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Former World Poker Tour host, Shana Hiatt, will host NBC's new late night show, 'Poker After Dark' when it debuts January 2, 2007 at 2:05 a.m. ET/PT. The nightly hour-long show will air Monday through Saturday.
On Monday through Friday each week, the show will feature six poker professionals vying for that week's winner-take-all no-limit Texas Holdem tournament's $120,000 first place prize.
On Saturday, host Shana Hiatt and the tourney winner of the week will recap that week's play, revisiting important hands and offering commentary on strategies the winner perceived other players used during that week as well as what strategies they used.
Many poker greats are already signed up to appear, including: Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson, Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson, Erick Lindgren, Jennifer Harman and Gus Hansen.
'Poker After Dark' aims to give its viewers an intimate look inside poker games which are usually reserved only for professional poker players. It will be held in the back room of various casinos on the Las Vegas strip.
Hiatt, an East Coast native, hosted the World Poker Tour from 2003 to 2005. A former model, Hiatt has also appeared in the films "Must Love Dogs" and "Grandma's Boy."
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