Poker After Dark began January 2, 2007, and quickly vaulted to a steady position as one of the biggest names in Poker TV. While the show began with No Limit Texas Hold’em, it evolved to include no-limit cash games and other formats, but it has remained constant in its weekly award of $120,000 (six players with a buy-in of $20,000), with only one alternate amount ever won by a player: Jam Up Week of Season 3, where a player bought back in and raised the total to $140,000. Each season of Poker After Dark is comprised of between seven and 16 “weeks”, which offer variance in the kind of game played or offers particular themes. Poker After Dark aims to show at-home viewers how a single table plays out over the course of a week, although the series is often filmed all at once and then edited to make it appear as though it lasts for a full week.
