Poker is definitely seeing a rise in popularity, and this is especially true when it comes to the UK Poker Championship and other competitions like this.

For this reason, more and more people are getting interested in poker television shows. The poker TV revolution began in 1997 and it has only been getting stronger since then.

In this article, we are going to look at several of the most important and most popular poker television shows on the air. Let’s get started!

 

1. The World Series of Poker from ESPN

You can’t talk about poker television shows without talking about ESPN’s The World Series of Poker. This is the most highly rated tournament for poker in the world.

There were more than 65 individual events featured on this tournament in 2014 and more than $10 million went to the person who won the first prize championship. The coverage is mostly concentrated in Las Vegas, Nevada in the United States.

 

2. The UK Poker Championships on Sky Sports

The first new tournament from Sky Sports and the UK Poker Championship went on air in 2014. The tournament was shown in Nottingham, with more than 600 of the best poker players in the world playing in this major event.

Surprising to many people in the United Kingdom and around the entire world, this lasted for 10 days. It will return again later this year.

 

3. The World Poker Tour on Showcase

There is also something featured on the Showcase TV channel, which shows up on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings.

These shows last for about one hour and they’re taken from the World Poker Tour, which happens at some amazing locales around the world.

 

4. Sky’s poker shows

If you truly want to know who is the leader in poker television, you just have to look at Sky; the most important poker channel in the UK.

Not only are you going to have a number of options available, but you can also see daily highlights from all of your favourite tables around the world. The third season of the Sky Poker Cash Game has cemented its position as one of the UK’s most well-loved shows.

 

And if watching all those TV contests tickles your betting bud, how about a game of cards at the best poker sites in UK listed by PokerUpdate.com?