I've thought it before but Padraig P and Jesse May are just hilarious.
I think its awful, it was alright a couple of years ago but i think its safe to assume that most of the general public are now aware of the basic and even a few of the more advanced specifics of NL texas holdem yet jessie may commentates every hand as though doing so for an audience thats never seen a game of poker in their life.
I understand the need to to build a platform from which padraig parkinson can impart his opinion on the more tricky and intricately played hands, but not every fu**ing one!!!
"why did he do this padraig, why did he do that padraig"? you just know that padraig dying to say:"you know why, the audience knows why so just shut up and let us watch the game"!
It was beyond farcical tonight when jessie may almost rebuked theo for folding A4s against the buttons A10 instead of pushing in facing a raise because hes so used to seeing that play that he just couldn't understand why it wasn't automatic, but theo, even though short, was no where near pot committed.
Such was jessie mays incredulity at the correct deviation from how he had anticipated the hand being played that he failed to mention that it was a good/correct laydown, it seemed as if he was almost indignant that theo wasn't doing: "the norm"
He loves to shout and scream about world class semi bluffs and re raises because thats what the tv guys want the audience to focus on and i imagine hes directed to do so but its got to the point where every hand after the flop begins:"why did he do this padraig" and 99% of the time padraig could simply answer"because sometimes in holdem we vary our play"!
Padraig Parkinsons double at it as well though, never missing an opportunity to represent him self as being a bad player, he does the comedy sidekick routine on the t.v then turns up and slaughters everyone whos listened to him tell the world on t.v commentary how hes so bad, i bet he loves all the action he gets from it!
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