This week’s televised poker lineup features the return of World Series of Poker broadcasts to the ESPN family of networks after the network pulled episodes because of advertising concerns stemming from the Black Friday indictments. On NBC, Poker After Dark repeats the first of two weeks of a $150,000 buy-in cash game, airing the quarterfinals of the NBC Heads-Up Championship on Sunday afternoon. High Stakes Poker airs a new episode of High Stakes Poker Saturday night on GSN. Finally, the World Poker Tour visits Biloxi, Mississippi for coverage of the Southern Poker Championship.

The European Poker Tour concludes Season 7 with coverage of the  €10,000 Grand Final from Madrid. PokerStars.tv will provide streaming coverage worldwide with networks in Europe, Russia and Canada airing the final table with hole cards (on a two-hour delay) of the final four players.

Times listed below are Eastern time check your local listings for times in your area. New episodes appear in bold.

May 9:

No poker programming.

May 10:

2:05am NBC – Poker After Dark: $150,000 Cash Game, Week 2

Howard Lederer, Tom Dwan, Olivier Busquet, Greg Mueller, Phil Laak and David “Viffer” Peat return for a second week of cash game action. Get caught up on the action at www.nbcsports.com/poker.

4:00am ESPN Classic – 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event

5:00am ESPN Classic – 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event

May 11:

2:05am NBC – Poker After Dark: $150,000 Cash Game, Week 2

4:00am ESPN Classic – 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event

5:00am ESPN Classic – 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event

11:00pm FSN – World Poker Tour: Southern Poker Championship, Part 1

A repeat of Sunday’s broadcast of the first WPT event of 2011, from the Beau Rivage in Biloxi, Mississippi. Shannon Shorr, Leif Force, Allen Carter, Alexander Kuzmin, Ryan Hughes and Pat Mahoney make up the final table with highlights of the early action, the “Raw Deal” with Tony “Bond18″ Dunst and cameos from the Royal Flush Girls.

May 12:

2:05am NBC – Poker After Dark: $150,000 Cash Game, Week 2

4:00am ESPN Classic – 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event

5:00am ESPN Classic – 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event

8:00am www.pokerstars.tv – EPT Grand Final final table

Eight players will remain in Madrid as Season 7 of the European Poker Tour concludes with the €10,000 Grand Final as the winner picks up a cool €1,500,000. Live streaming will continue until four players remain before they take a break.

5:00pm www.pokerstars.tv – EPT Grand Final final four (w/ hole cards)

When the EPT Grand Final is down to four, the players will take a break and be sequestered for the rest of the tournament. Networks across Europe, Russia and Canada (along with pokerstars.tv) will air the rest of the final table with hole cards, on a two-hour delay.

May 13:

2:05am NBC – Poker After Dark: $150,000 Cash Game, Week 2

4:00am ESPN Classic – 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event

5:00am ESPN Classic – 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event

6:00am www.pokerstars.tv – EPT Champion of Champions

A special one-day event with €100,000 in Season 8 EPT buy-ins on the line, featuring winners from the past seven seasons. The top four players earn Season 8 passports, with the winner earning €50,000 good towards Season 8 buy-ins.

May 14:

2:05am NBC – Poker After Dark: $150,000 Cash Game, Week 2

10:00pm GSN – High Stakes Poker: Season 7, Episode 11

11:00pm GSN – High Stakes Poker: Season 7, Episode 12

May 15:

12:00am GSN – High Stakes Poker: Season 6, Episode 8

1:00am GSN – High Stakes Poker: Season 7, Episode 11

1:00am NBC – Poker After Dark: $150,000 Cash Game, Week 2 – Director’s Cut

A review of the previous week’s action featuring key hands, and player interviews.

2:00am GSN – High Stakes Poker: Season 7, Episode 12

12:00pm NBC – National Heads-Up Poker Championship: Quarterfinals

Two hours of coverage from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas as Chris Moneymaker faces off against David Oppenheim, Olivier Busquet takes on Jonathan Duhamel, Vanessa Selbst versus Erik Seidel and David Benyamine battles Andrew Robl. This episode will be available at www.nbcsports.com/poker later Sunday afternoon, along with previous episodes.

8:00pm FSN – World Poker Tour: Southern Poker Championship – Part 2

Final table action from Biloxi continues at the lengthy final table.

10:00pm ESPN2 – 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event: Day 4, Episode 2

11:00pm ESPN2 – 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event: Day 5, Episode 1

11:00pm FSN – World Poker Tour Southern Poker Championship: Part 2

Repeat of 8pm episode.

12:00am (May 16) ESPN2 – 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event: Day 5, Episode 2

4:00am (May 16) ESPN Classic – 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event

5:00am (May 16) ESPN Classic – 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event

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