Comedian Kevin Nealon to present Poker Royale: the WPPAA Championship
Wednesday 24th November 2004
Kevin Nealon, the longest running cast member of Saturday Night Live as agreed to host GSN’s up and coming poker TV show Poker Royale: the WPPA Championship, premiering Tuesday, December 9 at 9.00pm ET/PT. Nealon will commentate in his own inimitable way on the action as amateurs and pro players do battle for the chance to split $10 million dollars with a GSN viewer in the $10 Million Poker Sweepstakes.
The championship, filmed at the Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, includes star players such as Carlos Mortensen, Kathy Liebert and Paul Wolfe.
GSN is currently the only U.S. television network dedicated to game-related programming and interactive game playing featuring game shows, reality series, documentaries and casino games. It is distributed through all major US cable systems and satellite providers and reaches 57 million homes.
