UK Poker boom update - Page 2

shefhammer · #11 03-01-2005, 04:57 PM

Interested to hear that there's a dedicated poker channel coming but there's only so many times you can watch the same episode of Late Night Poker or the WSOP shows. So many of the other shows are unwatchable. They either feature clueless commentary where the pundits give out excruciatingly bad advice or they feature alleged celebrities whose play is ridiculous. The heads-up stuff from Barcelona that they have on now and again on Sky springs to mind. That Australian co-comentator hasn't a brain.

mackthefork · #12 03-01-2005, 05:06 PM

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I've played and dealt home games all my life and they have never been hard to come across.
Late night poker on channel four got more viewers than the superbowl in season one, and the superbowl was the biggest show every year in the time slot before that, and both shows were 8-10 years ago.

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I play in home games too, but where can i get some decent live action at limit hold'em, I always hear these guys saying the 10-20 live games are like the 50/1 on Party, I imagine a 10-20 game in the UK would be as entertaining and profitable as getting hit repeatedly with a heavy blunt instrument.

Mack

lorinda · #13 03-01-2005, 05:47 PM

We get five hours live (delayed feed) from Prima SNGs every night.

Lori

partygirluk · #14 03-01-2005, 05:52 PM

Is anyone watching the Arsenal v Sheff Utd game? The number of billboards advertising online gambling is unbelievable.

shefhammer · #15 03-01-2005, 06:39 PM

Is that the online thing on that Game channel? What's the quality of play like? I've not payed much attention to it since if I wanted to watch online poker I'd just watch a high buy-in on Party!

byronkincaid · #16 03-01-2005, 08:47 PM

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The heads-up stuff from Barcelona that they have on now and again on Sky springs to mind. That Australian co-comentator hasn't a brain.

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I thought Paul Philip's comentary was excellent, the thing that annoyed me was not showing Erik123's game. Looking forward to seeing the legend on the Poker Million.

lorinda · #17 03-01-2005, 08:52 PM

You haunt me every night on my TV!!!!!!!

Lori

GtrHtr · #18 03-02-2005, 11:28 AM

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Poker in the UK seems dirtier than anywhere else in Europe. Why is that?

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What does this mean??

I refer to the "criminal element" perception, not washing.