"Celebrity Poker Showdown" (2003) TV series 2003-????

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Release Date:

2 December 2003 (USA)

Plot:

A game show about celebrities from film and television, who play poker.

Plot Keywords:

Celebrity | Poker | New Orleans Louisiana | Las Vegas Nevada | Card Playing

Cast

Robert Thompson	...	Himself - Tournament Director / ... (43 episodes, 2003-2006)
Phil Gordon	...	Himself (42 episodes, 2003-2005)
Dave Foley	...	Himself / ... (42 episodes, 2004-2006)

Runtime:

120 min (2004-) | USA:60 min (2003)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Palms Casino Resort - 4321 W. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Trivia:

In May 2004, 'Nicole Sullivan' donated the $100,000 she won on the show to her favorite charity, Alley Cat Allies, an organization that rescues cats and promotes spaying/neutering.

Quotes:

Kevin Nealon: You do any voice-over work, Robert?
Robert Thompson: No, but can you give me some?
Kevin Nealon: Nope.
Robert Thompson: Okay.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Saturday Night Live: Alec Baldwin/Shakira (#31.8)" (2005)

Best celebrity game on TV

I play semi-pro poker and I like this show. The celebrities, for the most part, are not good but that's to be expected. They bluff about 90% of the time because I'm sure it says something about that in the little manual Phil Gordon gives them before the show. Any regular poker player would win this tournament with relative ease.

I'd like to see some different formats, though, to make it a little more interesting. Maybe have Phil play in the game, but he only gets 5,000 TC. I'd also like them to try to have cast members from different shows on, like in Season 1 when they had the West Wing cast. Also they might want to find the celebrities that are actually good at poker to play against each other. My gut says the players that are good don't want to play against a bunch of poker morons for fear of losing on a river suckout and never hearing the end of it.

My vote for worst player is Dennis Rodman, edging out Adam Rodriguez (of CSI Miami) who went out on the very first hand with nothing but I can chalk that up to just not ever playing the game, and Coolio, who played in the first season and played like he needed to catch a plane. Rodman actually won his game, embarrassingly enough, and didn't ever seem like he had a clue nor gave a damn.

Don't watch it to learn anything (other than the absolute basics of the game), but it is mostly fun to watch.