Poker was a game accessible only in Las Vegas Casino Hotels or from electronic poker machines, but now it is more widespread than ever in Las Vegas, Nevada thanks to the TV.

The famous Venetian Resort Hotel and Casino, is now betting on this popularity with its new audience-participation show called “The Real Deal!” in its showroom located in the Venetian Resort Hotel and Casino, starting in October.

The new game show will combine comedy and game show elements to entertain its live audience. The audience will also be able to join in the popular game of Texas Holdem’ alongside the top poker players. There will be 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 world’s best poker players 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 visit Las Vegas casinos want to play different types of poker games,” Negreanu says, “but obviously they can’t play in a world poker tournament with the players such as Doyle or Phil Hellmuth. But, in this show, they actually can.” When the show begins, six audience members will be chosen to sit at the poker table on stage with two pros. Each audience member is then involved in the action by being dealt a unique poker hand 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 poker player to join in the game. There are other ways to increase your point total, that doesn’t involve playing 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 champ in this game.

Creators of The Real Deal are also betting on the charisma of the professional players to have great moments. Poker players such as Scotty Nguyen, the flamboyant five-time winner of the World Series of Poker, definitely has an idea how to entertain the crowd and will create some moments to remember in this new idea for poker .

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