The winner of the championship game won the grand prize for his or her charity as well as a gold commemorative poker chip.

In an interview with TV Guide, host Dave Foley said that a ninth tournament is not being produced, as Bravo did not order any new episodes.

The sixth tournament premiered August 18, 2005 with a themed show, featuring players notable for reality television appearances.

1 Collins eliminated Mandel and Meat Loaf on the same hand, the first time this happened during the show's run.

The seventh tournament premiered October 13, 2005, with a themed show featuring male stars from Desperate Housewives, and a $1 million (US) prize pool, with $500,000 going to the winners' charity.

(The players are listed first to last place) Steven Culp won the series' seventh tournament final, aired on November 17, 2005.

The eighth tournament premiered May 31, 2006, at Harrah's New Orleans, with the celebrities donating their winnings to charities benefiting victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Robin Tunney, who also had a dramatic shift in chip totals during the game, finished a strong second to Alexander after Black's collapse.

3 Siconolfi won Bravo's online poker tournament in late 2005 and became the first non-celebrity player to compete on the show.

In 2005, Brad Garrett, Shannon Elizabeth, Nicholas Gonzalez, and James Woods all participated in the WSOP's $10,000 Texas Hold-Em Main Event.

For the December 10, 2005 episode of Saturday Night Live, Foley and Gordon lent their voices (playing themselves) to a Robert Smigel animated TV Funhouse parody called "Celebrity Mugshot Poker," where, as the title suggests, various celebrities (like Nick Nolte and James Brown) are represented by animated versions of their infamous mugshots.

Saturday Night Live also did a parody of this show on the season 29 episode hosted by Will & Grace star Megan Mullally as Tammy Faye Messner, with Phil Gordon played by Chris Parnell and comedian Kevin Pollak played by Jimmy Fallon.