Poker Week - the Final Showdown.

[celtic]

I have loved the show over the many weeks from around Europe.

But can you explain how DN "donked" off his chips in the 5 diamond classic when he ran KK into AA and then shoved with top pair + flush draw, on the flop and lost, as this appears as a little unlucky rather than bad play.

I accept that criticism, assuming your facts are correct. I never reserarched Danny's exit properly, and had been told he'd "donked off" a huge stack, & repeated it.

My bad.

 

[wormster]

I have loved the show over the many weeks from around Europe.

But can you explain how DN "donked" off his chips in the 5 diamond classic when he ran KK into AA and then shoved with top pair + flush draw, on the flop and lost, as this appears as a little unlucky rather than bad play.

I accept that criticism, assuming your facts are correct. I never reserarched Danny's exit properly, and had been told he'd "donked off" a huge stack, & repeated it.

My bad.

who told you that? 

[bobby1]

Sadly (for me) Poker Week completes it's 37 week run next week.

We had a Contract until the end of 2007 with Sky Bet, & it's function was primarily to give some content & substance to the early days of Sky Poker (Channel 846) on their Channel, & on Sky Sports.

The Contract was completed successfully, & as far as I am aware, Sky Bet were reasonably happy. But it's done it's job, & the situation has changed now. Sky Poker have grown up - it's, by any standards - a very successful Cardroom now, & few Cardrooms have experienced the Year One growth that they have.

Sky Poker have also now recruited "in-house" Staff to make shows, "The Club" has been added to the roster, "The Open" goes from strength to strength, (unbelievably, 1,000 runner TV Tourneys will arrive one night week in January), & other "In-House" Shows are scheduled for the Channel, too.

So that's that really.

The Production Company that makes Poker Week is Photo-Finish Productions, headed by Clive Lawrence, & he was also responsible for Poker Week's forerunner, Poker 425, which was the same team really. In day to day terms, Steve Meehan (wormster) pretty much did everything except supply the equipment & negotiate the Contracts. Steve & I did the Venue scheduling, & what did or did not appear in the non-Sky part of the Show was a Team Effort between Steve, Compo & myself.

We are currently talking to several potential sponsors, & although Contracts & stuff take some time to put together, we are optimistic that the Team will be back together again quite soon.  If I had to guess, I'd say March, but who knows? It's quite complicated, finding a Sponsor, agreeing Terms, negotiating for a scheduled "slot" - we are hoping to go terrestial TV this time - etc etc. One of the would-be Sponsors is keen to get started earlier, so we shall just have to see.

We recorded the Final two Shows yesterday, in a Studio/Edit Suite, as they are "Reviews of the Year", mainly clips from the Shows, with a bit of natter from Compo & myself in-between. The clips include snippets of interviews with the 4 WSOP Main Event Winners from 2003 to 2006, and indeed many other interviews.

The Team that travelled the Poker World was Billy Foley (Cameraman), Tim (Camera/Sound), Steve Meehan, (Producer & resident small person), Rhowena (interviews, editing, Hotel & Travel facilitator), the fish Compo, & myself.

We went to Vegas, Paris, Barcelona, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and just about every poker venue in England. All at Poker Week's expense, so not a bad gig for me.

I'd like to thank the Team, every one of them, & I've become particularly close to Compo & Steve thanks to having the privelege & pleasure of working with them. My oh my, we had a few tears but a shed-load of fun. To them all, my thanks go for putting up with me, my bad moods, my grumpyness in the mornings, my arriving late, my falling asleep, & my patently visible lack of TV talent. Somehow, they carried me, & I'll forever be in their debt. I just can't tell you how much fun it has given me to be part of that Show, & that Team.

I do hope some of you enjoyed the Show, & it showed that, really, we were just a bunch of poker geeks living the dream, making our "own" Poker Magazine TV Show. My Dad would have been as proud as punch of me, I sure am, no matter how good or bad the Show was deemed to be.
 
It really has been emotional.

good luck guys, I hope you get the deals done and the show back on TV soon.

[tikay]

Sadly (for me) Poker Week completes it's 37 week run next week.

We had a Contract until the end of 2007 with Sky Bet, & it's function was primarily to give some content & substance to the early days of Sky Poker (Channel 846) on their Channel, & on Sky Sports.

The Contract was completed successfully, & as far as I am aware, Sky Bet were reasonably happy. But it's done it's job, & the situation has changed now. Sky Poker have grown up - it's, by any standards - a very successful Cardroom now, & few Cardrooms have experienced the Year One growth that they have.

Sky Poker have also now recruited "in-house" Staff to make shows, "The Club" has been added to the roster, "The Open" goes from strength to strength, (unbelievably, 1,000 runner TV Tourneys will arrive one night week in January), & other "In-House" Shows are scheduled for the Channel, too.

So that's that really.

The Production Company that makes Poker Week is Photo-Finish Productions, headed by Clive Lawrence, & he was also responsible for Poker Week's forerunner, Poker 425, which was the same team really. In day to day terms, Steve Meehan (wormster) pretty much did everything except supply the equipment & negotiate the Contracts. Steve & I did the Venue scheduling, & what did or did not appear in the non-Sky part of the Show was a Team Effort between Steve, Compo & myself.

We are currently talking to several potential sponsors, & although Contracts & stuff take some time to put together, we are optimistic that the Team will be back together again quite soon.  If I had to guess, I'd say March, but who knows? It's quite complicated, finding a Sponsor, agreeing Terms, negotiating for a scheduled "slot" - we are hoping to go terrestial TV this time - etc etc. One of the would-be Sponsors is keen to get started earlier, so we shall just have to see.

We recorded the Final two Shows yesterday, in a Studio/Edit Suite, as they are "Reviews of the Year", mainly clips from the Shows, with a bit of natter from Compo & myself in-between. The clips include snippets of interviews with the 4 WSOP Main Event Winners from 2003 to 2006, and indeed many other interviews.

The Team that travelled the Poker World was Billy Foley (Cameraman), Tim (Camera/Sound), Steve Meehan, (Producer & resident small person), Rhowena (interviews, editing, Hotel & Travel facilitator), the fish Compo, & myself.

We went to Vegas, Paris, Barcelona, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and just about every poker venue in England. All at Poker Week's expense, so not a bad gig for me.

I'd like to thank the Team, every one of them, & I've become particularly close to Compo & Steve thanks to having the privelege & pleasure of working with them. My oh my, we had a few tears but a shed-load of fun. To them all, my thanks go for putting up with me, my bad moods, my grumpyness in the mornings, my arriving late, my falling asleep, & my patently visible lack of TV talent. Somehow, they carried me, & I'll forever be in their debt. I just can't tell you how much fun it has given me to be part of that Show, & that Team.

I do hope some of you enjoyed the Show, & it showed that, really, we were just a bunch of poker geeks living the dream, making our "own" Poker Magazine TV Show. My Dad would have been as proud as punch of me, I sure am, no matter how good or bad the Show was deemed to be.
 
It really has been emotional.

good luck guys, I hope you get the deals done and the show back on TV soon.

Thanks Phil.

I've always suspected it was Phil Quayle - "Bobby 1" - and/or Thewy who got me my first TV job, with Poker 425, which, eventually, was to change the whole course of my life, & saw my retirement plans go out of the window, & which has given me so much fun ever since.

So blame them if you are sick of seeing me on the telly, & wonder how an old buffer managed to land such a plum number..........

[Indestructable]

Shame, but we have been here before.
If i can make a suggestion please broadcast your show on channel 425. It saves people asking what is my poker 425 t shirt all about. 

[redsimon]

Pity the shows ending. I don't get skypoker as part of my ntl/virginmedia package so used to look forward to catching this on a Friday (when it was shown as per schedule, which was around 1 in 3 times!).

Does this mean you will have more free time in 2008 TK?

[kinboshi]

[cia260895]

OMG NO what will i watch now while the wife has the usual soap fest on???

[boldie]

what he said..pokerweek was the only show I always tried to catch on skypoker ...a real shame it's not going to be there next year

[Longy]

Pity i managed to catch it just about every week and as Red-Dog said its the only show on Tv that fills this particular niche. Hopefully it will be back in another guise soon.

[MAF]

I really enjoyed the show.  Good content every week and lots of interesting interviews.

I do hope we see it back on air (or something similar) soon.

[Laxie]

It was the only poker show I could watch when non-poker friends were over.  Even they enjoyed it and had a great laugh watching you lot at work.  Fingers crossed for a renewal of sorts...has to happen! 

[mickyp]

Poker week was the only poker programe that my wife didn't complain about having to watch !.It will be missed.

[tikay]

Pity the shows ending. I don't get skypoker as part of my ntl/virginmedia package so used to look forward to catching this on a Friday (when it was shown as per schedule, which was around 1 in 3 times!).

Does this mean you will have more free time in 2008 TK?

One of the potential sponsors to whom we are speaking broadcasts on the NTL/Virgin Media package.

More free time for me in 2008? Yes, I suppose it does, not thought about that really. Poker Week was not that time consuming really, because I never saw it as "work", more just fun really. It was as much fun recording Poker Week as it was playing the game, so for me, it's absence basically just gives me a wider range of choice as to where I go. Sky Poker seem to be giving me plenty of jobs at the moment, & they will be doing a lot more in 2008, including more "Live" days, perhaps 4 or 5, Virgin will doing 2 or 3, which I have been asked to be involved with, APAT remains very important & may require more of my time, & of course blonde takes up a lot of my time. Whether I remain in Poker for the whole of 2008 remains to be seen, however. I have boxes to tick, & time is marching on. At some stage, I gotta move on & get them boxes ticked. It would be an easier decision if I were not earning so much from the poker business I guess. Greed is a terible thing! But equally, so is hedonism, & I'm loving every minute. Let's hope I get the chance to choose.

I would like to have a bit more time on the "circuit", I've barely played in Mainland Europe for 3 years, & I do miss some parts of playing the better Events, which, currently, my Diary so rarely allows.

Decisions decisions....

[Dingdell]

Poker week is and was great but I'm sure you will be grateful for a break, your schedule is ridiculous for a retired person!! Stay in, catch up with Angel and get the chores done. I hate to think about your washing and ironing pile!