Here’s the lineup for tonight’s Season 3 opener on Poker After Dark on NBC.

The least-familiar face is that of Ken Light, the first amateur to appear on the show thanks to his online victory back in the spring.

The rest you know: Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Jennifer Harman, Mike Matusow and Scotty Nguyen (seated in that order, with Ken in 6th position).

Ken was allowed to select his opponents for this “Dream Match.” He chose his favorite players — and a pretty tough bunch at that! I think as a group they have won 21 World Series bracelets, and of course, Hellmuth and Nguyen are past World Champions!

Good luck, Ken!!!

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PHOTO & BIO OF NEW SEASON 3 HOST MARIANELA PEREYRA

OFFICIAL PHOTO OF KEN LIGHT’S “DREAM MATCH” OPPONENTS

Amateur players will get a rare glimpse of what it’s like to take the felt against the best of the best starting Monday night on NBC’s Poker After Dark and LuckyDogPoker.com.

Ken Light, a Rutgers University grad student who normally can be found in online micro-limit games, hit the jackpot last spring when he outlasted a field of 1,395 on Full Tilt Poker to win a seat on the season-three opening show of Poker After Dark.

Ken picked pros Scotty Nguyen, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Jennifer Harman and Mike Matusow for his “Dream Match.” He picked LuckyDogPoker.com as the site for his blog of the event during each night’s episode.

In nearly “real time,” Ken will describe his strategies and observations as he watches the episodes for the first time. The one-table, winner-take-all tournament was taped in October at the South Point Casino Hotel in Las Vegas.

I don’t know who wins the $120,000, but Ken says the show will make good TV in my current LuckyDog Poker column.

Watch the six PAD episodes (or record them for viewing later) and come to this site each night for Ken’s behind-the-scenes reports! You also can comment on the action and offer your own thoughts on how certain hands should have been played.

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Eight additional LuckyDog Poker columns now are posted, including the current article setting the scene for next week’s historic Poker After Dark show launching a third season.

The show features the first-ever amateur player to compete in the one-table lineup. Ken Light, a Rutgers University grad student, won the seat last spring on Full Tilt Poker.

Other columns describe the shortcomings of mixed-game/fixed-limit tournaments, tips on how to play against a “donkey” who won’t fold, and how a winning strategy led to victory for a tournament rookie.

Just click on the links at the right. Enjoy!

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NOTE: This message arrived Friday about a free online tournament Saturday that sounds like fun. This is everything I know about it.

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Want a chance to take down two-time World Series of Poker Ladies Champion Susie Isaacs? Just wanted to let you and your readers in on this tournament Susie and Ujogo have teamed up for the Susie Isaacs Bounty Tournament on December 22nd to celebrate the release of Susie’s latest book, White Knight, Black Nights.
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WSOP To Award Trophy To $50,000 Event Champion
In Memory of Poker Great ‘Chip’ Reese

LAS VEGAS – December 12, 2007 – Future winners of the $50,000 buy-in event at the World Series of Poker – currently the HORSE World Championship – will receive a trophy named after the late David “Chip” Reese, according to Jeffrey Pollack, Commissioner of the World Series of Poker Presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light.
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Harrah’s Entertainment Announces 2008 Schedule For 39th World Series Of Poker®

LAS VEGAS – December 11, 2007 – Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:HET) said today the 2008 World Series of Poker Presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light and televised exclusively on ESPN will – for the first time ever – begin and end with $10,000 buy-in World Championship events and feature a total of eight $10,000 championships.

In addition, the 55-event schedule for 2008 includes a total of eight $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tournaments, which traditionally draw the largest fields except for the Main Event. The WSOP has also added a second start day for the first of the $1,500 no-limit competitions to accommodate the expected number of entrants.
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