Poker on TV: ENOUGH ALREADY

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Never would I have imagined such a thing would take off as it has. Do we really need this shit on the TRAVEL CHANNEL??!? Christ on a stick.

― ()ops (()()ps), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 05:32 (twenty years ago)

It's a long ad for sunglasses.

― moley, Tuesday, 26 April 2005 05:34 (twenty years ago)

"ooh lookit that ugly middle-age guy who looks like he hasn't left the house this century. i wanna look just. like. him. I'll start with the shades."

― ()ops (()()ps), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 05:46 (twenty years ago)

Well, alright, maybe it isn't.

― moley, Tuesday, 26 April 2005 05:47 (twenty years ago)

If anything it's an ad for sunLIGHT

― ()ops (()()ps), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 05:51 (twenty years ago)

Those poker game shows are the most alien, baffling thing Ive ever seen. I have no idea wtf the commentators are talking about and everyone's pulling strange non-faces. And yeah the sunglasses wtf, is that legal?

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 05:52 (twenty years ago)

"card view courtesy of knobcam"

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 05:55 (twenty years ago)

it really just looks like a bunch of aged pedophiles playing Magic: The Gathering, if you ask me.

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 06:20 (twenty years ago)

that'd be way more entertaining!
ok maybe not, but it'd at least be more fun to mock it.

― ()ops (()()ps), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 06:23 (twenty years ago)

some shows are better than others.

late night poker, on channel 4, was really good.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 07:06 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, late night poker rocked. I love the World Series on TV - genuine excitement, genuine and eccentric characters rather than F-list celebs - people who can really play the game. I'm not very impressed with the stuff Channel 5 is putting out, or Challenge TV's poker selection. I haven't watched the Poker Channel yet.

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 08:49 (twenty years ago)

kan & mark totally otm. Late night poker seemed calm enough and classy enough to let the tension speek for itself rather than having graphics and comentry pull you into the action.

― lukey (Lukey G), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 11:16 (twenty years ago)

Do they have fishing on TV?

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 11:24 (twenty years ago)

yes, they do :(

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 11:34 (twenty years ago)

http://www.seenontv.com/prod-pages/images1/SPI-Thumb.jpg

― Allyzay do not obtain to make download of yours MP3 (allyzay), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 12:44 (twenty years ago)

- Celebrities playing poker while Dave Foley bemoans his career prospects and Robert Wagner ogles Lacey Chabert: CLASSIC
- Norman Chad getting up in / on professional poker players on ESPN while Jesus slices carrots w/ playing cards: CLASSIC
- Anything involving a Van Patten: WATCHABLE, BUT DUDLY (tho the godawful Internet poker commercials are beyond CLASSIC, esp. the one for the fake-money poker site w/ Moneymaker & the Fossil Guy)
- That Carmen Electra thing: CHUG THE RUBBING ALCOHOL

I saw BLACKJACK on TV one (probably on The Game Channel) - you think TV poker's inscrutable, try watching people count cards for more than one hand. I eagerly await watching folks play THE SLOTS on my TV.

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 13:07 (twenty years ago)

Though I've never watched poker enough to get beyond my above impressions, I love that the celebrity poker player who pwns everyone is Maura Tierney.

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 16:57 (twenty years ago)

twenty years pass...

seems like TV poker has settled into a decent slot as the late night thing on a bunch of 4th rate sports networks. I can tell you why nobody watches this anymore, all the personalities are so fucking lame. this is a world in which Phil Hellmuth is considered a magnetic personality. the WPT booth is so weird, you've got a nearly 70 year old Vince Van Patten along with this complete nerd, who I'm sure is really good at poker and a nice guy but I could do this job better than him. I remember a bunch of players correctly predicting the internet kids would ruin this, because they probably really were way better than the brick & mortar players but they had no personality. the idea of a poker celebrity now is a fuckin Youtuber dork like Doug Polk.

― frogbs, Thursday, 4 December 2025 04:18 (four months ago)

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