Game of Gold Makes TV Debut in Canada: What to Expect

Game of Gold, a hit poker reality show from GGPoker, has made its debut on television in Canada. The show, which blends high production poker action with reality TV storytelling, became an instant favorite among poker fans when it debuted two years ago. The 12-episode series featured 16 professional players split into four teams, battling across multiple poker formats to rack up coins. The eventual champion won $456,000, but the real prize was how the show captured the imagination of poker fans worldwide.

The show earned a GPI Award of Merit for the way it reignited conversation around televised poker. Now, Game of Gold is airing for the first time on linear TV after building a huge audience online. The first episode premiered on Sportsnet on November 17, kicking off a multi-month run, with new episodes airing every Monday on Sportsnet 360 until February, in addition to daily repeats across the Sportsnet group of channels at various time slots.

GGPoker has unlisted the episodes from YouTube during the broadcast window and plans to return them after the Canadian TV run concludes in February 2026. The move puts one of poker’s most talked about series in front of a mainstream Canadian audience. It also extends the show’s lifecycle two years after it first captured attention globally. Game of Gold premiered on YouTube in November 2023 as a partnership between GGPoker and the Poker After Dark production team. The first episode landed on November 10, 2023, with the 12 episode season wrapping on December 8, 2023.