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  1. 05-24-07 07:05 PM #1
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    Default OT - Anybody else done with all the poker on tv?

    Or is this still hot?

    If you want poker, go play it. What's with all the watching?
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  2. 05-24-07 07:17 PM #2
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    The poker boom has been done for some time now...

    That damn law took as much steam out of poker as it did out of sportsbetting...

    The only televised poker I ever watched was High Stakes Poker because it was high stakes cash game play featuring great players.

    I actually learned a few things from it and I'm a pretty solid player...
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  3. 05-24-07 07:45 PM #3
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    Poker on TV is stupid, it's just 'highlights' and can't tell you anything about what's going on... poker is my primary source of income (I play about 10 hours a week at LC in SF) and I've never gotten the point of watching it on TV.
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  4. 05-25-07 11:03 AM #4
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    I find it okay to watch. I mean, I wouldn't plan my schedule around televised poker but if I'm eating alone and I want something to watch, poker will do.

    I have developed strong opinions on many players. I always want Mike Matusow and Phil Helmuth to lose. I kind of want Phil Ivey to lose too. He's not obnoxious like the others but something about him bugs me.

    I totally pull for Jennifer Tilly to lose.

    I like Daniel Negreanu (fellow Canuck) and Gus Hanson. I like Johnny Chan. There is a hot Canadian chick named Mercier (Isabel ??) who is a good player and can be on my TV screen any time.

    I see you saying that the Poker Boom is over S7 but you wouldn't know it from the amount of poker on TV around here. There is TONS of it.
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  5. 05-25-07 11:16 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mudcat View Post
    I see you saying that the Poker Boom is over S7 but you wouldn't know it from the amount of poker on TV around here. There is TONS of it.
    I didn't mean to say its over, rather that its finally plateaued.

    Poker will remain a very popular game for some time just because a lot of people got hooked on Hold'em...

    The point I was trying to make was that the days of poker chip sets being the #1 Christmas gift are now done...
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  6. 05-25-07 11:20 AM #6
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    I watch The World Poker Tour and High Stakes Poker, poker will always have a decent amount of interest even with bans, ect.

    The days of the poker supserstars are over, there is no such thing, guys like Ivy are just names now and no where to be found in tourneys, always new names winning big events mainly because of the larger player fields, lots of old timers made their mark mainly because of the smaller fields years ago and such lousy players in the tourneys..
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  7. 05-25-07 11:52 AM #7
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    I just never saw the fascination of watching it on tv. I really dont understand who watches these poker matches that are on daily from 2004,2005,2006??? I can understand if your a player watching the current series, but watching matches that happened 3-4 years ago baffles me.

    Of course I can drive 20 miles to the local greyhound track, which has legal poker tables nightly, which is what I do if I feel the need to play cards.

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  8. 05-25-07 01:13 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by capitalist pig View Post
    I just never saw the fascination of watching it on tv. I really dont understand who watches these poker matches that are on daily from 2004,2005,2006??? I can understand if your a player watching the current series, but watching matches that happened 3-4 years ago baffles me.
    Now that you mention it, I could be watching those old matches. I wouldn't watch a match I have seen before but, other than that, I have no idea when the matches I watch took place.

    They don't mention the timeframes often, if at all, during the telecasts, and I don't follow the daily poker news so I wouldn't know if I'm seeing an old tournament.
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  9. 05-25-07 01:25 PM #9
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    The only reason I know the dates is I have Comcast cable, and look at the daily tv listings on their listings channel. It always say wsp 2004 or whatever year is showing, so that is how I know its an old series.

    I see your point though, if you havent seen it, its doubtfull you would know who won what. Since its not like major sports where it would be all over the tv/news/net etc.

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  10. 05-25-07 01:46 PM #10
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    Default I love the fact poker is on t.v.

    We all know poker can be a grueling grinding game, but with t.v. it looks like people are all in every hand.. Soo when some fish/noob sees this they bring themselves, usually to a 1-2 NL table, and play like they saw on t.v. So you will see some guy push all his cash, like $200 in with AQ preflop and get burned by AA, KK, or QQ. I know the t.v. can get ratings showing the grinding out of the hands, but at times the final table can actually last 6-8 hours, while poker t.v. shows it in 1-2 hours including commercials.. I think it is great for my game to educate these low limit players... I wish all it showed was all in hands... lol
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  11. 05-25-07 04:35 PM #11
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    I have never been big on watching poker on tv. It just doesn't thrill me to watch.
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  12. 05-25-07 05:41 PM #12
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    I watch it more for the characters

    High Stakes Poker is by far the best poker show on tv
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  13. 05-25-07 05:48 PM #13
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    I enjoyed watching 3 telecasts the wsop right after the event concluded not 6 years later,high stakes poker,and the wpt,i think mike sexton does a real good job on the wpt,hes a real sharp commentater and makes it enjoyable to watch for me.
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