"Poker Face" has been performed by Gaga at a number of shows including the
AOL Sessions, the
Cherrytree House of
Interscope Records, and also the
MTV sessions. The song was performed by Gaga both in the original version and the acoustic piano version in her headlining
The Fame Ball Tour. She performed the piano version wearing a dress made of plastic transparent bubbles and playing the glass piano with her stilletoes with a glowing mannequin, like the music video, standing in front of the stage. Gaga claimed that the transparent bubble filled piano was specifically made to match her dress. The actual version was performed by Gaga as the final song of the
encore, after "Boys, Boys, Boys". She started the performance saying "Some say Lady Gaga is a lie, and they're right: I am a lie, and every day I kill to make it true." On April 1, 2009, both the acoustic and normal version of "Poker Face" was performed live on
Fox's
American Idol. The performance started with Gaga sitting at a Plexiglass piano filled with bubbles and bathed in pink light. She started singing the second verse of "Poker Face" in a
Bette Midler style accompanied by a violin player while wearing a shiny aluminum shoulder pad and platinum bleached blond wig. After the first chorus, the pace increased whence the original intro for the song started. Gaga got up from her seat and proceeded to perform the song in the middle of the stage. She wore a silvery leotard with a giant star on her shoulder and tassels. As the song progressed to the intermediate verse, the violinist played a hoe-down version of the music and Gaga danced around frantically over the stage. The performance ended with Gaga staring towards the audience while revealing an open zipper, patched over her left eye. The performance was described an "alien-disco performance art." Cortney Harding of
Billboard wrote, "[it was] Gaga's crowning TV moment ... show[ing] middle America that she was a bona fide pop star." The acoustic version was performed by Gaga at BBC Live & In-Session on April 19, 2009. On the same day, she had her first appearance on Italian TV, on the TV program
Quelli che... il Calcio. She also performed "Poker Face" in the United Kingdom on ''
The Paul O'Grady Show. First she played an acoustic version first before going on to the normal version, and a rock version on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. On May 12, 2009, Gaga performed "Poker Face" on The Ellen DeGeneres Show while wearing a gyroscope on her head, designed by theatrical hat designer Nasir Mazhar and playing the piano while standing on the stool. Gaga referred to the gyroscope as her "Gaga barrier". It prevented Ellen DeGeneres from greeting her because of the size of the gear. A remixed version of "Poker Face" and "LoveGame" was performed at the 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards, during the indoor-outdoor streetside show. This performance, which included Gaga being trapped in a fake subway car surrounded by fake police officers, was billed as a tribute to New York City. In September 2009, Gaga appeared in French television show Taratata'', where she added an improvised verse in French while performing "Poker Face". |alt=Refer to caption. The track was part of the setlist of Gaga's
The Monster Ball Tour. The piano version was played by Gaga while balancing on the piano stool and holding one leg up in the air. Rapper
Kid Cudi joined her then to perform his song "
Make Her Say" which contains a sample of "Poker Face". The actual version was performed at the last segment of the show. Gaga wore a dress made of guns and during the performance she pumped her hands in the air. For the revamped Monster Ball shows in 2010–11, Gaga was dancing around the stage while whipping a chain. "Poker Face" was also performed at the
52nd Annual Grammy Awards, where Gaga opened the show with the song while standing on a pedestal. Midway through the performance, she was flung into the garbage chute of her 'Fame Factory' stage set, before emerging seated at a piano, facing
Elton John. In May 2011, Gaga performed the song during
Radio 1's Big Weekend in
Carlisle, Cumbria. The song was included on the set list of her
Born This Way Ball tour (2012–2013), where she sported a modified version of her infamous
meat dress. Gaga and her dancers put themselves headfirst into enormous meat grinders during the performance. For her 2014 residency show,
Lady Gaga Live at Roseland Ballroom she chose to perform the song in a piano-only rendition. In the same year, at the
Artrave: The Artpop Ball tour, Gaga performed the song in a medley with "Just Dance" and "Telephone" while wearing knee-length white dress and heels, and a bob wig. In October 2016, Gaga appeared in the
Carpool Karaoke segment of
The Late Late Show with James Corden, where "Poker Face" was one of the songs Gaga sang in the vehicle. On February 5, 2017, Gaga performed the song during the
Super Bowl LI halftime show. After descending from the top of the building, she started singing "Poker Face" on a tall pillar, before continuing air acrobatics and performing the song while hanging on a rope in the air. "Poker Face" was later performed at the
Coachella Festival, where Gaga performed it in the encore alongside "Bad Romance". The track was also part of the setlist of Gaga's
Joanne World Tour (2017–2018), where she was wearing a black bejewelled fringe leotard for the performance. The singer performed the song during
Lady Gaga Enigma + Jazz & Piano (2018–2021), her Las Vegas residency, which involved two different shows. During the Enigma shows, Gaga performed "Poker Face" as the second track of the setlist, while on the Jazz and Piano show, a stripped-down piano version of the song was performed. It was also performed on piano during Gaga's
live-streamed concert on September 30, 2021, which was in celebration of her second collaborative album with
Tony Bennett, called
Love for Sale. In 2022, Gaga performed "Poker Face" at
The Chromatica Ball stadium tour. For Gaga's performance of "Poker Face" in her 2025
promotional concerts for Mayhem, which included a headlining set at
Coachella 2025, the stage was transformed into a life-sized chessboard to accompany a choreographed dance sequence. The performance featured a stylized battle between two opposing groups—one led by Gaga and the other by a veiled figure dressed in white. The routine concluded with Gaga emerging victorious, prompting the audience to chant "
Off with Her Head" toward the defeated figure. The number was later incorporated into
the Mayhem Ball tour, following the same staging and choreography. ==Cover versions and adaptations==