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Bodog poker pro David Williams will be on this week's episodes of the NBC poker TV show Poker After Dark. (Bodog Beat Image)

The newest matchup on the poker TV show Poker After Dark begins airing tonight on NBC and will feature Bodog poker pro David Williams. This week's match is entitled "Jam Up," and Williams will be competing against a formidable table of poker pros, Howard Lederer, Mike Matusow, Barry Greenstein, Eli Elezra and Antonio Esfandiari.

According to the PAD website, the term "Jam Up" can be attributed to Phil Hellmuth, who used the phrase during Season 4 of another poker TV show, High Stakes Poker, to describe the loose, aggressive, gambling play at his table. So PAD put together a table of players known for that style of play and, hey presto, you have a week's worth of poker.

The site also says that the players will be competing for the winner-take-all first-place prize of $140,000, $20,000 more than usual because of something that happens right at the beginning of the first episode. Episodes will air every night this week at 2:05 a.m. EST with a "Directors Cut" coming on after Saturday Night Live early on Sunday morning.

The only player in this week's group who has a win is Lederer; all the others will be hunting their first PAD victory. Winners on Season 3 of PAD so far include Johnny Chan (twice), Hellmuth (also twice), Gavin Smith and Gabe Kaplan.