Poker used to be accessible only in Sin City Hotels or from video poker, but now it is more in style than ever in Las Vegas thanks to the the internet.

The well-known Venetian Hotel and Casino, is now banking on this new found popularity with its new audience-participation show called “The Real Deal!” in its showroom in the Venetian Hotel and Casino, beginning in October.

The new game show will merge comedy and game show elements to entertain its live audience. The audience will also be able to participate in the well loved game of Texas Holdem’ alongside the top poker players. The show has many prizes for the audience including a chance to win 1$ million.

In “The Real Deal!” the audience members will play with players like Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu. Around 10 of the best poker players in the world have already signed up for the show. The audience will be able to play along with the 90 minute game thanks to handheld, wireless, touch screen devices located on each seat.

“People who take a vacation in Las Vegas casinos want to play different types of poker games,” Negreanu says, “but obviously they can’t play in a big poker tournament with the likes of Doyle or Phil Hellmuth. But, in this show, they actually can.” At the beginning of each show, six audience members will be chosen to sit at the poker table on stage with two professional players. Each audience member is then involved in the action by being dealt a unique set of poker cards on their devices. Everyone in the showroom is then involved in the action with big-screen monitors located on stage.

Creators of the show say that you don’t have to be a professional poker player to participate in the game. There are other ways to increase your point total, that doesn’t involve poker necessarily. Betting on the suit of the next poker card or trying to guess which state a particular audience member is from, are just some of the ways to come out a winner in this game.

The show’s creators are also betting on the charisma of the pro poker stars to create some great moments. Poker players such as Scotty Nguyen, the flamboyant five-time World Series of Poker winner, definitely definitely knows how to entertain the audience and will provide some great entertainment in this TV poker game show .

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