I laughed while watching High Stakes Poker on TV last night when the flop came 456 and I heard Daniel exclaim in the background "That's my big boy!". Surely they're not playing props in the televised game.

I have taped, but not yet watched the 2nd and 3rd episodes, but I heard that they were playing props.

Yep, they were playing props. You can see Daniel writing them down several times.

That's great! Too bad the anouncers don't point out the props when they hit. Maybe next season.

I recall the annoucers talking about props and saying they would talk about that later. They didn't that episode but maybe that means they will make mention before the series ends.