Super Bowl Sunday TV poker
 

Is there a new episode of something poker-related on today?

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Travel Channel WPT marathon (old ones, of course), and at 4 on NBC, the last round of the Poker Superstars Invitational.

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NBC said recently it was coming up next, so maybe it's 3PM EST?

Either way, I'm watching the final of PSI over any super bowl pregame show.

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So is that PSI on the fsn channel or is it on NBC for the special day?? Thanks.

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it is on NBC at 3:00 p.m central standard time and they will have new commentaters including Erik Lindgren in to replace Mark Gregorich

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I can't stand the commentary already: "Doyle checks, and Barry raises to 45k".

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Yeah...that's Matt Vasgersian doing play-by-play instead of Chris Rose.


Don't know why Rose isn't on Best Damn Sports show on FSN anymore either but that's a different topic.


Vasgersian did NBC's coverage of softball and baseball in the olympics and has done play-by-play for the milwauwkee Brewers and I believe is currently with the SD Padres.

I'm not exactly a big fan of his work to be honest...but I think he's doing a pretty competent job on the poker.
"and after ante-ing $5000 (or whatever it was) Chan is only left with $19-thousand so he's all-in."
Actually mentioning the details of the stack-size and alluding to its relevance is something that ESPN-WSOP and WPT don't do nearly enough of.

His comment that the other players were less familiar with Gus Hansen than the other players seemed kind of strange though. It's not like Hansen just showed up today and started playing with these guys.


The graphics are hard to read though...I have a hard time seeing the 'all-in $152,000' numbers underneath the players name.


different topic...I haven't paid much attention to this PSI stuff.
What's the deal and how does it work?
it looks like it's just the same guys over and over.
Is it just 4 seperate tournaments with these guys.
What is the prize-structure?

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I also hate it when commentators call Gus Hansen "aggressive", confusing it with "loose". Hansen is probably the most passive player at that table. Erik, at least, should know better. The other guy seems like a complete idiot.

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I think both commentators are doing a fairly good job. You have to keep in mind the target audience is mostly casual poker fans, so you have to keep the poker lingo simple. On a side note, does anyone know why all of the poker commercials for websites are for .nets. Why is it PokerStars.Net, PartyPoker.Net, FullTiltPoker.Net, etc. as a pose to .com? Lols! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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I think both commentators are doing a fairly good job. You have to keep in mind the target audience is mostly casual poker fans, so you have to keep the poker lingo simple. On a side note, does anyone know why all of the poker commercials for websites are for .nets. Why is it PokerStars.Net, PartyPoker.Net, FullTiltPoker.Net, etc. as a pose to .com? Lols! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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I read the response to this somewhere on this site, either in the Internet forum or here. Its because you can't legally advertise a gambling website or some such thing. That's why there are many references to "play for free" and the disclaimer "This is not a gambling website." The .nets are apparently the "free" sides of the regular sites.

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On a side note, does anyone know why all of the poker commercials for websites are for .nets. Why is it PokerStars.Net, PartyPoker.Net, FullTiltPoker.Net, etc. as a pose to .com?

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The .net sites are all play money which is legal to advertise. The .coms for real money are in a gray area at best and the networks don't wish to get involved with that can of worms.

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Gus is running lucky as hell in that tourney.

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Wow! Pokerstars and Party commercials are all over this thing. I hope it brings in some new blood.

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Rose left BDSSP to do Arena and NFL Europe football for FSN.

The format of the tournament was 6 tournaments total, divided into 2 series with a 400K buyin. Each series consisted of 2 tournaments and a final, how you finished in the tournaments determined how many chips you started with in the final. The finishes in the 2 series finals determined the starting chips in the championship that is airing today.

Kevin...

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So, I fell asleep during the middle of this. Can anyone tell me the elimination hands of Lederer, Brunson, and Greenstein, as well as how Chan got his stack back up from 24k to over 200?

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Anyone know know what the pay out is for this tourney? They are saying first place is 1 million but what are the other spots?

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I cant believe Gus in this tourney. I dont even know what to say. It is amazing

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Clearly B&M Poker is rigged.

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This guy can hit some freaking cards. Gus really hit some big good cards, but he did play really well over all. Doyle really gave the tourney to Gus on a silver platter though. After he got Doyles chips I just knew Gus was probably going to win it all.

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Anyone know know what the pay out is for this tourney? They are saying first place is 1 million but what are the other spots?

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To my knowledge, only first place wins money. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
And I now know why Cardplayer magazine ran Gus Hansen as their cover! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Its because you can't legally advertise a gambling website or some such thing. That's why there are many references to "play for free" and the disclaimer "This is not a gambling website." The .nets are apparently the "free" sides of the regular sites.

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But the networks can show them playing for millions, legally. Yeah ok whatever. Either way, the "free" part of it was way overdone. While legal, the implication is that you can play money poker for free (implying no rake, etc.). But most people know that poker is played for money, so to say it is "free" is wrong ethically. I think Greg and Chris should bury their heads in the sand over this one.

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Its because you can't legally advertise a gambling website or some such thing. That's why there are many references to "play for free" and the disclaimer "This is not a gambling website." The .nets are apparently the "free" sides of the regular sites.

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But the networks can show them playing for millions, legally. Yeah ok whatever. Either way, the "free" part of it was way overdone. While legal, the implication is that you can play money poker for free (implying no rake, etc.). But most people know that poker is played for money, so to say it is "free" is wrong ethically. I think Greg and Chris should bury their heads in the sand over this one.

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I never saw one thing that implied rake free poker. Even when they showed them scrolling games it said free. Most people who they are directing that ad at probably don't know what a rake is. It was saying it was a good place to practice I never saw anything to make me think "rake free".

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Right - you didn't see anything about rake-free poker with your eyes, but the implication is there nonetheless. That's exactly my point - most people won't know what a rake is, but are certainly aware that poker is played for money. The tendency would be to think that there's no charge for playing there. Also, wasn't there a comment about "you might be playing with a champ or 2" or a pro, or something similar? Like the champs would practice in play money games on these sites? Come on.

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You are reading way to much into it. And yeah Raymer or Moneymaker or anybody else will play were they are paid to play at by the site and if they want them on the play tables they will be on the play tables some.. not often but some. I have been on UB and seen Hellmuth and Duke on the 4-8 tables, go to Full Tilt and look where the pros play. Hell the night Ivey won 500K in the live event on Fox he was on a 1-2 NL table later that same night on Full Tilt.
I see nothing false about the ads. Yeah they want you to come learn and move to money side but they aren't dangling false promises about no rake, that is all in your head.

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Never said they were promising anything, that is all in your head.

There's a difference between implying and promising.

And honestly how long could Moneymaker or Raymer sit at the play tables with the bingo-like poker that goes on there?