. There will be five preliminary events all leading to the series' championship - the $500 buy-in Bodog Poker Open main event on March 9.
The first Bodog Poker champion will win the title and walk away with an engraved Omega Speedmaster watch, valued at $4,400.
To make the prize pool even juicier Bodog will be adding a total of $75,000 in additional money to the BPO's prize pools which will create a larger payouts for each event and give the players great bang for their buck.
Bodog North American CEO Alwayn Morris talked about what it meant for the company to be hosting its first online series.
"We're excited to finally give our online poker players a tournament series where they can battle it out for some major bragging rights and serious money," said Morris. "While there will be more Bodog Poker Opens, there will only be one "first" Bodog Poker Champion and he or she will have the cash and the champion's Omega Speedmaster watch to show for it."
Players can buy in directly to any of the events with cash or Bodog Tournament Credits or win their in through any number of low-cost satellites starting on Monday Feb. 11. With buy-ins ranging from as low as $100 the Bodog Poker Open is truly a tournament for players of any size bankroll.
Winners of the preliminary events will win entry into the main event in addition to their tournament winnings.
The complete schedule for the Bodog Poker Open is as follows:
| Date: | Event: | Format: | Buy-In: | Added: |
| March 3 | Event No. 1 | No-Limit | $250+$20 | $10,000 |
| March 4 | Event No. 2 | No-Limit 6-Handed | $300+$25 | $10,000 |
| March 5 | Event No. 3 | Rebuy | $100+$10 | $10,000 |
| March 6 | Event No. 4 | Pot-Limit | $200+$15 | $10,000 |
| March 7 | Event No. 5 | Limit | $150+$10 | $10,000 |
| March 8 | N/A | Satellite Day | Various | N/A |
| March 9 | Event No. 6 | Main Event (No-Limit) | $470+30 | $25,000 |
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PartyPoker Premier League, Day 3: Tony G Leads; Black, Duke Surge
Day 3 of the PartyPoker Premier League tournament twin heats saw one sprint and one marathon, as Tony G clung to a slim points lead while Andy Black surged into second place overall after winning his second straight heat...
WPT Season 6 to march in on GSN
World Poker Tour Enterprises Inc. and GSN announced today Season 6 of the World Poker Tour will make its debut on GSN March 24 at 9 p.m. (EST/PST), starting with the Mirage Poker Showdown. The first airing of episodes will be on Mondays at 9 p.m.
"We couldn't be more thrilled to have GSN as our partner and the new home of WPT," said WPTE President, Founder and CEO Steve Lipscomb. "GSN and WPT are dedicated to collectively broadening the poker experience for fans and viewers and cannot wait to kick off our best season yet."
This season will feature 23, two-hour WPT episodes that include three new tour stops and create more than 20 new WPT poker-made millionaires.
There is also a new host this season as Layla Kayleigh makes her debut. She will be reporting from the sidelines with updates and player interviews at each event. WPT live update online hostess Kimberly Lansing will also make her debut on GSN with behind-the-scenes looks at the tournament action.
Some of the highlights from the WPT on GSN this season include Barry Greenstein and Jonathan Little colliding at the final table of the North American Poker Classic, plus the WPT Ladies Night following Mother's Day in May, the Foxwoods Poker Finals in June and the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Classic at the Bellagio.
The WPT on GSN Season 6 schedule is:
| Date | WPT Tournament | Casino |
| March 24 | Mirage Poker Showdown | The Mirage |
| March 31 | Bellagio Cup III, Part 1 | Bellagio |
| April 7 | Bellagio Cup III, Part 2 | Bellagio |
| April 14 | Legends of Poker | The Bicycle Casino |
| April 21 | North American Poker Classic | Fallsview Casino Resort |
| April 28 | Mandalay Bay Poker Championship | Mandalay Bay |
| May 5 | Borgata Poker Open | Borgata Casino |
| May 12 | WPT Ladies Night V | The Bicycle Casino |
| May 19 | Turks & Caicos Poker Classic | The Players Club |
| May 26 | Gulf Coast Poker Championship | Beau Rivage |
| June 2 | WPT Spanish Championship | Casino Barcelona |
| June 9 | Foxwoods World Poker Finals | Foxwoods Resort Casino |
| June 16 | Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Classic | Bellagio |
| June 23 | World Poker Open, Part 1 | Gold Strike |
| June 30 | World Poker Open, Part 2 | Gold Strike |
| July 7 | Borgata Poker Classic | Borgata |
| July 14 | L.A. Poker Classic | Commerce Casino |
| July 21 | WPT Celebrity Invitational | Commerce Casino |
| July 28 | Bay 101 Shooting Star | Bay 101 |
| Aug. 4 | World Poker Challenge | Grand Sierra Resort |
| Aug. 11 | Foxwoods Poker Classic | Foxwoods Resort Casino |
| Aug. 18 | WPT Ladies Championship | Bellagio |
| Aug. 25 | WPT World Championship | Bellagio |
All WPT on GSN events will be replayed Monday nights at Midnight (EST/PST) and the following Sunday evenings at 7 p.m. (EST/PST).
"The WPT is one of the strongest brands on television, and poker fans will enjoy the action every Monday night on GSN," said Jamie Roberts, GSN senior vice president of programming. "With the popularity of our original cash game HIGH STAKES POKER and the WORLD POKER TOUR, there is no better place to watch poker on television."
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Harvard Professor Joins Panel on Trade and US Online Gambling
Harvard Law Professor Charles Nesson will be joining a panel of experts today in London for a seminar entitled 'Bush Administration's Criminalization of Online Gaming and the Implication for Global Free Trade.' Other participants...
FTOPS VII Event 11 goes to pycb
FTOPS VII Event 11: Omaha Hi/Lo was hosted by Howard Lederer but it was 1996 WSOP Main Event winner Huckleberry Seed who stole the show by outlasting the rest of his Team Full Tilt brethren. Seed came in 54th out of the 1,333 players who registered for the event.
Online pros were out in full force with Jordan "iMsoLucky0" Morgan coming in 70th, Adam "Roothlus" Levy 91st and Jon "PearlJammed" Turner 95th.
Full Tilt Pro Scott Fischman, who has been cashing frequently in the latest version of the FTOPS, finished 129th.
In the end it was pcyb who won the event by beating Rex55 in heads-up play. pcyb had a sweet $58,652 for winning while Rex55 had to settle for $37,324 for second.
No word on where Lederer finished but with his recent $1 million win at the Aussie Millions $100,000 buy-in event it's unlikely he needed the money.
Be sure to check back with us tomorrow as we bring you results from Event 12: No-Limit Hold'em/6-Max Rebuy. The event will be hosted by Scott Clements and offer yet another $1 million guaranteed prize pool.
Here are the top nine finishers from Event 11:
| Player | Prize |
| 1. pycb | $58,652 |
| 2. Rex55 | $37,324 |
| 3. Beef_Curtains | $26,993 |
| 4. craigmack86 | $21,661 |
| 5. BrokeLad | $16,342 |
| 6. Jacksy7 | $11,997 |
| 7. WHENTHUGSCRY | $7,731 |
| 8. dgang | $5,598 |
| 9. Foyanchi | $3,999 |
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