Plot Synopsis

DOUBLES POKER CHAMPIONSHIP was filmed at the Golden Nugget and participating teams coughed up a buy-in of $50,000 per player. A total of 16 teams entered, each sharing one hand during play and vying for a high-stakes $1 million top prize. Teammates sit next to each other, alternating play on each street -- with one player playing preflop and the turn and the other playing the flop and the river. The tournament is broken into three segments: regular season, semifinals, and final table. During the regular season, players played four qualifying rounds with different partners each time and earned points for how they finished in each round. The top 16-point earners went on to the semifinals. Players included: Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan, Phil Hellmuth, Johnny Chan, David Benyamine, Annie Duke, Chris Ferguson, Gus Hansen, Annette Obrestad, Howard Lederer, Antonio Esfandiari, Jennifer Harman, Phil Laak, and Andrew Lichtenberger.