Wed, 01/19/2011 – 02:20 – PokerPages Staff

PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
On January 15, 2011 the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure’s Main Event will be down to the final table.  The final table will be aired on ESPN2 with hole cards exposed on a one hour delay.  Tune in to ESPN2 January 15, 2011 at 2200 ET to catch all of the action.  The PCA Main Event final table will also be on PokerStars Webcasts.

38th Annual World Series of Poker 
The 2007 WSOP Main Event, part 8 of 16, is airing on ESPN.  Watch Main Event from Las Vegas’ Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, with featured players, such as Hevad “Rainbow” Khan, Kenny Tran, Todd Brunson, Pam Brunson, Tobey Maguire, Darrell Dicken, Randal McLoughlin and Dave Terry.

High Stakes Poker
Check out High Stakes Poker on the Game Show Network.  High Stakes Poker is a cash game with a minimum buy-in of $100,000.  Join the hosts, Gabe Kaplan and Kara Scott and this year’s cast of characters, which include Antonio Esfandiari, Barry Greenstein, Daniel Negreanu, Mike Matusow, and Phil Ivey, for the premier cash game on television. 

The Poker House
Add a little drama to the poker fare with The Poker House.  The movie is a story of three young sisters’ day long struggle in a home overrun by gamblers and thieves.  This 2008 movie stars Selma Blair and Jennifer Lawrence.  The Poker House is airing on Showtime.

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Wed, 01/12/2011 – 22:58 – PokerPages Staff

The US Poker Championship series is held annually at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.  The events of the US Poker Championship attract the best professional poker players, such as Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, TJ Cloutier and John Juanda, each year.

Check out these US Poker Championship tournaments airing on ESPN:

1998 US Poker Championship
The 1998 series had six events of Hold’em, Omaha and 7 Card.  In the No Limit Hold’em event, 160 players posted the $300 buy-in, making the total prize pool $48,000.  Taking the tournament was Peter Vilandos, earning $19,200.

1999 US Poker Championship
Poker greats Erik Seidel, Daniel Negreanu and TJ Cloutier were participants in the 1999 US Poker Championship events.  Negreanu and Cloutier had multiple money finishes in the events in 1999.

2003 US Poker Championship
In the $10,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event, the total prize pool reached $970,200 with 99 runners.  The top three finishers were Toto Leonidas, Erik Seidel and Phil Hellmuth, earning $388,080, $223,146 and $116,424.

2004 US Poker Championship
With the prize pool nearly doubled from the previous year, the No Limit Hold’em – Main Event brought 177 entrants to the field vying for a piece of the 1.7M.  In the end, John Aglialoro would grab his second career 1st place finish and $691,095.

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