Courtney Friel was brought in to take over Shana Hiatt, and became a popular  hostess for season four of the World Poker Tour. On Monday, Friel’s reign came to an end and WPT has announced it has a new hostess.

Actress and model Sabina Gadecki was tapped by the WPT to be their new hostess for season five. Gadecki is originally from Poland and has been working in the New York theatre scene in recent years.

Gadecki was named to take over for Friel, and will be shooting her first set of WPT segments at the Mirage Poker Showdown.

“Sabina Gadecki joins us as an exciting, fresh, new face for the all-new World Poker Tour to debut with a new set, look and feel in Season Five.” says WPT CEO Steve Lipscomb “We chose Sabina from hundreds of applicants. She emerged as the right fit because of the star qualities she naturally exhibits.”

Gadecki was discovered five years ago, while on a trip to New York, when she was plucked out of the audience of MTV’s ‘Total Request Live’ and asked to audition for some modeling jobs. She has appeared in the pages of Seventeen, and Redbook.

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