The Montel Williams Show will be ceasing production after 17 years — and so where does one go from there but to a downtown Vegas poker room? Ever since he took the chip lead on Day 1 of the 2007 WSOP main event, Montel seems to have gotten hooked … and lately he’s been hosting $1,000 sit-n-gos at the Golden Nugget poker room:

These are not special charity events, mind you — though he is s putting on some of those around the country, too — but just good-ole-fashioned come play me for cash, bitches, action … as can be seen below:

By the way, this announcement on the end of Montel TV comes perhaps coincidentally with the announcement of the Golden Nugget’s Grand Poker Series — which will feature several small buy-in events during the WSOP. Click here for more general Golden Nugget poker info.