425 & Jen

[Royal Flush]

There has been huge positive feedback around the venues to the extra length show, which costs much the same as the original half-hour version

How much of your audience attends the festivals?

[tikay]

oops, sounds like the death-knell for the 'ol fella......

No idea what these "changes" are, maybe there's the clue!

[tikay]

There has been huge positive feedback around the venues to the extra length show, which costs much the same as the original half-hour version

How much of your audience attends the festivals?

No idea. I just know that everyone who has spoken to me about the change to 1 hour has said it improves the show immensely. And it's not just Fessies I attend - I play a lot of grass roots poker, & a lot online, & the feedback is consistent.

Anyway, it's of no import - it seems the decision has already been made, so not a lot of point flogging this dead horse!

[wormster]

tony - we did use to have the second camera there to film the all-ins for the final tables we could actually get access to but we don't have that now. I know it's weird having a poker programme that doesn't show any cards but, apart from making us very different from all the other poker shows out there, Poker425 is, and always has been, about the players. We are there to record their interviews, be it in the early stages, exiting the final table or the profiles & in-depths interviews.

Why does it need a second camera to record the "all-ins"?

Anyway, I believe the decision has been made, no key hands, revert to 30 minutes. TV Peeps know best!

I do agree, as it happens, that it's about players, rather than the play, as such, but if you read the thread, I was replying to a question from a viewer who suggested it.

There has been huge positive feedback around the venues to the extra length show, which costs much the same as the original half-hour version

But whatever happens, I've enjoyed every minute of it.

It's been emotional......

We used the hand-held DV cam as it was an extra tape to record on, which is around an hour long & means we didn't use the Digi-Beta tapes which are there for the interviews & only 30 minutes long. We usually use 2 Digi-Beta tapes per shoot, using the Digi-Beta cam to record the all-ins would result in doubling our tape stock.

One thing I have to agree with you Tony, it is very enjoyable - I think I've had more fun doing Poker425 than any of my other jobs!!!

[wormster]

oops, sounds like the death-knell for the 'ol fella......

No idea what these "changes" are, maybe there's the clue!

don't be silly - where am I going to get another old bloke who dyes his hair & is as cheap as you?   

[tikay]

oops, sounds like the death-knell for the 'ol fella......

No idea what these "changes" are, maybe there's the clue!

don't be silly - where am I going to get another old bloke who dyes his hair & is as cheap as you?   

Cheap? CHEAP?

Don't let Homer hear you say that. He bows to me.

[wormster]

lol - anyway back to the original subject of the thread - jen's profile was excellent! Some great answers in a short interview!!

[bobby1]

oops, sounds like the death-knell for the 'ol fella......

No idea what these "changes" are, maybe there's the clue!

don't be silly - where am I going to get another old bloke who dyes his hair & is as cheap as you?   

Salvation Army??

[Sheriff Fatman]

Even if 1 hour is considered to be too long, cutting it to 30 minutes is a backward step.  The show never was 30 minutes anyway - it always seemed to overrun by 5 minutes or so.

45 minutes might be a reasonable compromise.  Personally I like the 1 hour shows.  A 30 minute show won't be able to cover issues such as the Vic structure debate in any depth in future whilst still doing justice to that week's live coverage.

Strange decision in my view.

Sheriff

[Royal Flush]

Even if 1 hour is considered to be too long, cutting it to 30 minutes is a backward step.  The show never was 30 minutes anyway - it always seemed to overrun by 5 minutes or so.

45 minutes might be a reasonable compromise.  Personally I like the 1 hour shows.  A 30 minute show won't be able to cover issues such as the Vic structure debate in any depth in future whilst still doing justice to that week's live coverage.

Strange decision in my view.

Sheriff

DO we need the vic structure discussed on the telly?

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DO we need the vic structure discussed on the telly?

Do we need 'Lost' 'Deal or no Deal' 'Big Brother'? I think not, but a lot of people like them.

[wormster]

anything that is important to the poker scene will still be discussed, just a bit quicker  

[Sheriff Fatman]

We need somewhere to debate issues that affect the game.  How about the collusion issue at Walsall which Edy G discussed.  It prompted Walsall's manager to respond a few weeks later, which I doubt would've happened from the forum posts alone.

Sheriff

[RED-DOG]

anything that is important to the poker scene will still be discussed, just a bit quicker  

Don't know if that was intended to be funny, but 

[NoflopsHomer]

anything that is important to the poker scene will still be discussed, just a bit quicker 

We could all listen faster if it helps.