Recreation of Gold, the hit poker actuality present from GGPoker, has made its debut on tv in Canada with its broadcast debut on Sportsnet.
The present, which blends excessive manufacturing poker motion with actuality TV storytelling, grew to become an on the spot favourite amongst poker followers when it debuted two years in the past.
The 12-episode collection featured 16 skilled gamers break up into 4 groups, battling throughout a number of poker codecs to rack up cash. The eventual champion received $456,000, however the actual prize was how the present captured the creativeness of poker followers worldwide. Episodes swiftly drew tens of millions of views on YouTube, and the present additionally earned a GPI Award of Benefit for the best way it reignited dialog round televised poker.
Now, Recreation of Gold is airing for the primary time on linear TV after constructing an enormous viewers on-line.
The primary episode premiered on Sportsnet on November 17, kicking off a multi-month run, with new episodes airing each Monday on Sportsnet 360 till February, along with each day repeats throughout the Sportsnet group of channels at numerous time slots.
In the meantime, GGPoker has unlisted the episodes from YouTube through the broadcast window and plans to return them after the Canadian TV run concludes in February 2026.
The transfer places considered one of poker’s most talked about collection in entrance of a mainstream Canadian viewers. It additionally extends the present’s lifecycle two years after it first captured consideration globally.
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From Viral YouTube Hit to Prime Time TV
Recreation of Gold premiered on YouTube in November 2023 as a partnership between GGPoker and the Poker After Darkish manufacturing workforce. The primary episode landed on November 10, 2023, with the 12 episode season wrapping on December 8, 2023, and the format shortly earned robust phrase of mouth.
The present’s hybrid idea, pairing playing cards up workforce technique with behind the scenes confessionals, and the truth that it was partially impressed by the Squid Recreation TV present, made it a breakout. It acquired overwhelmingly optimistic suggestions from poker professionals and leisure gamers alike. The solid was additionally wonderful, headlined by Maria Ho, Daniel Negreanu, Fedor Holz, Dan Jungleman Cates, Jason Koon, and extra.
The present grew to become such successful that talks for Season 2 started rising instantly after Season 1 ended. GGPoker’s inventive lead and the host workforce had beforehand indicated manufacturing talks and improvement steps. That included a reunion section filmed round WSOP Paradise, the place on-air feedback teased that Season 2 was official and that the manufacturing course of had already begun.
In reality, in late 2023, Spunky Hwang, GGPoker Inventive Director, Producer & Director of Recreation of Gold, confirmed in an unique to Pokerfuse that talks have been already underway for Season 2. He hinted at “much more depth with extra uncertainties forward” and expressed pleasure at how strongly the neighborhood embraced the primary season.
Nevertheless, as months handed via 2024 and into 2025, the sequel didn’t materialize. In August 2025, GGPoker ambassador Daniel Negreanu publicly dampened expectations, stating he didn’t see it occurring, although he left a small window of risk. These remarks capped a protracted interval of silence that adopted earlier optimism.
The Sportsnet debut provides Recreation of Gold a second life and a brand new discovery channel. The relaunch of Recreation of Gold on TV comes at a second when poker leisure and poker content material have seen a small resurgence. Certainly, when Recreation of Gold debuted, across the similar time, PokerStars revived The Massive Recreation and pushed different TV type codecs again into the highlight.
Final yr, a docu-series on Phil Galfond was launched, which acquired widespread reward, and fairly not too long ago, GGPoker and WSOP launched two new poker docu-series — NO LIMIT and On-line Poker Millionaires.
With Season 1 now airing on Sportsnet, the present reaches a brand new viewers whereas the web house briefly goes quiet. The Canada poker followers can benefit from the TV run that’s anticipated to proceed into early 2026, with a deliberate return to YouTube as soon as broadcasts conclude in February.
Season 2, regardless of early hints, seems unlikely at the moment. Any change in that standing would most certainly floor after the TV window and into 2026.
