Poker Dome Challenge Gameplay in the Poker Dome Also known as MANSIONPoker Poker Dome Challenge Country of origin United States 8️⃣ No. of seasons 1 No. of episodes 43 Production Running time 2 hours Original release Network Fox Sports Net

The MANSIONPoker 8️⃣ Poker Dome Challenge was a 43-week series of speed poker tournaments offering a grand prize of US$1,000,000. The tournament aired 8️⃣ in the United States on Fox Sports Network from May 2006 to March 2007. The tournament featured a number of 8️⃣ technological gimmicks in an effort to increase viewer interest and excitement. Commentating duties were shared by rotating hosts including Barry 8️⃣ Tompkins, Jon Kelley, Michael Konik, Michael Gracz, Joel Meyers and Chris Rose with Leeann Tweeden serving as co-host/exit interviewer (occasionally 8️⃣ covered by Nafeesa DeFlorias). Matt Savage was the tournament director.

The series consisted of single table tournaments of six players each. 8️⃣ Five of the six competitors qualified through daily freeroll tournaments held at mansionpoker. Another competitor came from the National Pub 8️⃣ Poker League, an amateur poker league that partnered with MansionPoker and qualified its nightly bar tournament winners into a private 8️⃣ weekly freeroll.[1][2] Winners of the online qualifiers were flown all expenses paid to Las Vegas, Nevada and receivedR$500 in casino 8️⃣ chips and other amenities.

Professional poker players Tony G, Dennis Waterman and Perry Friedman and reality television personality-turned poker pro Rob 8️⃣ Mariano have appeared in the Dome. Nevada casino author Al W Moe appeared in the Dome and his wife, Shannon 8️⃣ R Moe, was an alternate selection a month later.

Players started with 50,000 in tournament chips and play continued until one 8️⃣ player had all 300,000. The tournament was single-elimination and only the winner of each table received prize money. Players had 8️⃣ just 15 seconds to act on a hand before it was ruled dead. Each player was given one 30-second time 8️⃣ extension that could be used at any time. When the table got to heads-up, each player received another 30-second time 8️⃣ extension (although if a player hadn't previously used the extension he or she did not then have two). Betting was 8️⃣ pot-limit pre-flop and no-limit post-flop until heads-up play, when it became all no-limit.