Poker professional Annie Duke’s poker show Annie Duke Takes On The World premiered pn May 1st at 9pm EST on GSN.

The show is co-produced by Duke and veteran television producer Andrew Golder (also responsible for the Emmy-winning game show “Win Ben Stein’s Money”). The program focuses on four players who take on each other in a No-Limit Texas Hold ‘Em tournament, with the survivor of the event squaring off against the poker champion for a $10,000 prize.

Along the way, there are some interesting parts of the program which could draw many poker fans to watch the show.

Annie is the pleasant as the hostess for the program. While the players at the table take part in the tournament, she critiques their play and offers some excellent insight into the mistakes that many amateur players make at the tables. She sometimes can run into roadblocks as the players will sometimes either forget or not take her advice, which (in a very funny manner) Duke will chide them for without coming off as being mean. This helps in the general “fun” nature of the program.

The four contestants in the premiere show were a brain surgeon, a musician, a telephone “cleaner” and a children’s book author. They competed very hard against each other for the $1,000 prize that is guaranteed to the winner of what basically is a four person sit and go and the additional prize of attempting to take Duke down for the ten grand payday.

Annie’s co-host, comedian Regan Burns engages the contestants in small chats so viewers learn more about them and allows those watching the show to have a particular feel for who they want to win. All of the banter at the table leads to the eventual showdown between Duke and the winner for the grand prize during the show.

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2 Responses to “Annie Duke In Her Own TV Show”

1. Titan Poker Bonus Code Says:
   May 17th, 2006 at 6:03 pm

   I think Annie is an amazing player, and deserves to show the world in her own show. I just dont know how much or if it will take off as well if it was on a different network. But all in all Annie Duke rocks and is a solid player with great insight. She i believe just won a wsop braclet omaha hi low - just my 2 cents

2. » Annie Duke Takes on the World at Poker News Direct Says:
   June 18th, 2006 at 3:58 pm

   [...] You can catch “Annie Duke Takes on the World” Monday nights at 9 PM on GSN. For more information, click here. [...]

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