New Game Show Places Regular Joes Alongside Professional Poker Stars
Texas Holdem’ used to be a game accessible only in casino hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada or from electronic poker machines, but now it is more in style than ever in Sin City thanks to the TV and the internet.
The famous Venetian Hotel, is now banking on this popularity with its new audience-participation show called “The Real Deal!” in its Venetian Showroom, beginning in October.
This new idea will mix comedy and game show elements to entertain its live audience. The audience will also be able to participate in the great game of Texas Holdem’ alongside the best poker players in the world. There will be prizes for the audience including a chance to win 1$ million.
In “The Real Deal!” the audience members will play with players like Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu. Around 10 of the World’s most famous poker players have already signed up for the game show. The audience will be able to play along with the 90 minute game thanks to handheld, wireless, touch screen devices located on each seat.
“People who come to Las Vegas, Nevada want to play different types of poker games,” Negreanu says, “but obviously they can’t play in a big game with the players like Doyle or Phil Hellmuth. But, in this show, they actually can.” At the start of the show, six audience members will be chosen to sit at the poker table on stage with two professional players. Each audience member is then involved in the action by being dealt a unique poker hand on their devices. Everyone in the showroom is then involved in the action with big-screen monitors located on stage.
The show’s producers say that you don’t have to be a poker player to join in the poker tv show. There are other ways to increase your point total, that doesn’t involve poker necessarily. Betting on the suit of the next poker card or trying to guess which state a particular audience member is from, are just some of the ways to come out a champion in poker in this game.
Creators of the show are also placing bets on the personalities of the pro poker stars to create some interesting moments. Poker players like Scotty Nguyen, the flamboyant five-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, definitely can keep an audience entertained and is a sure bet for some great TV moments in this new poker game show .
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