World Poker Tour Hostess 2016
Hiatt hosting the World Poker Tour in 2005 | |
| Born | 17 December 1975 (age 45) |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Model, presenter, and poker player |
| Spouse(s) | Tommy Gunn (divorced) James 'Jimmy' Van Patten (1999-2005) (divorced) Todd Garner (2005–present) |
| Children | 1 |
Mike Sexton receives his champion's belt after winning a World Poker Tour event in Montreal in 2016. Also pictured are Sexton's longtime WPT co-host Vince Van Patten, holding microphone,.
Shana Hiatt (born 17 December 1975) is an American model and presenter who has appeared in several magazines.
Background[edit]
A former Army brat raised primarily in Tabernacle Township, New Jersey,[1] Hiatt is best known for hosting the first three seasons of World Poker Tour on The Travel Channel.
Poker[edit]
- The World Poker Tour (WPT) is an internationally televised gaming and entertainment brand. Since 2002, the World Poker Tour has operated a series of international poker tournaments and associated television series broadcasting playdown and the final table of each tournament. The most prominent of World Poker Tour events belong to the WPT Main Tour.
- Since the very first episode of the World Poker Tour Mike Sexton has been the voice of the popular televised poker show alongside co-commentator Vince Van Patten. After fifteen years in the booth.
While Hiatt was a non-player prior to her job with the World Poker Tour, she is now an avid online poker player who occasionally plays in casinos.[2] She was the host of Poker After Dark and the National Heads-Up Poker Championship, both on NBC. Hiatt left the shows in 2008 due to pregnancy. She was replaced by Marianela Pereyra in Poker After Dark and by Leeann Tweeden in the National Heads-Up Poker Championship.[3]
After leaving the World Poker Tour in 2005, Hiatt sued the producers in order to get a restraining order to prevent them from keeping her from working on a rival poker show on NBC, Poker After Dark. The WPT argued a non-compete clause was part of her contract, but Hiatt countered that she never signed it. The suit additionally revealed Hiatt left the WPT over a 'hostile working environment' involving her husband, movie producerTodd Garner, whom she married in October 2005.[4] Hiatt was formerly married to James Van Patten, brother of World Poker Tour co-host Vince Van Patten.
Modeling[edit]
Hiatt was Miss Hawaiian Tropic USA in 1995 and had represented Beach Haven, New Jersey, after winning the local Hawaiian Tropic pageant at Touché nightclub in 1994. After becoming Miss Hawaiian Tropic USA, Hiatt was the cover model and posed nude inside the pages of Playboy in their April 1995 The Girls of Hawaiian Tropic issue. She also was on the cover for the video of that photo shoot Playboy: The Girls of Hawaiian Tropic, Naked in Paradise .
Hiatt was a guest host of Wild On! featured on the E! network. She has also appeared in television shows and movies including Must Love Dogs and Grandma's Boy .
Notes[edit]
- ^Bodnar, Jason. 'Shawnee grad bets on childhood dream through poker series', Burlington County Times, November 18, 2004
- ^NBC.com: The Goddess of PokerArchived 2007-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^'Leeann Tweeden bio'. NBCsports.MSNBC.com. NBC Universal. 2008-04-19. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
- ^CardPlayer.com: Injunction Granted on Hiatt's Behalf
External links[edit]
- Shana Hiatt on IMDb
The World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star $75,500 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event drew a record field of 753 entries in 2016, creating a $5,346,300 prize pool. In the end the lion’s share of that was awarded to Stefan Schillhabel. The student from Dueseldorf, Germany was awarded $1,298,000 and his very first major poker tournament title after outlasting the huge field and a stacked final table.
For the win Schillhabel was also awarded 1,824 Card Player Player of the Year points, enough to move him into ninth place in the overall standings.
Schillhabel came into the televised final table of six players with the chip lead, but had the likes of Mario Ho (6th – $179,930), 2015 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown main event champion Griffin Paul (5th – $231,310) and Andjelko Andrejevic (4th – $331,500). Ho was the last ‘Shooting Star’ bounty left in the event. Had she come out on top she would have become the first female WPT champion in an open main event.
American poker pro Adam Geyer did much of the eliminating at the final table, taking out the first three players at the final table to wrest the lead from Schillhabel. By the time the German busted Bryan Piccioli in third place the two had nearly identical stacks.
The final heads-up battle lasted nearly three hours. Schillhabel was able to pull away over the 53-hand showdown and by the time the final hand was dealt he had nearly a 10-to-1 chip advantage.
With blinds of 150,000 – 300,000 and antes of 50,000 Geyer moved all-in from the button for 1,850,000. Schillhabel thought it over before making the call with the 87. Geyer was in the lead with the K9 and even improved after a K103 flop. The 8 on the turn paired Schillhabel though, giving him outs heading into the river. The 8 improved the German to three of a kind, securing him the pot and the title. Geyer earned $752,800 for his second-place finish, the largest score of his career.
World Poker Tour Hostess 2016 2020
Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:
World Poker Tour Hostess 2016 Schedule
| Place | Player | Earnings (USD) | POY Points |
| 1 | Stefan Schillhabel | $1,298,000 | 1824 |
| 2 | Adam Geyer | $752,800 | 1,520 |
| 3 | Bryan Piccioli | $493,350 | 1,216 |
| 4 | Andjelko Andrejevic | $331,500 | 912 |
| 5 | Griffin Paul | $231,310 | 760 |
| 6 | Maria Ho | $179,930 | 608 |
| 7 | Anthony Gregg | $138,720 | 456 |
| 8 | Connor Drinan | $102,760 | 304 |
| 9 | Jim Collopy | $72,000 | 152 |
Winner photo courtesy of World Poker Tour / Joe Giron.