Poker Central to End Its 24/7 TV Channel; Web Programming to Continue

Poker Central launched its nonstop coverage 24 hours a day, seven days a week on its dedicated television channel at the end of 2015. The channel will have lasted a little more than a year, as the Las Vegas entrepreneur and poker player, who primarily funded the channel, decided to shut down the television channel at the end of 2016.

Cary Katz, with almost $9.4 million in live tournament prizes to his name according to The Hendon Mob, is likely a familiar name to anyone following nosebleed action, especially as of late. In the early part of October 2016, he appeared on the final table in back-to-back events in the Aria High Roller Poker Festival including a fourth-place finish in the $25,000 Aria High Roller 42 for $90,240 and a runner-up finish in the $25,000 Aria High Roller 43 for $224,640.

A week later, Katz flew out to Monte Carlo to play in the Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza, where he won €1,750,000 ($1,929,204) for a fifth-place finish in The Big One for One Drop Invitational, a €1,000,000 buy in, three-day, invitation-only tournament for businessmen and philanthropic and celebrity recreational players.

In addition to television programming on its dedicated …

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