Pretty Light coverage of ‘After Dark’ amateur

Ken Light, an amateur who won his seat on NBC’s “Poker After Dark” online, told new host Marianela Pereyra that the show’s producers asked him to rank his top 10 players of all time — and then got five of them to agree to play.

“Maybe my dream turned into a nightmare,” Light said during Tuesday’s episode.

I felt bad for Light for two reasons:

1. He’s got the worst seat at the table, at least in terms of TV exposure. The other players — Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Jennifer Harman, Mike Matusow and Scott Nguyen — have been on TV plenty. Light’s on the far right-hand side of the table, which usually is fine — except when Negreanu and Hellmuth are at the other end dominating the chatter, the play and the camera time.

2. Once Light finally got involved in a hand with his favorite player, Negreanu, he fumbled. Light still won the pot, but, after a check-check on the river, he called out his hand as just a pair, when he indeed had hit a small flush. He felt a little sheepish as he raked in the chips, but that’s an honest mistake that I make among my friends, let alone world-class players.