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The incredibly successful NBC program known as Poker After Dark just kicked off its 6th season this week.  And what’s cool is that Poker After Dark had the announcers playing in this episode.  High Stakes Poker hosts Kara Scott and Gabe Kaplan, Ali Nejad, Mark Gregorich, and Joe Sebok were some of the players involved in this game which was entitled Commentators III. 

Nejad, who normally hosts Poker After Dark, took center stage in this episode with his many antics.  One of them included pulling out champagne glasses and toasting to Joe Sebok being on a televised poker table.  The joke was made because of Sebok’s habit of bubbling out right before the final table in several major live tournaments.  Some of the tourneys Sebok has bubbled out in before the final table include the WPT Fiest al Lago, the 2007 Legends of Poker, and the Bay 101 Shooting Star.

And while there were many jokes to be had during this special version of Poker After Dark, the action was anything but a joke with blinds set at $100/$200.  Sebok was able to make a move early after taking down a pot of 7,900 chips against Gabe Kaplan.  However, Sebok quickly became a target when Mark Gregorich held pocket aces.  Gregorich fired out a 3,000 chips bet on a weak board while holding pocket aces; this made Sebok fold and brought the action to a close.

But there will be much, much more action in Season 6 of Poker After Dark since there are 35 episodes left.  And there are 5 episodes left in the Commentators III segment so it will be fun to see who comes out the big winner among the announcers!