Poker 425 - RIP. And Welcome to Poker Week!

[tikay]

As you know, Poker 425 ended last October, when Channel 425 ceased to be.

I had 18 very happy months with 425, & we went just about everywhere, & interviewed everyone, from regular guys in local venues, to World Champions in Vegas. (I recall interviewing Doyle Brunson, Chris Moneymaker & Greg Raymer - all in one day!). But we had the most fun - by far - on the Domestic Circuit, where the 425 Team graduallly became quite well-known & respected. (Yours truly apart....).

I am delighted to say that the old Poker 425 Team are back together again. Rhow, Gouldy, Compo, myself, a bunch of interesting "new" faces, and Steve "wormster" as Producer, Billy as Lead Cameraman, all headed up by Clive Lawrence. My role will be as before, until & unless I get rumbled, and I have committed contractually to them for 2 days a week for the rest of 2007.

The show will be called "Poker Week". It will be recorded once a week, & air first on Thursday nights on Sky Sports, & repeated 3 times on Fridays on Sky Sports. It will then show for 5 straight nights on Sky Poker, at around 8pm I believe.

The new sponsors are.....Sky Poker. There will be a Poker Week website attached to the Sky Sports Website, & I have already penned a piece for them which will appear next week.

The show format will be a little different, & much better, we hope. We will go to Venues every week, record what we think you'll find interesting - characters, faces, regular guys - all in a light-hearted & upbeat vein. The "Anchorman-Pundit" sequences will all be shot on location, not in the studio.

The rest of the show will be given over to poker tuition, strategy, that sort of thing, for which some interesting folks have already filmed footage, including Kara Scott, Casper Berry & Mark Prince Charles Banin, plus some interesting guests.

As to the Venue side of things, the Edinburgh APAT was our first Venue (together with some Monte Carlo footage with Rhow), & our next venue will be Luton, where a certain bB4 is taking place, attended by, amongst others, several Sky Poker Suits....

All of May's Venues are already secured, we are working on June already, & we have a good variety of Tourneys lined up.

The first show airs on Thursday of next week.

More details as to channels & times to follow.

I think there is a market for a Poker Magazine Show, & we hope that Poker Week will fill the bill nicely.

Happy days!

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[dan]

Good luck with this, I hope it goes well for you tikay

[Dewi_cool]

da iawn 

[tikay]

da iawn 

It's not been decided yet.

[lazaroonie]

sounds exciting. I always liked the old 425 stuff, some of the presenters gave it real professionalism. I maybe right in thinking that with sky behind it, the production standards can really only go up, which is good news for the viewers.

Tikay on mainstream telly, whatever next. Ainsley Harriott better watch out.

[tikay]

sounds exciting. I always liked the old 425 stuff, some of the presenters gave it real professionalism. I maybe right in thinking that with sky behind it, the production standards can really only go up, which is good news for the viewers.

Tikay on mainstream telly, whatever next. Ainsley Harriott better watch out.

Well yes, the Production Standards have been considerably upped.

[lazaroonie]

sounds exciting. I always liked the old 425 stuff, some of the presenters gave it real professionalism. I maybe right in thinking that with sky behind it, the production standards can really only go up, which is good news for the viewers.

Tikay on mainstream telly, whatever next. Ainsley Harriott better watch out.

Well yes, the Production Standards have been considerably upped.

have they got you a dressing room with a big star on the door ?

[Indestructable]

Superb.
 

[Acidmouse]

gl with this can't wait.

[bobby1]

brilliant news, there is deffo a need for this kind of show and it will be great to see the team up and running again.

I hope you have a few tricks up your sleeve for Gouldy Tony, he believe every word you say.

[tikay]

brilliant news, there is deffo a need for this kind of show and it will be great to see the team up and running again.

I hope you have a few tricks up your sleeve for Gouldy Tony, he believe every word you say.

The Fish Gouldy is in deep trouble, believe me.......

[Harmony26]

Sounds great - really looking forward to it.  All the best to all the team and crew.

[Delboy]

  Excellent news Tikay

Sounds like a lot of content. Is it a one hour show?

[tikay]

Excellent news Tikay

Sounds like a lot of content. Is it a one hour show?

No, half hour, but we talk fast.