Poker After Dark Gets Mouthy

The cards (and b.s.) fly, starting tonight. (photo courtesy of Poker After Dark)

If you tune into Poker After Dark to see exciting, high-quality poker, then I feel for you. But if you watch for the same reason most of us do, to see the biggest personalities in the game hemming, hawing and jawing, then you’ll definitely want to check out this week’s match.

They’re calling it “He Said, She Said” in honor of the well-deserved reputations of the three male and three female pros playing this round. Starting tonight at 2:05 am on NBC, and running through Saturday, some of poker’s loudest mouths will be facing off.

Of course, Mike “The Mouth” Matusow will be making the latest in a long line of PAD appearances. He’s joined by Jean-Robert Bellande and David Grey on the men’s side. The gentler sex are represented by Erica Schoenberg, Karina Jett and Annie Duke, who’s fresh off her recent win at the National Head’s Up Poker Championship.

Each of the six can hold their own at the poker table, but it’s their verbal dexterity that got them the invite this week. So there should be no shortage of good TV, especially when the poker action heats up as they head for a Friday night finale. As usual, the Saturday night episode will be a director’s cut of the previous five episodes.