Unofficial Tilt review post...anyone else have a problem with...

Mike Gallo · #1 01-14-2005, 12:43 AM

...a 12 year old girl "pumping it up seven thousand" in a backroom no limit game, and beating the "assend of a straight".....

Did anyone else have a problem that two players had a fist fight at the poker table, and two days later the room allowed them to play?

Does anyone feel that the show gave poker players the rap as cheaters?

I did not find any of the main characters compelling.

I had a difficult time believing any of the characters.

I did have a laugh that the main characters had the names of Clark and Eddie. I wondered what happened to Gabe and Dynasty. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

Did anyone else find the show a bit disappointing ?

Flame away..

cardcounter0 · #2 01-14-2005, 12:46 AM

I was disappointed that no one was set on fire. The leg breaking was good, but you got to have a good fire scene.

nolanfan34 · #3 01-14-2005, 12:51 AM

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Yeah, I was at least sort of enjoying it in a corny way until that part. Give me a break.

Mike Gallo · #4 01-14-2005, 12:56 AM

I was disappointed that no one was set on fire

Dude for some reason I literally laughed out loud [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Mike Gallo · #5 01-14-2005, 12:57 AM

Yeah, I was at least sort of enjoying it in a corny way until that part.

That really ruined it for me.

nolanfan34 · #6 01-14-2005, 01:04 AM

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That really ruined it for me.

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The thing is, for that scene to make sense, you'd have to do some serious background on it, so it's at least in the neighborhood of believable. That's probably not even possible. But to just cut to it and it's a 12-year-old in a big cash game? Um, WTF?

tpir90036 · #7 01-14-2005, 01:04 AM

I thought it was awful. But then again I expected it to be awful. Unfortunately poker is not very interesting unless you are really interested in poker. So they added bad dialogue to try to spice things up. I wish there would have been some more inner thinking from the characters like when Eddie was making his absurd read.

Also, why did the cop lose all of his money in the poker game if he knew there was cheating going on?

Bad dialogue.
Boring characters.
Cheesy poker references.

I give it a D+ since the girl player is OK to look at and the show started out with The Matador getting a blowjob from a hooker. Way to go ESPN!

-tpir

Mike Gallo · #8 01-14-2005, 01:17 AM

and the show started out with The Matador getting a blowjob from a hooker.

I forgot about that.

MaxPower · #9 01-14-2005, 01:26 AM

I think they just took Russ G's posts on RGP and turned them into a script.

I had a lot of problems with the show, but just like in Rounders they really fail to get the poker scenes right or capture the real feel of a card room.

I think these guys who also made Rounders have never played poker.

I love it when the guy says, "I think you are bluffing, I'm all-in" WHAT IS THE POINT OF GOING ALL-IN IF THE GUY IS BLUFFING? I can see it if the guy has a strong hand and is trying to encourage a call, but I don't think that is what they were getting at.

Mike Gallo · #10 01-14-2005, 01:29 AM

I had a lot of problems with the show, but just like in Rounders they really fail to get the poker scenes right or capture the real feel of a card room.

I agree. I did not believe any of the hands they showed. I at least believed to an extent the opening hand of Rounders.