The NBC show Poker After Dark was initially shunned by many saying that it would not hold the interest of the majority of the American public. They said that putting it on a major television channel was a mistake – that it was better suited to something like Bravo or ESPN.

However, they could not have been more wrong about that. It has turned out to be one of the most interesting shows out there, and has gained quite the following. Each week they try and come up with something unique, and are mostly successful at it.

They have had couples play against each other; turning it to a high stakes cash game, etc. But now they have made it even more exciting for poker fans by having four NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship winners go head to head.

They are having Paul Wasicka, Phil Hellmuth, Chris Ferguson and Ted Forrest play for a $50,000 winner take all tournament. They are playing heads up in a randomly drawn match up. They will play each other with them eliminating two each of the first games, and then those two winners will face each other in the finale.

The match begins July 28th at 2:05 am Monday night and will run for five consecutive nights. The Director’s Cut will air Saturday, August 2nd at 1 am after Saturday night live.