Shuffle Up and Deal: New Poker-based Game Show

Shuffle Up and Deal looks to be the next poker-based game show to hit the air, joining Face the Ace and Million Dollar Challenge. The show doesn't seem to involve actually playing poker: BuzzerBlog says:

Shuffle Up and Deal pits five amateur poker players against each other, competing to build the best hand possible, from cards picked from an oversized electronic poker board. The player with the most money at the end of the show has a chance to win up to $1,000,000 on a single hand.

They're looking for contestants for production in November. No network deal has been announced yet. Oates Media Group principals Dewey Oates, Brenda Prackup, Robert "Chip Burner" Turner, and Marsha Waggoner created the show and Valcom will produce and distribute it.

Update, November 20, 2009: Mike Sexton will host and Brandi Williams (of Ultimate Poker Challenge and Cash Poker) will be the hostess. Chad Brown is scheduled to host a live touring version. 13 episodes have been ordered and will air on MyNetworkTV.

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