DUBLIN, April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The much anticipated return of the legendary The Poker Show, sponsored byBoylepoker.com and hosted by Jesse May and Padraig Parkinson, did notdisappoint expectant listeners this week with the first three shows providingseveral 'soon-to-be-classic' interviews, controversial comments, some livecensorship, and a Phil Hellmuth world exclusive.

"I've agreed to attend sensitivity training at Jeffrey Pollock's demand,"announced Phil Hellmuth at the end of his 20 minute interview on Monday,referring to the upcoming World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. "Scotty[Nguyen] and I have agreed to attend... while they train their crews andtheir floor people for three hours."

When asked if he thought that was going to be enough time, he replieddeadpan, "No".

Elsewhere The Poker Show team did a hilariously memorable interview withJeff Duvall on how he won a GBP15,000 pot in London's Victoria casino theprevious evening, a cheeky Roland De Wolfe gave listeners his unlikely topfive players for this year's WSOP, and a possibly inebriated Rory Liffey wascut off one minute into his interview due to controversial andexpletive-riddled comments, only to ring back, abuse the presenters and hangup on them.

This segment will be edited from the podcast of the show but could appearon YouTube in the near future.

On top of the spur-of-the-moment censorship of Liffey, the show hascreated controversy online, spilling over into poker forums, with accusationsfrom some posters about presenter Padraig Parkinson's poker skills causingsome virtual gasps.

Guests on the first three shows read like a who's who of poker with DanHarrington, Phil Hellmuth, Mike Sexton, Phil Laak, Rory Liffey, Liam Flood,'Mad' Marty Wilson, Kara Scott, Donnacha O'Dea, Barny Boatman, James Dempseyand the Shrewdies on Tour, Black Belt graders, Julian from Manchester, Paul'Dr. Pauly' Maguire, John Duthie and Kirsty Thompson from the EPT.

After losing $2 million in the preceding two days, Tom 'Durrrr' Dwan, whowas due to appear on the show, was unavailable but the show is confident itwill get hold of him for a chat soon.

Fans who missed the show can listen again athttp://thepokershowlive.com/listenagain.htm.

The all-new radio show sees SKY TV presenter Matt Broughton join theexperienced broadcast team on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday nights from 8 p.m.to 11 p.m. at www.thepokershowlive.com where they will discuss, debate, anddecipher the technicolour world of live and online poker with a series ofspecial guests, contributors and phone-in questions and commentary frommembers of the poker playing public.

Boylepoker pro, Padraig Parkinson, who co-hosted the originalground-breaking Poker Show from Las Vegas several years ago, said, "After afew technical hitches we really got into our stride quickly and I rememberedjust how much fun this could be. I have a feeling this is either all going toend in tears or we will have created a monster. Either way, I'm going to loveit."

Paul Spillane, head of poker at Boylepoker, said, "I was a big fan of theoriginal show and jumped at the chance of sponsoring the new radio version. Ihave to say I am not disappointed and think this is going to be even betterthan the TV version. I'm still quietly laughing at some of the things thatwent on in the first three shows."

Poker players are actively encouraged to get involved in each show.Players can add The Poker Show to Skype or, for MSN users:thepokershow@live.co.uk. The presenters can then chat to participants beforeor during the show, live on air.

They can also email comments or contact details to chat@thepokershowlive.com.

About Boylepoker

Boylepoker is part of the biggest European poker network - iPoker.Players have access to a huge range of tournaments running around the clockwith massive guaranteed prize pools and the opportunity to qualify forprestigious live events. The company does not accept players from the U.S.

For further details and photographs please contact: Brendan Murray, Poker Media Consulting, +353-863-057469, brendan.murray@pokermediaconsulting.com or pspillane@boylepoker.com.