Poker was a game available only in Sin City casinos or from video poker, but now it is more widespread than ever in Vegas thanks to the internet and TV.

The famous Venetian, is now gambling on the popularity with its new audience-participation show called “The Real Deal!” in its Venetian Showroom, debuting in October.

The new game show will mix comedy and game show elements to entertain its live audience. The audience will also be able to take part in the great game of Texas Holdem’ alongside the world’s best poker players. Many prizes are available for the audience including a chance to win 1$ million.

In “The Real Deal!” the audience will play with players like Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu. Around 10 professional players have already signed up for the poker game show. The audience will be able to play along with the 90 minute game thanks to handheld, wireless, touch screen devices located on each seat.

“People who take a vacation in Las Vegas want to play different types of poker games,” Negreanu says, “but obviously they can’t play in a big game with the likes of Doyle or Phil Hellmuth. But, in this show, they actually can.” At the start of the show, six audience members will be chosen to sit at the poker table on stage with two pro poker players. Each audience member is then involved in the action by being dealt a unique hand on their devices. Everyone in the showroom is then involved in the action with big-screen monitors located on stage.

The show’s producers say that you don’t have to be a pro poker player to play in the poker tv show. There are other ways to add to your point total, that doesn’t involve poker necessarily. Betting on the suit of the next poker card or trying to guess which state a particular audience member is from, are just some of the ways to come out a champion in poker in this game.

Creators of the show are also betting on the great personalities of the pro poker players to create some interesting moments. Someone like Scotty Nguyen, the flamboyant five-time winner of the World Series of Poker, definitely knows how to work the crowd and should provide some memorable moments in this TV poker game show .

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