High-Stakes Poker Season 2 - Page 5

partykid123 · #41 06-05-2006, 08:23 PM

hsp is the best poker show ever thas all.

rerun is goin to be at 2 am est if anyone miss it at 9.

GeniusToad · #42 06-05-2006, 08:45 PM

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

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fyp

Lawman007 · #43 06-05-2006, 09:27 PM

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 · #44 06-05-2006, 10:06 PM

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 · #45 06-05-2006, 10:18 PM

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.

aislephive · #46 06-05-2006, 10:55 PM

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Maybe (Phil Ivey) doesnt want to give away more of his secrets.

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That's got to be the reason Ivey isn't playing. There certainly wouldn't be a bigger game somewhere else.

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Considering Ivey took part in the "Learn From the Pros" show on FSN as well as is a big part of Full Tilt whose main concept is to "Learn and chat with the pros," I doubt this is it. I'm pretty sure he realizes that this is going to be just like any televised tournament where they only show the highlights, so it's not like a Live cash came like LATB. I assume Ivey was just playing a bigger game or he just doesn't care (kind of like he treats tournaments these days).

I thought the show was pretty good tonight, although I think there is a lot of dead air when somebody takes a couple minutes to make a big decision. After all it is only a one hour telecast so the more hands they get in the better. I think they are also better of not even showing hands like the one where Negreanu raised in late position with KTo and Charmanarra defended his blind, and then Negreanu c-bet a rag flop and took it down. While those hands are really the bread and butter of poker, it doesn't make for very interesting television when there is only a dozen hands or so even shown per episode.

TomHimself · #47 06-05-2006, 11:08 PM

i dont think ivey really gives out that much info in learn from the pros although i have only seen it like twice.

fatmanonguitar · #48 06-05-2006, 11:38 PM

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 · #49 06-05-2006, 11:55 PM

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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.

Nottom · #50 06-06-2006, 01:35 AM

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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".