New Poker TV Show Ideas?

theman · #1 03-10-2007, 04:15 PM

Here's two I'd like to watch and that I think could be done:

i.) The "Big Game" ...a mixed game cash game show like they used to play at the Bellagio. While I love HSP, I think I'm ready to also venture into watching the real Big Game being played.

ii.) Marathon Poker.....a show where players have to stay up for 24 hours (minimum) playing in a cash game. It could be like HSP but for 24 hour sessions. It'd be cool and funny as hell watching tired (or maybe not) guys play for 24 hours...guys with crust in their eyes, hair disheveled, breath stinking, speech slurring, yet playing hard in a cash game.

-TheMan

theman · #2 03-10-2007, 04:34 PM

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Here's two I'd like to watch and that I think could be done:

i.) The "Big Game" ...a mixed game cash game show like they used to play at the Bellagio. While I love HSP, I think I'm ready to also venture into watching the real Big Game being played.

ii.) Marathon Poker.....a show where players have to stay up for 24 hours (minimum) playing in a cash game. It could be like HSP but for 24 hour sessions. It'd be cool and funny as hell watching tired (or maybe not) guys play for 24 hours...guys with crust in their eyes, hair disheveled, breath stinking, speech slurring, yet playing hard in a cash game.

-TheMan

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Another show could be:

"Bust" ..a show about all the people who are degenerate gamblers hanging around casinos and the pokerroom dropping hundres..thousands of dollars of their money down the drain. What it's like to be broke and addicted to gambling...how the majority of losing and struggling poker players live...kind of like the "other side" of the poker story that the media portrays. It'd be a cautionary tale about not throwing your life/dreams away by chasing a poker pipe dream and being able to recover from addiction and not be like those so-called "famous" poker players at age 40 without an education, career, or stable income.

-TheMan

Admo · #3 03-10-2007, 06:34 PM

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"Bust" ..a show about all the people who are degenerate gamblers hanging around casinos and the pokerroom dropping hundres..thousands of dollars of their money down the drain. What it's like to be broke and addicted to gambling...how the majority of losing and struggling poker players live...kind of like the "other side" of the poker story that the media portrays.

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Poker Bustouts

FyteOn · #4 03-10-2007, 06:54 PM

Looks like a decent documentary - or at least an interesting one. Anyone have a review on it? Instead of killing the online world, Frist should have had ESPN should air that before and after every WSOP episode.

nanoshark · #5 03-10-2007, 07:22 PM

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Poker Bustouts

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You sold me on this movie.

1. I would like to see more cash games but of non celebs.
2. I never saw the BoDog reality show. Did it ever come out? I would like to see a Poker Real World or Road Rules.
3. There is a show called The Block on G4TV. A poker version would be cool.

jjshabado · #6 03-11-2007, 05:55 PM

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i.) The "Big Game" ...a mixed game cash game show like they used to play at the Bellagio. While I love HSP, I think I'm ready to also venture into watching the real Big Game being played.

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Similar to this, I'd love to see a "Dealer's Choice" show with good players. I doubt it could be made, or at least I doubt you could convince good players to play in it. By dealer's choice I'm not just thinking of standard poker games, I'm thinking of Crazy-Ass games as well.

It would be extremely interesting to see how professional poker players apply general poker theory to new games and situations.

alphatmw · #7 03-11-2007, 06:40 PM

"Late Night Poker Talk, featuring theman"

3 hour timeslot, 7 days/week.

theman · #8 03-13-2007, 01:17 AM

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"Bust" ..a show about all the people who are degenerate gamblers hanging around casinos and the pokerroom dropping hundres..thousands of dollars of their money down the drain. What it's like to be broke and addicted to gambling...how the majority of losing and struggling poker players live...kind of like the "other side" of the poker story that the media portrays.

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Poker Bustouts

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WOW, this is downright depressing....I was kind of kidding about a show like that, but here you are telling me there REALLY IS a show like that LOL...

then again, i see it everyday in casinos anyways...we only need this to be on prime time TV! that'll scare you bad poker players straight.

-TheMan

theman · #9 03-13-2007, 01:23 AM

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"Late Night Poker Talk, featuring theman"

3 hour timeslot, 7 days/week.

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hey, that's not a bad idea...they could fly me out to exotic destinations each week to do the show...have beautiful "Shana Hiatt"-eque women as my poker correspondents, have me sipping on pina coladas, hanging out with my crew talking about all the odd, random, weird things related to poker.

hell i'd do it for free!

-TheMan

belloc · #10 03-13-2007, 12:59 PM

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"Late Night Poker Talk, featuring theman"

3 hour timeslot, 7 days/week.

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Hour 1: Thread Starting. theman just starts thread after thread on 2+2 for an hour, mostly content-free.

Hour 2: Former Pro Talk. theman reminisces about his life as a former pro. Responds to some threads on 2+2.

Hour 3: Thread Starting Redux. theman starts a bunch more threads on 2+2. Absolutely no content whatsoever.