Widely recognized TV show host Montel Williams has created and developed a new poker show that will be called "International Team Poker League". Producers say that the show will revolutionize poker on TV as it will be a combination of poker and reality TV. The show will involve No-Limit Texas Hold'em and reality TV segments about the participants.
Montel Williams comments: "I love poker - it's a game that has everything, played by kings and leaders and regular joes alike. It crosses boundaries and borders, now, thanks to technology and the internet, a global phenomenon that brings people of different ethnicities and origin together around the world."
The show will have satellites on land based casinos and
Online Poker Sites that will begin in March. "International Team Poker League" is expected to air in November this year. Satellites will be part of the selection process and by winning the satellite tournaments players will win an entry into a three-day Draft Pool Seeding Tournament at a Las Vegas host casino at which the leading players will be selected into six teams, and the winners will move to the Supertable team event. Six players will come out of the final table and become the team of the show. They live live the poker celebrity lifestyle and play some pros while they are film for a wide audience to watch.
We will have more details on time and TV network as soon as they are released.