World Series Of Poker On Your TV Tuesday

Next week's World Poker Tour show is the WPT Celebrity Invitational from the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles. The players are Bill Baxter, Van Nguyen (Men "The Master" Nguyen's wife), Ethan Ruby, Justin Marchand, and Elias Madias.

Next week Poker After Dark returns to the old tournament format. Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, and Huck Seed will face off against three online poker superstars: Brian "sbrugby/aba20" Townsend, Andrew "good2cu" Robl, and Tom "durrrr" Dwan.

The 2008 World Series of Poker starts airing Tuesdays at 8-10 PM on ESPN. It will continue (see the full schedule) through November 11, when the final table of the Main Event will air shortly after having been played. The "November Nine" were decided on Tuesday and are on their four-month layoff now.

The first WSOP broadcast this year is Event 1, $10,000 pot-limit hold 'em. The final table is an amazing one, featuring Andy Bloch, Nenad Medic, Mike Sexton, Patrik Antonius, Phil Laak, Kathy Liebert, Mike "SowersUNCC" Sowers, Chris Bell, and Amit Makhija.

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