What is Royal Poker?

Royal poker is one of the first poker tournaments ever organized by the WPPA
(World Poker Players Association) where there is a seat for top poker players and armatures alike.

Royal poker is a series that is being broadcast on television, which focuses on various version of poker like the No Limit Texas Holdem, No limit Holdem etc.

This tournament is based on the finals of the WPPA and is hosted by some of the famous commentators such as Williamson III.

This series of the Royal Poker is done in a tournament style format where in players without chips were eliminated in the very beginning itself. Initially there were three tables of three players each and at the end they were lowered to ten players at the main table.
The most famous Game Show Network¨ presented the Royal Poker most of the time. The format which has been setup by the GSN is a must see for all the poker players.

How to Play Royal Poker

There is only one game play area on the poker card.

On removing the latex covering of the play area the player gets access to 30 your cards.
With regard to all the cards in the hands play area the player has to scratch one by one area in the your card zone.

Only on scratching all the cards in the Your Hands play area, which matches with the all the cards in the same hand then the player wins the game is entitled to encase the prize money from the company.

This is a different kind of poker to be played by any kind of player.

Game Show Network and Royal Poker

Game Show Network, which was initially started in late 90, which had a similar game show like the Royal poker, it was titled The Match Game. Even now the older game shows cane be seen on this channel which has been moved to the daytime, where in the newer game shows have been telecasted on the prime time titled Who Wants To Be A Millionaire¨.

Game Show Network not only telecasts these famous poker games but in order to have a broader audience base do telecast other games too like the Extreme Dodge ball and the world series of Blackjack, Celebrity Blackjack.

Before the launch of Royal Poker in Dec 2004 it had some television channels broadcasting non-traditional games also.

The first ever show broadcasted by GSN on Television included six episodes made up of a complete set of professional players focusing more on WPPA players. It was hosted by some of the most famous commentators like Mr. Nealon and Robert Williamson III.

The GSN does a good job during the play of the Royal poker, as there is a status of the pot, which is given frequently, which was tough to guess as to how much was there in the pot.

Royal Poker and Celebrities

The second comeback of the Royal Poker was done with a bang with the launch of the new television programs, which hosted all the new professional poker players. It was played against one another among the 12 top professional poker players. Among these top-notch players women were also included who were playing No Limit Holdem.

The next episode of Royal Poker included all the major celebrities be it Lance Bass, Mini Rogers, and Patrick Warburton. They played against all the pro poker players like the Cindy Violette, Paul Darden, and Kenna James.

Ian Valentine the then Senior Vice President Programming was of the belief that the comeback of the Royal Poker is definitely a better version of any other kind of poker game on television. As it was being played between the celebrities and the most said pro poker players it was bound to give unpredictable action and joy.

When the original version of the Royal Poker was changed it was believed to be all for better and solid as it also included poker tips, the updating part of the pot, most likely winners of the pot.

Royal Poker:-Battle of Sexes This was another format of Royal poker as it was played between two different sexes the males and the females. Here the players were awarded points for their teams depending on their finishing. And the highest team score won the tournament.

Royal Poker:-Young Bloods In this kind of tournament all the players were below 30 years of age and instead of the regular point¡¦s basis, cash prizes were given based on the finishing. The winners received a whooping $20,000, $10, 000 and $ 5,000 respectively for the first prize, second prize and the third prize respectively.

Royal Poker: - Comedians Vs Poker Pro This series was more or less like that of a celebrity Vs Poker pro because the only difference between that and this is that here.

Here instead of celebrities it was a show of the comedians opposite the poker pro players
Among them were the most famous comedians the industry ever produced like the Robert Wuhl, Tammy, and Carol Leifer.