GSN Deals a Full Deck of Poker-Packed Father's Day Play This Father's Day Weekend

GSN Deals a Full Deck of Poker-Packed Father's Day Play This Father's Day Weekend

Festivities Feature Father & Son Celebrity Guests on GSN LIVE, Online Tournament Play All Weekend-Long, and a Special Father's Day Full of World Poker Tour Action with The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Shuffled In

SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- GSN announced today that it will be celebrating this Father's Day with a very special, eight-hour marathon of poker-packed action this Sunday, June 15 from 3PM to 11PM E/2PM to 10PM C, culminating with the two-hour world premiere of the 5th Annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA).

Leading up to GSN's special PCA premiere, join World Poker Tour (WPT) hosts Mike Sexton, Vince Van Patten and Layla Kayleigh at 3PM E/3PM C for six full hours of the WPT's best poker tournaments beginning with parts one and two of the prestigious Bellagio Cup III. Players at this spectacular showdown of poker titans include Mike Matusow, Eric Panayiotou, Konstantin Puchkov, Kevin Saul, Shane Schleger and Danny Wong. The WPT heads to Mashantucket, Connecticut following the Bellagio event for another knuckle-biting battle of poker legends-in-the-making at the Foxwoods World Poker Finals. Players at the Foxwood Casino include Tom Dwan, Nenad Medic, Nick Schulman, Mike Vela, Mark Weitzman and Mike White.

Then, at 9PM E/8PM C, hosts A.J. Benza (of HIGH STAKES POKER) and Daniel "Kid Poker" Negreanu call the action at the 5th Annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure -- the year's first premier poker tournament. Filmed from the felt of the Atlantis Resort and Casino on Paradise Island in January, the PCA boasts one of the most diverse tournament fields in the world, featuring some of the best online and professional poker players around and an estimated $8 million prize pool. This year's players include Team PokerStars Pro members Chris Moneymaker, Humberto Brenes, Vanessa Rousso and Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier as well as WPT players Joseph Elpayaa, Richard Fohrenbach, Craig Hopkins and David Pham, among other poker talents.

GSN's Father's Day tribute kicks off Friday, June 13 from Noon to 3PM ET/11AM to 2PM C with "Eight is Enough" father-figure Dick Van Patten stopping by GSN LIVE(TM) with his son, WPT host Vince Van Patten. A famed actor and comedian, Dick has also made several appearances on both "Hollywood Squares" and "Family Feud," episodes of which will pre-empt GSN's regularly scheduled programming Thursday, June 12 and Friday, June 13 at 12:30PM ET/11:30AM C.

In addition, GSN.com will be running a special, multi-player SCRABBLE(R) Cubes tournament beginning today, June 11, in which players will be able to compete against one another while voting for their favorite, classic TV fathers. The list will include such famous fathers as Mike Brady, Ward Cleaver, Howard Cunningham and Cliff Huxtable. And in honor of dad's big weekend, GSN.com will also be launching several $1,500 to $3,000 tournaments beginning today, June 11, including a $3,000 Father's Day Mega-Tournament featuring the popular games: Big Money, Golf Solitaire and 9-Ball Pool.

Entry fee required to participate in cash tournaments. Participation in cash games is subject to the applicable rules and regulations set forth in the "Game Rules" and "Terms and Conditions" sections of the game site. Please see these rules and regulations for entry fee, eligibility restrictions and complete details.

GSN, the Game Show Network, is the premier destination for game content. From exciting, original watch-and-win endeavors to classic franchises and dynamic online games, including free casual and skill-based games, cash tournaments and cash games at GSN.com (and WorldWinner.com), GSN is where people come to play, anywhere, anytime. GSN is jointly owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment and Liberty Media Corporation and is distributed to more than 66 million cable television subscribers throughout the U.S. and Canada by all major cable operators, satellite providers and telcos. For further information, visit GSN's press website at http://corp.gsn.com/.

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CONTACT: Jen Minezaki of GSN, +1-310-255-6933, jminezaki@gsn.com

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