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Jordan Siegel returns to NBC as the Master of Ceremonies for his fifth season with the National Heads-Up Poker Championship.  Coincidently NBC’s Studio’s at “30 Rock” is the same building Jordan was first introduced to the television business while still in grade school, and also took his first real job after graduating from college in 1993. 

Siegel, born and raised on Long Island, was introduced to the “biz” at an early age by his uncle who was then a sports producer at WNBC-TV.  Good old Uncle Lenny just recently retired at 30 rock and is indirectly responsible for his own daughter’s career as a news producer as well as Jordan’s brother Adam who also is back in New York City as an editor/producer for many network shows including the NHUPC.  After graduating from the State University of New York at Albany, Jordan  spent time as a freelance producer at WNBC-TV and News 12 Long Island.  After a year under legendary sportscaster Len Berman and  Baseball Hall of Fame Broadcaster Bob Wolf, Siegel caught his break as an on-air talent for the ABC/Fox Station in Savannah, Georgia.  Three years later it was south to Jacksonville, Florida. The Northeast native survived Gators, Seminoles, Jaguars and  Nascar. Traveling with the Jaguars, working the Network pre-game show and covering most of sports biggest events in a six year stay was rewarding and exciting but it was also in Jacksonville where a new love began to prosper.  The poker bug hit Jordan, and soon after an in the money finish in his first World Series Main Event the Siegel family headed west for Las Vegas.

Jordan along with his daughter Toby and son Mattingly, now live in Irvine, California.  Siegel, while still pursuing his television dreams with gigs like the one for the NHUPC can be found mostly in higher limit mixed games.  He’s also made close to $300,000 on the tournament trail with limited entries, including 4 cashes in the 2010 World Series of Poker highlighted by a 6 day run and 157th place finish in the main event.