Las Vegas Weekly

August 10, 2010 · 12:28 PM

Exclusive photos: Million Dollar Challenge at South Point

By Don Chareunsy

Brooke Burke at PokerStars.net Million Dollar Challenge at the South Point.

Photo: Tom Donoghue/www.donoghuephotography.com

By Don Chareunsy, Vegas DeLuxe editor

PokerStars.net’s Million Dollar Challenge, one of television’s most-watched poker game shows, filmed seven episodes at South Point last week, and contributing photographer Tom Donoghue was onsite for this exclusive photo gallery for Vegas DeLuxe readers.

The elaborate set was created in Michael Gaughan’s South Point Equestrian Center for the five days of shooting. Celebrities and professional poker players participating in the episodes included host and poker legend Daniel Negreanu, Brooke Burke, Barry Sanders, John Elway, Sara Jean Underwood, Gary Payton, Chris Rose, Chris Moneymaker, Vanessa Rousso, David Williams, Barry Greenstein and Jason Mercier.

Million Dollar Challenge is scheduled to air after NFL games on Fox this fall.

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.

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