"Official" Poker After Dark thread (week 1)

[scottc25]

Best comment of the night was when Steve Z asked Shana if the rumor was true that she got married. The announcer chimes in and says "You are drawing dead either way."

[Kevmath]

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Strange, their is an announcer randomly says something once in awhile but he is never introduced. The players are yakking away like crazy, plenty aware that is there is reduced commentary.

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The announcer is Oliver Nejad, of Poker After Dark and MC for the National Heads-up Poker Championship.

[theman]

conflicting thoughts/emotions...

wow, just watched PAD last night and it was definitely different. i agree that the lack of commentators was weird.

i don't mind at all having the audio focused in on player chat, but when the players in the game are either annoying or boring, then it makes the show very very very unwatchable.

steve zolotow and huck seed...wow, these two are ultra boring cats. throw in Phil Hellmuth, Sheiky, and Annie Duke - some of the most ANNOYING players alive - and you have a better table.

i think future shows will be better with more colorful, funny, intelligent, friendly, etc. chat/players. that first episode, though, was a bit of a downer in my opinion.

randomly, did Annie Duke look fat and older than normal or was it just me? ...Phil Hellmuth too...wow, i seriously never want to see his whiny butt pplay again for the rest of my life.

-TheMan

[theman]

steve zolotow and huck seed...wow, these two are ultra boring cats. throw in Phil Hellmuth, Sheiky, and Annie Duke - some of the most ANNOYING players alive - and you have a better table.

OOOOOPS i meant "BAD" table, not better...

[theman]

ok scratch the Annie Duke old/fat comment too. that was inappropriate of me.

one last thing is that the room they play in seems a bit boring (esp., if they're gonna play in the same location each week)...like we don't get to see those cool WPT exotic locations and casino pieces anymore to spice things up (along with Shana Hiatt's funny interviews and poker corners, etc.)...oh well.

still beats shows like Celebrity Poker and Hip Hop Holdem [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[menacing_1]

It's probably worth noting that each match lasted almost five hours, and so far only one hour has been shown. The reason is so that viewers can see how a particular match unfolds over the course of time, not just the end of it. And this one will get very, very interesting, and quite personal. Just a hint of what's coming occurred in the first hour of play.

Also, the top players all have different personalities, and just because some don't talk much doesn't mean they shouldn't have an opportunity to showcase their talent. Phil Ivey, for instance, rarely speaks, and no one complains. Allen Cunningham doesn't either, and everyone rags on him. Everybody has their favorites. Cunningham, by the way, will play in week 9, and Ivey in weeks 4 and 8.

Also, Shana will see much more airtime on the Saturday night show called the "Director's Cut," and different amounts of airtime throughout the week.

Stick around. You don't leave a baseball game in the first inning because your favorite player struck out in his first at bat. But there's a home run coming in this match that you won't want to miss.

[UncleKraut]

You can watch the first episode here:

http://www.nbcsports.com/poker/feature.html

[theman]

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It's probably worth noting that each match lasted almost five hours, and so far only one hour has been shown. The reason is so that viewers can see how a particular match unfolds over the course of time, not just the end of it. And this one will get very, very interesting, and quite personal. Just a hint of what's coming occurred in the first hour of play.

Also, the top players all have different personalities, and just because some don't talk much doesn't mean they shouldn't have an opportunity to showcase their talent. Phil Ivey, for instance, rarely speaks, and no one complains. Allen Cunningham doesn't either, and everyone rags on him. Everybody has their favorites. Cunningham, by the way, will play in week 9, and Ivey in weeks 4 and 8.

Also, Shana will see much more airtime on the Saturday night show called the "Director's Cut," and different amounts of airtime throughout the week.

Stick around. You don't leave a baseball game in the first inning because your favorite player struck out in his first at bat. But there's a home run coming in this match that you won't want to miss.

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Those are some good points. I do realize it's a week long show, so will look forward to more.

A good ending eh? Sounds cool then. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

-TheMan

[Jourdain]

"deep thoughts.........from shawn sheikhan....."

That's it for like 10 min from the commentator [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

I believe a lot of viewers will tune in to see Shana. NBC needs to up the T&A quota.