New Episodes for Poker After Dark

Unfortunately, a lot of the new poker shows out there are falling by the wayside because let’s be honest….there is only so big of a market for poker TV programs.  Face the Ace is the latest poker show to struggle mightily which makes many people think it might soon be off the air.  However, one poker TV show that isn’t going away any time soon is Poker After Dark which has recently opened its 6th season.

The 6th season of Poker After Dark will feature 12 new episodes where the players will be involved in a series of high stakes cash games.  The buy-in for the cash games is a total of $100,000 and the blinds will start at $100/$200.  Now this may not seem like a whole lot for high stakes cash games since many people in the Bellagio’s famous poker room – Bobby’s Room - play for as much as $8,000/$16,000.  But according to the Poker After Dark producers, the blinds will be tripling at some point during the show which will put them at $600/$1,200.   

The players that will be competing in the 6th season of Poker After Dark include Tom Dwan, Phil Ivey, Eli Elezra, Patrik Antonius, llari Sahamies, and Howard Lederer.  Almost all of the players which will be featured in Poker After Dark have appeared on other poker shows so this is nothing new to them.  Sahamies is the only player who is relatively new to the poker TV scene, but he should have no problem fitting in with these great players since he is one of the top online cash game players.  He plays under the name “Zigmund” and often competes with Tom Dwan and Phil Ivey in the Full Tilt Poker high stakes games.