New Poker Show Places Normal People Alongside Top Poker Players

Texas Holdem’ in the past was a game accessible only in Las Vegas casinos or from video poker, but now it is more popular than ever in Las Vegas, Nevada thanks to the TV.

The famous Venetian Casino, is now banking on this new found popularity with its new audience-participation show called “The Real Deal!” in its Venetian Showroom, starting in October.

This new idea will join comedy and game show elements to entertain its live audience. The audience will also be able to participate in the famous Texas-Holdem’ alongside the some famous poker stars. The show has many 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 best 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 take a trip to Las Vegas casinos want to play poker games,” Negreanu says, "but obviously they can't play in a world poker tournament with the likes of 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.

Creators of the show say that you don’t have to be a pro poker player to take part in the game. There are other ways to enhance your point total, that doesn’t involve playing 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 big poker winner in this game.

Creators of The Real Deal are also betting on the great personalities of the pro poker players to create some great moments. Poker players such as Scotty Nguyen, the flamboyant five-time World Series of Poker winner, definitely knows how to work the crowd and will create some moments to remember in this upcoming show .