Emmy award winning talk show host, Montel Williams, has engaged in the production of Team Poker League, a new and revolutionary poker show that fusions the excitement of No-limit Hold’em games with ‘reality TV’ style segments in where players will be introduced to the audience. The show, which will be aired on TV beginning in November this year, will begin with a selection process through regular NLHE satellite tournaments held at both land-based casinos and online poker sites.

"I love poker. It's a game that has everything, played by kings and leaders and regular joes alike. It crosses boundaries and borders, now, thanks to technology and the Internet, a global phenomenon that brings people of different ethnicities and origin together around the world. It is truly international, and the time is right for the International Team Poker League to take poker to a new level and a wider audience," said Williams.

Participants will play a three-day Draft Pool Seeding Tournament at a Las Vegas casino in where the top players will be divided into six teams before entering the final one-day SuperTable team event. The six winners will be selected as the ITPL Team for the season, and will be recorded as they live the poker experience of their lives and play side to side with some of the best professional players in the world.

The show, which is similar in structure to a conventional talent show, is planning to run one hour episodes every week. In addition, the Team Poker League offers high profile strategic partnerships with both the casino and online poker sites. Several respected gaming brands have already shown interest in taking part in the show; however, no official partnerships are being announced yet.