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I have had several people explain this to me and I still don't understand. Can anyone clearly write out the structure of the Poker Superstars Invitational? I consider myself at least moderately bright and I don't understand how it works. There are series' and rounds and a championship event (on NBC for some reason) and some chip stacks carry over from something to another. Anyone know for sure how it works?

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Eventually I think most of the major tourneys will end up being done similar to the structure of a golf tourney on TV. Lipstick cams on every table or something like that, and they'll show 4 or 5 hours of coverage live during the first couple of days, jumping from table to table and showing interesting hands.

Especially if the Gambling channel pops up I could see them doing first 3 days of a WPT event live and then showing the final table live on Travel Channel.

They really could speed up things quite a bit on final tables. I would think you could literally have 10 decks shuffled and ready to go and rotate them in and out every hand, along with a "shot clock." Make it so it lasts 3-4 hours max with the blinds and it would be great.

I wonder how much 1000 lipstick cams cost?

WJ

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along with a "shot clock."


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Man, I really hate the shot clock. What an annoying invention. The one time they tried that on the WPT it was a disaster. I hope it's gone for good.

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Michael Konik could be the worst commentator ever. He says some of the most ridiculous things about certain plays and the players.

For instance, during one episode, supposedly he spots a 'tell' on Johnny Chan that he considers a 'classic tell' and fails to elaborate. First, I doubt Chan was showing a tell to begin with, and second, why wouldn't he explain to us about the tell? Horrible.

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Try this link, it explains it a bit:

PSI format

I believe the final rounds (which are really semi-finals, but...) have the same structure as the preliminary rounds, with double the amounts. So the most any player could begin the championship event with is 1 million in chips (out of $3.2 million total)- if they won both finals.

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I agree with how bad the superstars announcers are..especially when they try to be funny.

But, I love the 2 WSOP announcers. I still always laugh when one of them made a comment about Matias Amderson (The Screaming Swede) saying "I've seen him celebrate a good order at Burger King. Just great!

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I agree with how bad the superstars announcers are..especially when they try to be funny

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2 out of 3 of the PSI announcers are horrible.

Mark Gregorich seems to be constantly amazed by the stupid things he hears coming out of the other commentator's mouths. His uphill struggle to bring some actual substance to the commentary is a valiant effort. Mark is a very smart guy, and from what I hear, one of the great poker players out there.

Konik is possibly the most annoying person I have ever witnessed speaking in my life. Even his voice is grating.

The host (Chris Rose?) is completely ignorant and mildly annoying, but not as unbearable as Konik.

The combination of the two is hard to stomach.

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I wish somebody would shoot mickael konik.

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If he finds himself in a boxing ring you might just have your death wish come true. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

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Michael Konik could be the worst commentator ever. He says some of the most ridiculous things about certain plays and the players.

For instance, during one episode, supposedly he spots a 'tell' on Johnny Chan that he considers a 'classic tell' and fails to elaborate. First, I doubt Chan was showing a tell to begin with, and second, why wouldn't he explain to us about the tell? Horrible.

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He failed to elaborate because he didn't spot a tell on Chan to begin with. Mike Konik can't read players, and if you ever get a chance to see his World Series Of BlackJack appearance you'll know exactly what I mean.

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Speaking of announcers, I can't stand Norman Chad. I'd take Konik over that prick any given day.

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Speaking of announcers, I can't stand Norman Chad. I'd take Konik over that prick any given day.

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I can't agree. Konik is completely unbearable. I don't really like Norman Chad, but even he wouldn't say some of the crap that spews forth from Konik's mouth.