Ever since Annie Duke’s successful appearance on Celebrity Apprentice (she finished second place) it seems like the viewing public has been fascinated with the idea of being an online poker professional. It seems only natural that such interest has led way to the recent airing of a reality show featuring online poker professionals that details the aspects of their life and their career. Curious about this new comer to the reality television genre? Look no further as we have selected the most discussed, and perhaps the most interesting, information about one of the shows that aired in 2009. You can catch 2 Months, 2 Million on G4 on Wednesdays at 8:00 PM Eastern Time.

2 Months, 2 Million

This show began airing in August of 2009 on the G4 network. The premise of this show is revealed by the title. A team of online poker players have two months to accumulate total winnings of $2 million. The winnings must be made solely while playing online poker and the entire team uses the same bankroll. The show features the online poker professionals Jay Rosenkrantz, Emil Patel, Brian Roberts and Dani Stern. Although they play poker online, their Las Vegas house (10,000 sq. feet with a room dedicated solely to online poker with advanced computers and 50 inch televisions to show the games), allows them to experience the true high roller lifestyle. Even one of the earliest promotions for the television show portrayed the team of gamblers living it up at the Playboy Mansion.

Show Features

Glamour and riches are not the only aspects showcased on each episode. In fact, the poker pros featured on the show constantly give helpful advice to viewers about how to be successful with online poker. Techniques like “semi-bluffing” and “continuation betting” are discussed as well as bankroll and anger management techniques. One of the prominent misconceptions that the cast puts to rest is that online poker professionals (for the most part) cannot play live poker as well. They discuss how the most difficult online tournament is actually much more difficult than the most challenging live tournament. In the 3rd episode “House Wars”, viewers got a chance to see the poker team play live as well as play online.

Cast Bios

Dani Stern is the youngest player on the poker team at age 22. He grew up in New York and is one of the most competitive players on the team. He claims to have won and lost over $100,000 in a single day.

Jay Rosenkrantz has been playing poker since the age of 12. He went to school for screenwriting and operates his own poker advice company.

Brian Roberts claims that his first poker win was $100. He dropped out of school at age 16 and began sneaking into land based casinos at 17.

Emil Patel says that his life goal is to purchase a baseball team. He once went on a losing streak that totaled almost $1 million. HE began playing poker at New York University where he was noted as an excellent math student.

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