Live At The Bike - IS DEAD

[buglemouth]

Some of the play by play on that show was fantastic. I remember getting goosebumps listening to Bart when he went over the top. Even though Dave thought his [censored] didnt stink those 2 were excellent at making the show exciting and interesting. I miss the old days of LATB.

[TheGrasshopper]

I will definitely miss LATB. It improved my game and there were some entertaining moments along the way.

It was great to watch C. Mike either scorch the table or go on crazy tilt.

My favorite hand will be when C. Mike called off his stack with 32 thinking he had trips and Jason Katsutani wins the pot with K- high.

[RydenStoompala]

I meant Johnnie. Wishful thinking.

[Suited Jack]

Has there been anything in the way of an official announcement regarding the show's future of lack thereof? I have not heard anything excpet what I've read here on these forums. I was at the Bike Friday night and they've completely dismantled the space they used for the show, so evidently they have made a decision but don't even have the common courtesy to let the paying subscribers know. This is a real cynical KITN to all the fans of the show. They charged for the month of April, gave us no product and no explanation. I hope the Commerce or some other casino tries something similar and has great success with if just so the rotten L@TB scumbags can see for themselves what lame turds they truely are.

[normaljoe]

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Has there been anything in the way of an official announcement regarding the show's future of lack thereof? I have not heard anything excpet what I've read here on these forums. I was at the Bike Friday night and they've completely dismantled the space they used for the show, so evidently they have made a decision but don't even have the common courtesy to let the paying subscribers know. This is a real cynical KITN to all the fans of the show. They charged for the month of April, gave us no product and no explanation. I hope the Commerce or some other casino tries something similar and has great success with if just so the rotten L@TB scumbags can see for themselves what lame turds they truely are.

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lol..I was at the Bike yesterday and noticed how they dismantled that section.
Speaking with the floor, they plan on extending the plaza. Tearing out those walls adds much more revenue than the show could have produced I imagine. Seems to be geared towards "improving" Legends. I sill think it would be cool to keep/relocate the set as a press arena during Legends or other special events.

-normaljoe

[realjaydub]

I tried accessing the archives today and I'm having no luck....Looks like they pulled the plug on that too.

With their customer service, its no wonder they didn't succeed.

[xxrod17xx]

I have the same...I'm glad they [censored] charged us 14.95 and then didnt give us a month of archives...

[xxrod17xx]

I sent them an email let me know if any of you guys hear any information about a partial refund or did we just get screwed?

[ClubChamp04]

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I sent them an email let me know if any of you guys hear any information about a partial refund or did we just get screwed?

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No you didn't get screwed. They didn't provide any services so if they don't credit your card back then call the CC company and dispute the charges.

Can anyone else confirm the archives are gone? I was thinking to sign back up and watch a few.

[holl@b4x]

I'm sad to see it go, I enjoyed watching the big games, and I played on the show one time before it went under. Big thanks to Bart and Dave for putting in the time and making the show what it was, and anyone else behind the scenes who I missed. Bart I'm sure if you continue on the path you will land a job in poker broadcasting like Dave, you have the talent.

That being said, live at the bike as a business is a great example of how not to run a subscription service. Their site was confusing and annoying to navigate, their communication with subscribers was basically non-existent and unacceptable. Even now as they go out of business they don't feel obliged to make a simple announcement or even send out an email to their paying subscribers. Absolutely shameful.

Perhaps the worst mistake they made was not pursuing advertising $$ or other ways to increase revenue to make the show viable, because obviously they were not making enough to keep it alive.

I hope at least they put the best archived shows on a DVD and sell it