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It truly astounds me how many 2+2ers are so intuitive, business minded, tech savvy and omnipotent

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Very badly written, Barry, but I think I know what you meant. For the record I forgot more business savvy than anyone at the Bike ever had before breakfast this morning. In terms of a true comparrison, the way the Bike has treated its customers since the self-destruction of the web cast ranks right up there with the decisions made by the morons at Coke when they decided to change the flavor of the world's most popular softdrink. There may be people less capable of operating a broadcasting enterprise in the universe, somewhere, but as yet they have not surfaced.

I have more than an inkling of what it took to run that show. The answer? Not a hell of a lot. Not a lot of money, at least not by my standards. Not a lot of tallent, with the odd exception. And not much effort. I'm sure people like Bart and some of the employees behind the scenes put work into it, but I'm guessing they did it on a shoestring.

There would be little use in considering any of the posters here omnipotent since David Sklansky did not post a reply. I wish he would.

Watching the same ten gits dry heaving their way through bankrollls day after day was not good television, but occassionally there was a gem and those brief moments were what made the monthly vig worthwhile. For example, anytime real cash game pros like Barry Greenstein or Gabe Thaylor were in the game, it elevated the enetertainment value considerably. It's too bad Mike got his lunch eaten in the dying moments of the program and then the show got flushed. It would have been cool watching his mom take back the keys to the Bentley.

Thanks for the insight on how much sweat and blood went into Live at the Bike. I'm sure the people who actually tried to make it work, who hopefully were not booted to the side like another action addict with a bad credit line, are appreciative of your support. We who paid the bills, however, think it may have been run by less-than-thoughtful business people. I mean congratulations...it's 2007 and they lost money on poker!