New TV Addiction
Sugar Daddy turned me on to NBC's Poker After Dark and I am totally hooked!
The setup is that six different pros buy in at $20K each with the winner taking all. They play Hold 'Em and the tournament is both played and shown in the wee morning hours. There's an hour show each night (morning) at 2:30 AM then a condensed version of the whole week on Saturday nights. One tournament is spread out over one week.
Since the players all know each other pretty well, it comes across very much like a home game. A home game for big money, granted. Depending on who's on, there's lots of chatting about the game, telling of past stories (poker and otherwise) and needling of players.
They also show most of the hands which gives you a great appreciation for how talented these players are. It's not unusual for them to predict what the other player has and I'm amazed every time.
Tonight's episode was classic Phil Hellmuth. He wasn't having the best run of luck and the other players were really razzing him. It got to the point where he stormed off the set and swore he wouldn't play another event unless they tightened up the rules. His tipping point was when Annie Duke put in a big raise and he was short stacked so he had to really think about it. The other players kept talking while he was trying to ponder and he just went off.
Hellmuth makes for great TV, I'll say that for him.
The setup is that six different pros buy in at $20K each with the winner taking all. They play Hold 'Em and the tournament is both played and shown in the wee morning hours. There's an hour show each night (morning) at 2:30 AM then a condensed version of the whole week on Saturday nights. One tournament is spread out over one week.
Since the players all know each other pretty well, it comes across very much like a home game. A home game for big money, granted. Depending on who's on, there's lots of chatting about the game, telling of past stories (poker and otherwise) and needling of players.
They also show most of the hands which gives you a great appreciation for how talented these players are. It's not unusual for them to predict what the other player has and I'm amazed every time.
Tonight's episode was classic Phil Hellmuth. He wasn't having the best run of luck and the other players were really razzing him. It got to the point where he stormed off the set and swore he wouldn't play another event unless they tightened up the rules. His tipping point was when Annie Duke put in a big raise and he was short stacked so he had to really think about it. The other players kept talking while he was trying to ponder and he just went off.
Hellmuth makes for great TV, I'll say that for him.
