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It’s not too often that a poker player warrants an appearance on the late night talk show circuit –typically this requires winning the World Series of Poker Main Event—but Annie Duke bucked that trend this week as she appeared on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson to tout her new poker book Decide to Play Great Poker as well as the Epic Poker League.

Duke’s segment came at the tail-end of the show, and even though Ferguson tried to move the conversation all over the map (he’s obviously not a poker aficionado) including into the legality arena, at one point asking if poker was illegal, Duke was able to keep the interview focused on the Epic Poker league as well as her book.

Duke is a bit of veteran when it comes to television, and handling the talk show circuit, having been a finalist on the Celebrity Apprentice, so it should come as no surprise that she acquitted herself quite well, which may lead to a few more poker players getting the chance to plug upcoming projects on the late night talk scene. To find the last great poker spokesman you’d have to go back all the way to Amarillo Slim in the late 70’s and 80’s, when the colorful Texan was something of a regular on the Tonight Show.

The Epic Poker League and the Late Late Show both appear on CBS –likely a major reason Duke was able to get booked on the show. You can watch the segment on CBS.com, Duke comes in at about the 32 minute mark.