World Poker Tour: Season 02  (2004)

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World Poker Tour: Season 02

The Travel Channel's highest rated program, World Poker Tour delivers exactly what its title promises: A tour of the top poker-playing locales and tournaments, featuring the best players in the business. Season Two deals out twenty episodes, each with commentary by pro poker player Mike Sexton actor (Vince Van Patten), and Vince's sister-in-law Shana Hiatt. The festivites open with the all-celebrity "Hollywood Home Game 1", featuring such high-profile poker fantatics as Jack Black, Drew Carey, Steve Harris, Mimi Rogers, Fred Savage, and Aisha Tyler. This game will be extended throughout the year with three sequel episodes, including the season finale; among the players in these followup "Home Games" are Lolita Davidovich, Norm MacDonald,Camryn Manheim, Fred Willard, Jennifer Tilly, James Woods, Edward Asner and Ben Affleck. The second episode on the year's docket is an "all-ladies" game, spotlighting such WPT favorites as Kathy Liebert and Maureen Feduniak. This is followed by the self-explanatory "Battle of Champions." Most of the season's tour stopovers are repeats from Season One. New events covered this year are the the Borgata Open, the Grand Prix De Paris, the Binion Open, the Commerce Casino LA Classic, and the Bay 101 Shooting Stars of Poker. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide