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  1. TampaBayJams TampaBayJams is offline

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    Nov 6th, 2005 (11/6/2005 7:48pm)

    Johnny Chan Owns Baby!!!
  2. LetsHustle LetsHustle is offline

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    Nov 6th, 2005 (11/6/2005 8:51pm) in reply to TampaBayJams

    I think you have Johnny Chan confused with Johnny Bax cause Johnny Chan is garbage, JohnnyBax however owns you.
  3. bawa bawa is offline

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    Nov 7th, 2005 (11/7/2005 12:33am) in reply to TampaBayJams

    didnt ya love when him and scottie was play 4 a seat at the final table,then a commercail comes on and shows chan and brunson at thte finals.

    f jury duty

    bawa
  4. Wein Wein is offline Sunday Millionaire

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    Nov 7th, 2005 (11/7/2005 12:35am) in reply to bawa

    Carlos Mortenson owns Brunson heads up
     
  5. Ma Zi Yi Ma Zi Yi is offline

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    Nov 7th, 2005 (11/7/2005 12:40am) in reply to Wein

    Phil Hellmuth is the greatest ever, people just get lucky against him
  6. Jovial Gent Jovial Gent is offline

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    Nov 7th, 2005 (11/7/2005 1:07am) in reply to Ma Zi Yi

    UGH! I don't get that channel, and would have to pay $20 more a month to get basically only that channel (as none of the others in the package interest me) - is it worth it? How much poker do they show, and will they be showing reruns of the whole series?
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  7. IBGrindin IBGrindin is offline

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    Nov 7th, 2005 (11/7/2005 1:07am) in reply to Jovial Gent

    Poker Superstars isn't worth one dollar IMO. Chris Rose and Michael Konik are the worst ever. I love watching poker and I can't even watch this crap anymore. I mean why show hands where everyone folds to the BB and he shows his 3 5. It's just terrible coverage and you can see FSN just trying to cash in on the poker boom.
     
  8. Mindub Mindub is offline

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    Nov 7th, 2005 (11/7/2005 3:42am) in reply to IBGrindin

    I agree FSN poker coverage blows dead bears.

    ESPN> WPT> random poker broadcast > Celebrity poker shodown > Fox

    don't pay extra just for that for sure.
  9. grapsfan grapsfan is offline Head Curmudgeon

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    Nov 7th, 2005 (11/7/2005 10:19am) in reply to IBGrindin

    I find this kinda funny. It's not personal against IB, because I've never seen him complain about this....

    There's a bunch of people here who complain that TV edits too many hands out, that they should show more, that they edit hands down at the expense of understanding the inner workings of a table, etc.

    Then, Fox has the opportunity to show EVERY hand in one of the quarterfinals because the thing was done in 40 minutes...and there's a complaint about showing a hand where everyone folds to the BB.

    This just proves to me that you can never make everyone in your target audience happy.

    I've watched every episode of both Poker Superstars series, and will watch the 3rd one as well. I'm not a big fan of the blind structure (it feels like they're playing SNGs on Bodog). But I like that they're trying something different, and I sure like a TV show where I know that everyone is a premier player. It's a shame that they had the "no sponsor" rule before this started, which caused a lot of great players (Negreanu, Ivey, Lederer, etc.) to boycott it. I think that situation has been remedied for the third one.

    I don't think this show is a "cash-in" on Fox's part...not a blatant one, anyway. They got legit people running it (Henry Orenstein and Eric Drache). I don't put this on the same level as the "Boston v. NY" and all the other stuff that's been on GSN, or Celebrity Showdown on Bravo, or a bunch of other ones.
     
  10. epicatc epicatc is offline

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    Nov 7th, 2005 (11/7/2005 10:26am) in reply to grapsfan

    Second that motion, grapsfan. The structure is so-so, and the commentary is a little lacking (but when is the commentary insightful), but at least the players are decent and will be better in the third installment. FSN/Comcast has also gotten pretty good word-of-mouth reviews on its show (I cant remember the name) with all the Full Tilt Pros talking strategy. Personally, Im psyched to see the High Stakes Cash Game (again, can't remember the real title) that Negreanu talked about on his blog the last few days. Dont get to see the Big Game or big cash games, so itll be interesting to see the change in strategy, as well as the hundreds of thousands of bucks changing hands each episode.
  11. godseyt godseyt is offline

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    Nov 7th, 2005 (11/7/2005 10:53am) in reply to Mindub

    While the pokerstars Invitational is borderline unwatchable, the FSN live coverage at Turning Stone last year (the one where John D'Agostino and Ivey are the final 2) was some of the best ever. Seeing every single hand combined with Lederer's commentary was priceless. If FSN did more broadcasts like this, I would say it is worth every penny. I get it free, so even better.

    TJ
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