Longer finale episode.
Completely agreed. Wife and friends have been more interested in this show: it shows pros breaking down why its good or bad, music helps them figure out when the drama's happening, and some fantastic characters. This is an inbetween for the crappy live streams full of fish and side games vs the super robotic high end poker.I didn’t know what to expect when I watched the first episode. After I watched it I had the same reaction as some thinking, geez totally over produced blah blah.
A day or two later I watched the second episode. Well, I proceeded to binge watch the rest and found it to be a lot of fun. Lol!
I think that it’s a really clever way to reach a wider audience. Live streams of tournaments can be boring especially to those that aren’t into poker.
Turning poker into a team competition with various formats with commentary from the other players was a cool idea. It has all of the elements of a great reality show; some good looking women and some people that you love to hate. Oh yeah, and poker is a bonus!!!
So weird to have the highest denomination in solidNot game of gold but this GG stream from Bahamas is good.
Except the Atlantis chips.
The $500 BJ is good. The oversized $1000 BJ is great! But the $5k and the $25k are rhc solids. With similar color tone
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This was exactly my thought. The best part of watching the previous matches was hearing the teammates in the back rooms give live (and very invested) commentary on the hand as it played out. The final table feels like a little bit of a letdown after that (just started so maybe i'll change my mind, but that's certainly my first takeaway).having the final tournament not have any commentators after every other challenge having teammates cheering, critiquing, etc. is a mistake.
Daniel had an interview with the creator. Regarding season two, the guy implied that there would be more contestants and different games.Really enjoyed this show! Hope they keep introducing new games and concepts.
Someone get that man a copy of the horserace game!Daniel had an interview with the creator. Regarding season two, the guy implied that there would be more contestants and different games.
You seem to put a lot of that on Maria, but I've seen worse at most of the live super high buyin tourneys that are streamed. She's playing short table/heads up against some of the best in the world, I'd be taking deep breaths too! Not that it was great to watch, I just put less of the blame on her specifically and more on how poker's evolved in these big tournaments.After watching a live FT with Maria Ho involved
I am glad the theory of having Live FT is not true
Having to watch Maria Ho tanking every time is brutal, I keep having to fast forward 90sec whenever it her turn to act
Completely agreed. Wife and friends have been more interested in this show: it shows pros breaking down why its good or bad, music helps them figure out when the drama's happening, and some fantastic characters. This is an inbetween for the crappy live streams full of fish and side games vs the super robotic high end poker.
Jenn TillyWho would you like to see on s2? I can definitely think of some of the old guard that would be entertaining, but i think you definitely want to mix in some less well known players, along with some celebs and popular stream players. Jenn Tilly is a good crossover being famous in and out of poker. Relatedly, I've always loved Phil Laak and I think he has a good personality for it, but I don't think he's involved in poker much nowadays. Affleck/Damon/Maguire would be cool, but I feel like they're all too big to be bothered with something like this.
Ever seen The Grand? Hysterical portrayal of the idiot.I'd participate as the clueless idiot
Ever seen The Grand? Hysterical portrayal of the idiot.