Celebrity Poker Club is a British television series featuring celebrities playing poker. It aired on Challenge for three series from 2003 to 2005 as a spin-off from Channel 4's popular Late Night Poker series. Liam Flood was the casino manager for the series, and Cayt Dear was the producer.
Commentators Series 1: Jesse May and Barny Boatman Series 2: Jesse May and Grub Smith Series 3: Jesse May and Victoria Coren, with backstage interviews by Helen Chamberlain
Series finalists Season Winner Prize Runner-up Other finalists Semi-finalists1Sir Clive Sinclair£25,000Keith Allen Cindy Blake Zac Goldsmith Stephen Hendry Gladstone Small John McCririck Tony Cascarino Fiona Foster Sam West Nolan Hemmings Grub Smith John Bishop Nigel Lindsay2Victoria Coren£25,000Willie Thorne Barry Hearn Norman Pace Roger DeCourcey Tom Parker Bowles Steve Davis Eric Bristow Jonny Gould Raj Persaud Jesse Birdsall Matt Born Fiona Foster Jon Ronson3A. D. Bower£25,000Edward Giddins Michael Greco Mike Tindall Alexander Armstrong Richard Herring Richard Orford Kitty Flanagan Craig Charles Oliver Chris Lucy Porter James Hewitt Anne Savage
Other celebrities featured have included Dave Gorman, Rory McGrath, Dexter Fletcher, Dennis Taylor, Louise Wener, Nick Leeson, Howard Marks, Charles Ingram, Martin Amis, Al Alvarez, Phil Taylor, Hattie Hayridge, Johnny Vegas, Darren Campbell, Phil Daniels, Graham Linehan, Ally McCoist, Colin Murray and Michael Praed.
Several celebrities playing in the tournament were put forward by celebpoker.com.
External links Victoria Coren article from The Observer