High-Stakes Poker Season 2

[GeniusToad]

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Is Stupak not coming back this time? He made the first season worse, IMO.

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[Lawman007]

Matusow just limped-reraised with eights preflop and, while Fred Chamanara was considering calling, the Grinder said of Matusow, "He's on a freeroll, so he could have garbage." I wonder what he meant by that? I thought all these guys had to buy in with their own money.

[Rottersod]

OK, this was an interesting 1st show but it seemed like the players were a little too comfortable with each other and there wasn't very much post flop action. Entertaining but it needs a little kick. I'm sure it was edited to start a bit slow and then build up. Are we even sure that this was from the actual first day of playing?

My 3 biggest complaints: WTF is up with having your mom there and is there anyone who is a bigger poker/TV whore than JTill? 3rd: The players seemed crammed together on the table.

[Lawman007]

Yeah, Matusow and Little Danny Negreanu having their mommies there was pretty weird. Negreanu actually calls his mother "Mommy", and she brought him his lunch in a plastic bag. Is he in the third grade or what?

That movie has-been Jennifer Tilly was constantly moving into the camera shot, and her goofball Unabomber boyfriend insisted on wearing his hood and glasses the entire time.

I really wasn't very impressed by this show, but part of that may be because I had such high expectations. As Rottersgod pointed out, there wasn't nearly as much post-flop play as last season. Hopefully, it will get better.

What was the deal with those big cloth-covered cameras all around the table? I don't remember them being there last season. They're pretty distracting.

[fatmanonguitar]

Initially, I thought the personalities and table talk would make for a more entertaining season. About half way through this episode, I realized that I'd rather watch Greenstein and Forrest play post-flop holdem in silence than a yammering Matusow and Unabomber.

And I agree those cameras are ridiculous.

[Lawman007]

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Initially, I thought the personalities and table talk would make for a more entertaining season. About half way through this episode, I realized that I'd rather watch Greenstein and Forrest play post-flop holdem in silence than a yammering Matusow and Unabomber.

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My thoughts exactly.

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Initially, I thought the personalities and table talk would make for a more entertaining season. About half way through this episode, I realized that I'd rather watch Greenstein and Forrest play post-flop holdem in silence than a yammering Matusow and Unabomber.

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My thoughts exactly.

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Agreed. The first table while a nice mix of personalities, isn't really going to show the best poker since it was mostly a bunch of "tourney donks".

[grdred944]

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Yeah, Matusow and Little Danny Negreanu having their mommies there was pretty weird. Negreanu actually calls his mother "Mommy", and she brought him his lunch in a plastic bag. Is he in the third grade or what?

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Yeah, she brought him the big thermos. Pretty funny!

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What was the deal with those big cloth-covered cameras all around the table? I don't remember them being there last season. They're pretty distracting.

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They were draped in black last year.

[Jourdain]

You guys heard the segment when Matusow and Aleai where talking about some online players?

I only heard the name blueberry.

[ddubois]

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What was the deal with those big cloth-covered cameras all around the table? I don't remember them being there last season. They're pretty distracting.

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They were draped in black last year.

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Well, they should drape 'em in black again, because they were really bothering me last night for some reason. I should check before asking here but... Perhaps last year they had the cameras positioned/pointed such that their sight-lines didn't hit each other, and that's why I never noticed them? They are just so blaringly conspicuous this year.