The Best Damn Poker show will be airing Monday, February 11th. Ultimate Bet announced a couple days ago that their much talked about reality show featuring Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke will air on FSN.
This new poker reality series follows 18 poker players on two teams led by world poker champions Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke as they battle it out over seven weeks.
More than just money is at stake in this televised battle. Egos are on the line as the two poker pros try to prove who’s the better poker professor. Even though we already know that Annie Duke will never be the player Phil Helluth is, it will sure make great television.
Ultimate Bet ran an audition process in L.A and had thousands of online poker players submitting creative auditions of why hey deserved to be on the poker reality series.The online poker site also invited players to take part in a series of qualifiers where spots in the televised audition process were up for grabs.
Best Damn Poker Show also features celebrities from the entertainment and poker worlds including Scott Ian from Anthrax, Sully Erna from Godsmack, and actors Jennifer Tilley, Patrick Warburton and Miguel Nunez. UltimateBet.net’s very own P0ker H0 and Shawn Rice manage Team Hellmuth and Team Duke respectively on the series.