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#21
09-02-2006, 06:48 AM
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Re: UK HSP. phil ivey set to play. wheeeeeeeeee
Hmmm. As much as I'm looking forward to this, it does seem a bit like a Full Tilt infomercial as it's stacked so heavily with FT heavyhitters (Ferguson? Ivey? Seidel? WAH!? Why don't they appear on HSP!?!?).
Tony G's play will be interesting. He's stuck over $400,000 in Japan. Ram Vaswani is probably a good shout as to who'd dare have a go. I have no idea of the significance of Devilfish's US TV ban after the Thanksgiving fiasco...it might make him a no-no even though it's technically a UK TV show. I wouldn't restrict it to just the British who might appear. London's a darn sight nearer for European pros than Las Vegas is so we may see a few European players (c'mon Patrik Antonius and David Benyamine!). ...if it's mainly the FT pros plus one or two random elements, this show could get old really, really fast. Is the $400/$800 blinds a slight dig at the $300/$600 blinds of HSP!? Surprised Sky Sports/All In didn't pick a British-based guy to do the play-by-play though and then go with a US commentator for the US broadcast. You're gonna have a lot of people in the UK wondering who you are, Dave as to why you're the only guy commentating. Good luck though. If you've seen/heard any of the commentary on the British poker shows, you've got nothing to worry about. It'll make a refreshing change from watching fricking shootouts (it's all there are in the UK it seems. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]). 
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#22
09-02-2006, 08:33 AM
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Re: UK HSP. phil ivey set to play. wheeeeeeeeee
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I have no idea of the significance of Devilfish's US TV ban after the Thanksgiving fiasco...it might make him a no [/ QUOTE ] I missed this one. What happened? Also I remember Jesus saying he doesn't play cash games. Did this just recently change or what?
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#23
09-02-2006, 09:25 AM
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Re: UK HSP. phil ivey set to play. wheeeeeeeeee
I really can't see this than anything other than an infomercial by Full Tilt. Surely they are staking these guys, what other reason is there for the whole full Team squad to be in this?
I'm not getting to excited about this one, to be honest. Instead I'm getting kind of angry... dunno why... maybe its the music I'm listening to.
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#25
09-02-2006, 10:19 AM
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Re: UK HSP. phil ivey set to play. wheeeeeeeeee
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Surprised Sky Sports/All In didn't pick a British-based guy to do the play-by-play though and then go with a US commentator for the US broadcast. You're gonna have a lot of people in the UK wondering who you are, Dave as to why you're the only guy commentating. [/ QUOTE ] Gary Jones is doing the PBP for these broadcasts, while Tuch gets to do the colour.
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#26
09-02-2006, 11:33 AM
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Re: UK HSP. phil ivey set to play. wheeeeeeeeee
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Devilfish was on US TV a couple months ago for the Intercontinental Poker Championship. I hadn't heard about this "ban" before this thread. [/ QUOTE ] Its a ban from Fox TV. In some tourney he was in showed live on Fox (sports?) when he got knocked out he took off his top and revealed a devilfishpoker.com t-shirt underneath. As the event was exclusively sponsored by some poker site this pissed off Fox to such a degree they banned Devilfish from their networks. I have no other details as i only read this in an interview i read in a mag here in the UK and they didnt give huge amounts of detail.
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#28
09-02-2006, 02:04 PM
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Re: UK HSP. phil ivey set to play. wheeeeeeeeee
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[ QUOTE ] Devilfish was on US TV a couple months ago for the Intercontinental Poker Championship. I hadn't heard about this "ban" before this thread. [/ QUOTE ] Its a ban from Fox TV. In some tourney he was in showed live on Fox (sports?) when he got knocked out he took off his top and revealed a devilfishpoker.com t-shirt underneath. As the event was exclusively sponsored by some poker site this pissed off Fox to such a degree they banned Devilfish from their networks. I have no other details as i only read this in an interview i read in a mag here in the UK and they didnt give huge amounts of detail. [/ QUOTE ] That was during the monte carlo millions invitational
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#29
09-02-2006, 03:20 PM
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Re: UK HSP. phil ivey set to play. wheeeeeeeeee
Yeah it was hilarious. Shame I didn't record it and put it up on the net (darn it, I need to get a DVD recorder one of these days).
Gary Jones? Oh Gawd. He gets overexcited like Jesse May.
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#30
09-02-2006, 03:40 PM
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Re: UK HSP. phil ivey set to play. wheeeeeeeeee
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I was lucky enough to get the job to do the color commentary for high stakes poker - UK check me and Bart Hanson out at www.liveatthebike.com - We'll be talking about it from time to time. [/ QUOTE ] Grats on picking up that job. Now I will have to find a way to watch that too. [/ QUOTE ] Besides moving to England, you'll probably won't be able to see it. It's airing on Sky in January 07, then AllIn Sports in May. [/ QUOTE ] I'm pretty sure someone over there will capture and torrent it.
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