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i've had my fill of watching chris bigler.

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For that matter, wasn't there supposed to be some league (PPL?) where the top 64 players were drafted by two team captains. I remember hearing them chat about the draft on high stakes at some point last year. Did that die on the launch pad?

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I loved this idea in theory. But the featured tables they chose in early-stage episodes were absolutely terrible. You would think from the show that mustachioed, overweight fifty-something nits were the superstars of the poker world.

Also, the show would make bizarre editing decisions. Like the would show two hours of play going down from 18 to 9 players, but then skip coverage of the money bubble entirely, and not even tell you what happened before the final table .

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Yeah, I thought that was stupid, too. And as Taso said, Seif and Corboy are the worst announcers in history.

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For that matter, wasn't there supposed to be some league (PPL?) where the top 64 players were drafted by two team captains. I remember hearing them chat about the draft on high stakes at some point last year. Did that die on the launch pad?

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Yes, and that, unlike the PPT, was a terrible idea.

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Not surprised that the team thing bombed. Still, it seemed to me at the time that most of the people involved were more interested in the draft/popularity contest than in actually playing, so they probably didn't mind.

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I watched the PPT and liked the format and the coverage.

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Agreed, I'd like to see some WPT events covered in that style.

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I don't think they'll be letting Mark Seif near any holecams anytime soon.

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awesome

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I loved this idea in theory. But the featured tables they chose in early-stage episodes were absolutely terrible. You would think from the show that mustachioed, overweight fifty-something nits were the superstars of the poker world.

Also, the show would make bizarre editing decisions. Like the would show two hours of play going down from 18 to 9 players, but then skip coverage of the money bubble entirely, and not even tell you what happened before the final table.

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I liked that the PPT showed good poker players, not just the over-the-top showmen that often get the most air-time during other events.

The editing could have been improved, but how hard would that have been to achieve in 2007?

I also would have no problem with a change of commentators, obviously several of the top picks were busy playing in the event itself.

I liked the exchange between Mimi Rogers and Scott Fischman when he drew out on her "nice hand Scott, you little bastard". I think her tone was such that he would not have taken offence at all.

James Woods was also good to watch, especially when you rewatched and saw him ordering a tomato juice, which Captain Tom received instead. Then his comment "I didn't like you when you were a second rate comedian, but I like you now", brilliant.

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Not surprised that the team thing bombed. Still, it seemed to me at the time that most of the people involved were more interested in the draft/popularity contest than in actually playing, so they probably didn't mind.

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Yea that was definitely the case. If they care about where they stand in the eyes of other players they should just have a player of the year award based on votes of the top pros, just like the old WSOPs.

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not surprised this show tanked, the announcers were horrible and i saw way too much bigler imo

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It wasn't just the announcers that killed it IMO. The whole production was cheesy. What about those applauds and AWWWWs you heard the non-existing crowd make during the hands? The idea was defenetly good and I enjoyed seeing poker players that have been around the block a few times. I'm more interested in the old school players than 20-something hot shot ballas.