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In 2010 one biggest TV poker show hits of the year was the Big Game – another  PokerStars’ sponsored production. This show also took the world of poker by storm as it features both professionals and amateurs. In fact there was a huge hue and cry to get the amateur and previously homeless Jared “RelaxedPrecision” Huggins on this years’ show.

Last year we saw Bob Ferdinand come out tops as the 2010 Big Game Loose Cannon Champion, with a prize pot of $181,500 and a $50,000 North American Poker Tour Passport under his belt. Season two has already been filmed in Las Vegas and while we are not 100% sure which of the top poker pros appeared; as far as confirming their appearances, we only saw top PokerStars pros.

This year it was Daniel Negreanu; always a great ambassador for the game, Jonathan Duhamel, Jennifer Tilly and essentially an all-star PokerStars lineup. Conspicuous by their absence and a huge disappointment for fans of the game; the action generated by players such as Mike “The Mouth” Matusow, Tom “durrrr” Dwan, Patrik Antonius, Gus Hansen, Phil Ivey and Michael Mizrachi would step up the heat on the felt. However a player such as Phil Ivey won’t play a game with less than a $1m pot, unless it is WSOP.

In giving this some thought and just for fun, we take a look at some of the stars we would enjoy seeing on The Big Game. Remember, as well as good poker, we are looking at good entertainment. So let’s add Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin, into the mix – a player who’s solid play does all of his talking. He will also be making a debut this year on Poker After Dark together with Annette Obrestad, Doyle Brunson, Andrew Lichtenberger, Melanie Weisner, Tom Dwan and David “the Devilfish” Ulliott.

What about David “Devilfish” Ulliott? He would make for great action being one of the original “Poker Bad Boys”. Having faded from the limelight somewhat, why not bring him back; he always makes an entertaining showing? When launching his own online poker brand – after being expressly prohibited against brand advertising of “.com” websites; he pulled off a stunt which will be remembered forever. He flashed a www.devilfishpoker.com brand on his shirt on Fox Sports Net’s and received a future FSN ban. The Big Game is broadcast on Fox.

Faraz “The-Toliet” Jaka is another action player who features ultra-aggressive poker style; he is also a talker and that makes for good TV. He has TV experience and his game translates into pure entertainment as he drives the action and thrives in front of the cameras.

We would also like to see Daniel “jungleman12” Cates who is only 21 and big earner already. Viktor “Isildur1” Blom – imagine that, but he couldn’t play in Las Vegas, he is not 21 yet? Isaac Haxton, who is young – but not as young as these boys and a highly feared tournament player!

An imposing prize pool worth more than 5.5 million Euros gathered for the main event of Partouche Poker Tour, the biggest poker event organised in France. Players can win their seats into the main event through a satellite structure or buy in. 300 winners battled it through the satellites whilst 400 more bought in. A 1,300 thousand Euros was taken by the winner which is no one else than Vanessa Selbst, the American professional player who famously triumphed in the 2008 Worls Series of Poker where she scored in a Pot-Limit Omaha event earning her first WSOP bracelet. World Poker Finals or the Mohegan Sun count amongst other poker tournaments that let her leave with a prize in the pocket.