PokerGO is an over-the-top content platform based in

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. PokerGO was launched in 2017 as a subscription-based

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offering

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centric online streaming. The content offered on PokerGO includes poker tournaments, along with

cash game Cash games, also sometimes referred to as ring games or live action games, are poker games played with "real" chips and money at stake, often with no predetermined end time, with players able to enter and leave as they see fit. In contrast, a p ...

-orientated shows. As of February 2021, PokerGO's library of content includes over 2,400 videos totaling over 3,800 continuous hours.

Content

The content of PokerGO includes shows, tournament replays, and

s. Other media includes episodes, live streams, and recap videos, and events that were streamed live become on-demand videos afterward.

Poker tournaments and cash games

High Stakes Poker

High Stakes Poker ''High Stakes Poker'' is an American cash game poker television program. The poker variant played on the show is no limit Texas hold 'em. The first four seasons ran from January 16, 2006 to December 17, 2007 on GSN. The next three seasons ra ...

is a

poker television program that sees a mix of professional and amateur poker players playing high stakes No-Limit Hold’em with buy-ins ranging from $100,000 to $500,000. The show debuted in January 2006 and ran for seven seasons until May 2011. In February 2020, PokerGO announced that they had acquired the High Stakes Poker brand and assets. In December 2020, a new season of High Stakes Poker aired on PokerGO and included returning players

Tom Dwan Thomas Dwan Jr. (born 1986) is an American professional poker player who played online in the highest-stakes No-Limit Texas hold 'em and Pot-Limit Omaha games, primarily on Full Tilt Poker under the screen name "durrrr". Dwan has won prize mone ...

Phil Hellmuth Phillip Jerome Hellmuth Jr. (born July 16, 1964) is an American professional poker player who has won a record sixteen World Series of Poker bracelets. He is the winner of the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker (WSOP) and the Main Event ...

, Brandon Adams, and

Phil Ivey Phillip Dennis Ivey Jr. (born February 1, 1977) is an American professional poker player who has won ten World Series of Poker bracelets, one World Poker Tour title, and appeared at nine World Poker Tour final tables. Ivey is regarded by numer ...

, while also introducing new players to High Stakes Poker including

Jason Koon Jason Koon (born August 14, 1985) is an American professional poker player from Weston, West Virginia known for his accomplishments in live and online poker tournaments. Early life Koon graduated from Lewis County High School in 2003 and then a ...

Jean-Robert Bellande Jean-Robert F. Bellande (; born September 17, 1970 in Long Island, New York) is an American professional poker player, reality TV contestant, and a nightclub owner and promoter. Background Bellande was born in Long Island, New York to parents w ...

Bryn Kenney Bryn Kenney (born November 1, 1986) is an American professional poker player from Long Beach, New York Long Beach is an oceanfront city in Nassau County in New York, United States. It takes up a central section of the Long Beach Barrier Isl ...

Doug Polk Douglas K. Polk (born December 16, 1988) is an American professional poker player. Polk played under the alias WCGRider, specializing in heads-up No Limit hold'em (HUNL). Early life Polk was born in Pasadena, California, and has loved strategy ...

Michael Schwimer Michael Fredarick Schwimer (born February 19, 1986) is an American businessperson and former Major League Baseball (MLB) relief pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 2011 and 2012. Amateur career High school In high school, Schwimer ...

, and

Chamath Palihapitiya Chamath Palihapitiya (born 3 September 1976) is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian and American venture capitalist, engineer, SPAC sponsor, founder and CEO of Social Capital. Palihapitiya was an early senior executive at Facebook, working at the compan ...

. There are nine seasons of High Stakes Poker and 126 episodes, and current hosts include

Gabe Kaplan Gabriel Weston Kaplan (born March 31, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, and professional poker player. He played the eponymous teacher in the 1970s sitcom ''Welcome Back, Kotter''. He later became a professional poker player and a commenta ...

and A.J. Benza.

Poker After Dark

Poker After Dark ''Poker After Dark'' is an hour-long poker television program that originally aired on NBC, premiering on January 1, 2007.

takes an intimate look at one table as it develops over a series of episodes. The seasons were split into weeks with each given a theme based on the players involved. Poker After Dark originally began under a No-Limit Hold’em sit-n-go format before evolving to

s that also featured different game variations such as Pot-Limit Omaha, 2-7 Triple Draw, H.O.R.S.E., or Short Deck. The original series would see one table play over five episodes with the sixth episode being a director's cut. When the show was acquired in 2017, it was rebooted as a live stream show for four seasons before returning to the episodic format for season 12.

World Series of Poker

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of tournaments of most major poker variants that have been held annually in

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since 1970. The WSOP expanded to

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in 2007, and

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in 2012. PokerGO acquired the global television and digital media rights to the WSOP in 2017. The agreement included the expansion of programming in a shared deal that saw live coverage on both

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and PokerGO. In 2020, WSOP Classic was added to the PokerGO library that included footage from both the WSOP Main Event and WSOP bracelet events from 2003 - 2010.

Super High Roller Bowl

The

Super High Roller Bowl The Super High Roller Bowl is a recurring high stakes No-Limit Hold'em poker tournament that takes place at venues across the world. The first edition of the event was held in July 2015 and featured a $500,000 buy-in, drawing a field of 43 playe ...

is a recurring high-stakes No-Limit Hold’em poker tournaments held around the world since 2015. After beginning in

, the Super High Roller Bowl has expanded to

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, and

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, as well as having an online event on partypoker in 2020.

U.S. Poker Open

The U.S. Poker Open is a poker tournament series held in the PokerGO Studio since 2018. The series features a variety of events at different buy-in amounts and crowns a series champion each year. Previous series champions include

Stephen Chidwick Stephen James Chidwick (born 10 May 1989) is an English professional poker player from Deal, Kent. Chidwick led the Global Poker Index (GPI) from April 18 to October 9, 2018. Poker Chidwick began playing live poker tournaments in 2008. He pla ...

(2018) and David Peters (2019).

Poker Masters

Held since 2017, the Poker Masters is a poker tournament series held in the PokerGO Studio. The series awards a Purple Jacket to the overall champion, and winners include Steffen Sontheimer (2017),

Ali Imsirovic Almedin "Ali" Imsirovic (born January 29, 1995) is a Bosnian-American professional poker player from Vancouver, Washington. Early life and education Imsirovic was born in Bosnia and moved to the United States at the age of three with his fami ...

(2018), and Sam Soverel (2019). In 2020, the event moved online to partypoker, and Alexandros Kolonias won the championship.

Additional poker tournaments and cash games

Additional poker tournament coverage and cash games available on PokerGO include: * High Stakes Duel * High Stakes Feud *PokerGO Cup * Dolly's Game * Rob's Home Game * Friday Night Poker * Super High Roller Cash Game * British Poker Open * Australian Poker Open * World Poker Tour * Partypoker MILLIONS * Aussie Millions * ARIA High Roller Series * Super High Roller Celebrity Shootout * Doubles Poker Championship * Face the Ace * Poker Central Celebrity Shootout

Original programming

Pokerography

Pokerography is a series of biopic episodes that tells the story behind players and outlines their life and poker career. There are 23 episodes of Pokerography, and some of the players featured include

Antonio Esfandiari Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari ( fa, امیر اسفندیاری; born December 8, 1978 as Amir Esfandiary), is a professional poker player and former professional magician, known for his elaborate chip tricks. Esfandiari was the face of the ...

Chris Moneymaker Christopher Bryan Moneymaker (born November 21, 1975) is an American poker player who won the Main Event at the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP). His 2003 win is said to have revolutionized poker because he was the first person to become a wor ...

Jennifer Tilly Jennifer Tilly (born Jennifer Ellen Chan; September 16, 1958) is an American–Canadian actress and poker player. Known for her distinctive voice and comedic timing, she has been nominated for an Academy Award, two MTV Movie Awards and three Sa ...

Mike Sexton Michael Richard Sexton (September 22, 1947September 6, 2020) was an American professional poker player and commentator. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2009. Early years Sexton was a gymnast and attended Ohio State University, wh ...

, and

Super High Roller Club

Presented by

Ali Nejad Oliver "Ali" Nejad (born 25 February 1978) is an Iranian-American television personality, who has hosted several shows including ''Road Trip'' on ESPNU, and has been a fill-in host for ''UNite'', also on ESPNU. In May 2014, Nejad began working a ...

, the six-part Super High Roller Club series gives viewers a glimpse into the lives of poker players as they tell stories from the felt and from life. The players involved include Brandon Adams,

Nick Schulman Nick Schulman (born September 18, 1984, in New York City) is an American professional poker player and commentator. Early life Schulman grew up in New York City, and began playing pool at the famous Amsterdam Billiards. He was mentored by seve ...

, Farah Galfond,

, and

Daniel Negreanu Daniel Negreanu (; born July 26, 1974) is a Canadian professional poker player who has won six World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and two World Poker Tour (WPT) championship titles. In 2014, independent poker ranking service Global Poker I ...

Real Talk

This roundtable

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format for Real Talk is hosted by Remko Rinkema as he discusses with poker players a wide variety of topics. The players involved include

Scott Blumstein Scott Blumstein (born March 27, 1992) is an American poker player from Morristown, New Jersey. In 2017, he won the World Series of Poker Main Event for $8,150,000. Blumstein graduated from Temple University Temple University (Temple or TU) ...

Liv Boeree Olivia "Liv" Boeree (born 18 July 1984) is a British science communicator, television presenter and former professional poker player. She is a World Series of Poker and European Poker Tour champion, and is the only female player in history to ...

Matt Berkey Matthew Berkey (born January 29, 1982) is an American professional poker player from Leechburg, Pennsylvania who focuses on live no limit hold 'em cash games. Early life Berkey grew up in Leechburg, Pennsylvania with two siblings and aspired t ...

Kane Kalas Kane Kalas (born May 11, 1989) is an American investor, poker player, recording artist and broadcaster. Early life Kane Kalas was born on May 11, 1989, and was raised in Media, Pennsylvania. He is the son of the Philadelphia Phillies play-by-p ...

, Bryon Kaverman,

Justin Bonomo Justin Bonomo (born September 30, 1985) (known online as ZeeJustin) is an American high-stakes professional poker player, and a former ''Magic the Gathering'' competitor. He became the youngest player to be featured at a televised final table o ...

Isaac Haxton Isaac Haxton (born September 6, 1985) is an American professional poker player, amateur chess player, and a youth chess champion. Early life Haxton was born in suburban New York City and raised in Westchester. His mother is a psychiatrist ...

, Maria Ho,

Greg Merson Gregory Merson (born December 8, 1987) is an American professional poker player. Merson is best known as the winner of the Main Event at the 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP). During the same year, he also won a WSOP bracelet in the $10,000 Six ...

, and

The Big Blind

The strategy of

mixed with a trivia show format is the concept behind The Big Blind as Jeff Platt hosts three contestants each week as they are tested on their knowledge of

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, and

Legends of the Game

This six-part docu series provides a closer look at legendary gamblers and poker's most defining characters as

Benny Binion Lester Ben Binion (November 20, 1904 – December 5, 1989), better known as Benny Binion, was an American gambling icon, career criminal, and convicted murderer who established illegal gambling operations in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, area. H ...

, Stu Ungar, and David “Chip” Reese are a few of the subjects on Legends of the Game.

Dead Money

Dead Money follows poker professional

as he prepares to play the 2016

. Although predominantly a cash game player, Berkey is set to play his biggest buy-in poker tournament of $300,000, and Dead Money gives viewers a unique look into his strategy and decision-making on the way to him finishing in fifth-place for $1,100,000.

Additional programming

Additional programming available on PokerGO include: * The Championship Run * Stories from the Felt * Deep Issues * Beyond the Rail * Major Wager * INSIDERS: Super High Roller Bowl 2018 * 2020 Hindsight * Hand Histories * Inside Poker * Poker Nights * Tell Tale * Chasing Hearts * Grinders

Device support and technical details

Devices

PokerGO can be accessed via an internet browser on PCs, tablets, or mobile phones, while PokerGO apps are available on various platforms, including Apple iPhone,

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, android mobile and tablet devices,

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devices, and

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. PokerGO is available worldwide except in

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Service plans

PokerGO launched with two

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plans of either monthly or an annual option. PokerGO subscription plans are currently divided into three price tiers of monthly, quarterly, or annual.

PokerGO Studio

It was announced in April 2018 that the building of the 10,000 square-foot PokerGO Studio would be located at ARIA Resort & Casino. The state-of-the-art studio is the home to PokerGO-owned live events that are streamed on PokerGO and would have space for nine poker tables and occupancy of up to 300 people. The PokerGO Studio includes space for fans and spectators, a full-service bar, a lounge for seating, and the flexibility to host a wide variety of events. The PokerGO Studio opened in May 2018 with the filming of

Poker After Dark ''Poker After Dark'' is an hour-long poker television program that originally aired on NBC, premiering on January 1, 2007.

. Open House week featured two nights of $100/$200 No-Limit Hold’em cash games with players including

, Maria Ho, Brandon Adams,

Eli Elezra Eliahu Ilan Elezra ( he, אלי אלעזרא; born November 24, 1960, in Jerusalem) is an Israeli professional poker player and businessman, now living in Las Vegas, Nevada. With five WSOP bracelets and a WPT win in the post Moneymaker era, he ...

, Bill Perkins, Dan Shak,

Mike Matusow Michael Matusow (born April 30, 1968) is an American professional poker player residing in Henderson, Nevada. Matusow's nickname of "The Mouth" reflects his reputation for trash-talking at the poker table. Matusow began playing poker seriously ...

Tom Marchese Thomas Marchese (born September 30, 1987) is an American professional poker player from Parsippany, New Jersey. Marchese lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. Marchese was the winner of the 2010 Card Player Card players are those participating in a ...

, and

. The first tournament series at the PokerGO Studio was held later that month with the 2018

attracting 48 players.

defeated

heads-up to win the $5,000,000 first-place prize and his second Super High Roller Bowl title.

Poker

The PokerGO Studio is the home for PokerGO-owned live events from poker tournaments to

s. The

, U.S. Poker Open, and Poker Masters tournament series' have been held inside the PokerGO Studio since 2018, and new PokerGO shows of

High Stakes Duel High Stakes Duel is an American Poker on television, poker television program that airs on PokerGO and premiered on July 30, 2020. The original series was announced by PokerGO on July 22, 2020, and would see two players play heads-up Texas hold ' ...

and High Stakes Feud were filmed in the PokerGO Studio. It has also hosted

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final tables including the WPT Bobby Baldwin Classic and WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic. The PokerGO Studio also hosts cash games including

Poker After Dark ''Poker After Dark'' is an hour-long poker television program that originally aired on NBC, premiering on January 1, 2007.

, Friday Night Poker, Dolly's Game, and Rob's Home Game. Poker After Dark originally filmed at

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, Golden Nugget, and ARIA Resort & Casino, before relocating to the PokerGO Studio during Season 9. High Stakes Poker originally filmed at the Golden Nugget,

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, and the Bellagio Resort & Casino, before relocating to the PokerGO Studio when the show relaunched after a nearly 10-year hiatus for Season 8. Other poker events held from inside the PokerGO Studio include the Global Poker Awards.

References

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