My idea to promote lasting interest in televised poker

[jah7_fsu1]

I like these ideas, the only thing that really worrys me about the future of televised poker is the current topsy-turvy state of internet poker. For a lot of people I know, watching poker was fun when they could play it on the internet with no hassles and maybe pick up ideas/tips. I still have people telling me almost every day now, "hey did you know they outlawed online poker" and if this is the general perception none of these ideas will make much of a difference in my opinion. I really hate to say it, but I agree with the people who think poker has seen it's heyday, at least for the near future.

[Mhoram]

I don't know how you could make it about more than pride unless you took a rake out of every participating tournament to pay for a big freeroll at the end of the year.

And then it's one tournament to decide player of the YEAR? Eh..
So you give chip advantages according to points... Well then you've got shortstacks going all in early and bigstacks playing small ball with a huge advantage. I dunno, it would just be weird.

Along with the time delay problem..

I like the concept, but so many things to overcome for it to work.

[Mhoram]

Btw, I think the PGA has just introduced a year long points standing with a big cash prize. Sounds likely to be closer to what poker would need to do than Nascar.

[Mike_Hunt]

Next thing you know there will be Poker teams with players, managers/coaches and home stadiums/casinos.

The Bay 101 Assassins, the Bellagio Bandits, ect...

There could even be an annual draft.


Actually, that's not a bad idea. Sorta cheesy, but it might work...And isn't that far from happening.

[Wetdog]

An MTT is like several weeks of football games. If it were done in a shootout format each table could be filmed individually and edited to 90-120 minute segments. One tourney could be covered over practically an entire year. In the alternative it could be covered by digital cable and let the viewer watch any table he wants on demand.

[kassdog]

^^^I actually like the idea of watching tourny's live and being able to watch the tourny. Problem what kind of camera, above cause that really doesn't show anything. Then there is dealer cam and you see what the dealer see. Right in the middle of all the action. But I actually like that idea.

[Apathy]

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^^^I actually like the idea of watching tourny's live and being able to watch the tourny. Problem what kind of camera, above cause that really doesn't show anything. Then there is dealer cam and you see what the dealer see. Right in the middle of all the action. But I actually like that idea.

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How difficult would it be to make the tournaments come out on television with a 2-3 day delay? would it be impossible to edit them in time?

[Apathy]

Also I think there could be a compromise here. Ill im really talking about is making each show feature some small segment on POY points and who the leaders were and how it relates to that specific event.


A few events ( similar to THE MAJORS maybe). would be televised live, like they did with teh wsop FT last year, except not on PPV on reg tv.

[GambleAB]

As great as it would be for the players (and, to a lesser extent, the casual fan), this won't happen with the current state of major poker tournaments. Unlike golf or nascar, a vast majority of the major poker tournaments held every year are split between the two big factions (WSOP brand and WPT brand), neither of which are in the business of even acknowledging the existance of the other. The closest we'll get is an outside source (like Cardplayer) keeping a running total of top finishes, but those figures and stats won't make it on TV broadcasts.

[Josem]

i think it'd be better to have an ongoing ratings system, more similar to tennis, than the current calendar-based POY contest.


it would also allow you to run a HU championship with a ready-made seeding system.


even a year-end HU championship with seednig based on the POY rankings would be interesting.