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Celebrity Poker Club

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Celebrity Poker Club
Narrated byJesse May
Barny Boatman
Grub Smith
Victoria Coren
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series3
Production
ProducerCayt Dear
Production companyPresentable
Original release
NetworkChallenge
Release16 October 2003 (2003-10-16) –
2005 (2005)

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

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Series finalists

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Season Winner Prize Runner-up Other finalists Semi-finalists
1 Sir Clive Sinclair £25,000 Keith Allen
2 Victoria Coren £25,000 Willie Thorne
3 A. D. Bower £25,000 Edward Giddins

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.

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