AAAAAHHHHH! Would someone shut Mark Seif Up?

[Phntm]

Think there is any chance when and if season two starts, they will replace the announcers a la Courtney Friel??

They have got to be everyone's biggest gripe of the show (aside from the first tournament not showing the last 6-8 people busting before the final table)

[Snarf]

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"The players want to win this so bad, they'll do anything to win!"
"They want it so bad they can taste it!"
"There isn't anyone out there who doesn't want to be the first PPT champion."

- except Mark Seif who wisely would rather commentate.

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If I hear any of those 3 things again I will hit something

[Rottersod]

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Think there is any chance when and if season two starts, they will replace the announcers a la Courtney Friel??

They have got to be everyone's biggest gripe of the show (aside from the first tournament not showing the last 6-8 people busting before the final table)

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I doubt there will be a second season since this was produced 2 years ago but if they do decide to bring it back here are my suggestions:

1) Replace both announcers who are allowed to actually announce the tourney and provide real commentary as opposed to be pitchmen for the tourney.

2) Bump up the winner amounts to more than a million per event. The amounts are so small right now (relative to other major tourneys) that the pro's who are all on a freeroll aren't playing their best and they certainly don't care that much if they win. According to Seif (and the other guy), the winners will consider it the greatest win of their lives. Hilarious. Does anyone think that Lingren or Juanda will give a rats ass about their wins 2 years from now?If you can get enough advertising money then go for the really big bucks and now you can call yourself a tourney worth winning.

[Omahahaha]

why would they want to be invited to a tourney that only pays 3% of the field...if they wanna do that, they should make it 10% minimum and the winner at least a mil. thatll get the ratings up at least.

[dani_day]

I used to enjoy the show somewhat, but now I can barely stand it. The commentators are a joke and I wish they would stop using the phrase, "the best of the best." True, a lot of them are the best of the best, but I really doubt they're even taking the tournament THAT seriously. The prize pool is a joke and a lot of them probably aren't playing their best as a result. Just trying to get lucky and ahead early so they don't waste their time. I may be wrong about that though. It *is* a freeroll, I realize that, but I think they should consider making the prize pool maybe just a tad nicer. Can they just not afford it, or what? I don't understand see why they won't bump it up a bit. I almost wish that I didn't see the post here about the fake clapping. I didn't even notice it until someone mentioned it, and now it just drives me crazy. The final table was even worse because it wasn't just clapping when someone got eliminated, but clapping after like *every<* move a player made, and all of this fake hooting and hollering...all the while you can see the entire audience stone-faced and motionless.

Although it's been less the past few episodes, next time I hear Mark go crazy over seeing suited connectors ("OMG! I LOVE THIS HAND! I WOULD DEFINITELY PLAY THAT HAND! YOU KNOW HOW I JUST LOOOOVE SUITED CONNECTORS!") I'll probably turn it off for good...

Oh, and I can't STAND Chris Bigler. I don't know what it is about him, but I really hope I don't see him on tv again any time soon-.-

[grapabo]

I can understand the announcers selling a product, but these two are going way over the top in using the Infomercial Dialect. Less would be a lot more.

But when they talk poker and not about the damn title, the strategy and graphics aren't bad. Not perfect, but it's at least getting the viewer into the strategy and not the spectacle of sucking out.

[ShakeZula06]

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Maybe it's Seif's playing saying "I WANNA PLAY! I WANNA PLAY!"

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Thats one of the funniest aspects of the PPT- That Seif wasn't invited. This tournament had 180 players, as much as I don't like Seif, he's probably one of the top 180 tournament players. (definately more deserving of being there than Mimi Rodgers or Jan Fisher)

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Are you sure he wasn't invited?

I would say he looked at it as a chance to do something that will maybe get him a job in the future. As well as maybe he got paid enough doing that where it was better than doing what everyone else wanted. Which we all know was "to be one of the first PPT champions ever"!

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Yeah, I haven't seen but 15 minutes of this show ever, but I'd say what Seif is getting paid for commentating is probably more then the equity in it. Also add in the fact theres 0 variance involved, and it's probably a better way for him to promote his name, and I'd probably do the same. Who knows Absolute might have paid him some to be a commenter on there.

[DeuceSeven]

I actually like watching tourney poker that involves more then coin flip all ins. I can't stand the announcers either but it's the best tourney poker play on tv imo.

[Knockwurst]

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"The players want to win this so bad, they'll do anything to win!"
"They want it so bad they can taste it!"
"There isn't anyone out there who doesn't want to be the first PPT champion."

- except Mark Seif who wisely would rather commentate.

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Agreed, Mark Seif and the other guy trotting out these hackneyed cliches in that breathless voice they both use is unbearable.

It's a shame because I'm sure Seif could give a lot of insightful commentary on strategy, but instead he and the other guy feel compelled to fill the airtime with nuggets like "they all want to win this one" "nobody here wants to lose" and other breathless intonations that mean absolutely zippo. Unbearable.

[Grisgra]

I wish Seif would talk more. Listening to him say that Daniel limped with A6o "to disguise the strength of his hand" is comedy gold, baby. Gold.