TV "magician" claims to teach beginner to win pro-filled tournament

[zasterguava]

Last night on Brittish television, Derren Brown (magician, mind reader...) in a programme called "Trick or Treat" teached an old lady who had never played poker before to win a tournement (sit and go) with 5 other "pro's". She ended up getting 2nd after getting her money in as huge favourite. Early on she called an all in bluff with K high flush draw against lower flush draw because according to Derren Brown she had picked up his secret methods of reading people.

Now, my question is, Is this actaully an impressive feat? There were only 5 other "pro's". They didnt seem to be proper pro's and the only one I recognised was Anthony Holden who isn't a pro. The Bluff Europe comentators were idiots saying that she wouldnt last longer than 10 minutes. Now if Derren had just spent the whole time teaching simple strategy the odds aren't hugely stacked against her winning. Still pretty impressive considering he was sure she would win/2nd, so I really don't know how he did this.

Thoughts?

[Daddy Warbucks]

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Now, my question is, Is this actaully an impressive feat?

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Not even slightly.

[riverdance]

i stopped reading at "teached"

[samsdmf]

Lol, did you hear though "The tournament is 45 minutes long so we cant show it all" here must have been about 25 hands in it.

If I sat and taught someone ICM, basic kill philling and odds in a day they would have a much better chance of winning a SNG than this woman week of body language reading

[isapistola]

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i stopped reading at "Brittish"

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fyp

[zasterguava]

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i stopped reading at "teached"

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errr. why?

[React1oN]

taught

[Daddy Warbucks]

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Lol, did you hear though "The tournament is 45 minutes long so we cant show it all" here must have been about 25 hands in it.

If I sat and taught someone ICM, basic kill philling and odds in a day they would have a much better chance of winning a SNG than this woman week of body language reading

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All thats not even necessary. It's ONE SNG! Anybody can win a single sng as long as they know the hand rankings.

[schwah]

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i stopped reading at "teached"

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errr. why?

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oh my

[zasterguava]

Ok, is it really worth pointing out grammer and spelling? Taught/teach who cares... didnt prevent me from getting A in english at school.