Wow, why on earth did they play so fast? I know it's Edited, but with plenty of chips, an all-in with J-9 called by Q-7, what's that about? And the Final Hand, as far as I could see, they were level on Chips, & it all went in with A-9 v A-6! Maybe that's why I'm so crap at Heads-Up! All I saw was biff-baff stuff, not much subtlety or flop play.
The camerawork was excellent, & the Commentary Duo of Mother Hen &
Joe Beevers was as good as it gets, both of them very sharp & concise, well done them. I hope they get paired together in more commentary stuff, they made the Show for me.
Only two downsides.
1) Why use
Vicky Coren for the various talk overs? I thought that the Shauna Hyatt eye-candy thing was behind us, but no, the dumbing down continues, & it's seemingly obligitary to have a Female involved just for the sake of it. She may as well have commentated the thing properly - she commentates absolutely fine - but the role they gave her demeaned her talent, & demeaned women. Grrrr......
2) I've already said that Simon & Joe commentated just beautifully. But we DO want to hear the table chatter & banter, & via the wonders of an Editing Suite, we could have had both. Instead, we strained to hear the Table banter over the Commentators, with the voices merging over each other. Plain daft.
That apart, excellent viewing, & almost as good as TV Poker gets these days. I'm sorry to say that the Yanks do it better, with the WSOP & WPT coverage etc, but this side of the water, LNP continues to rule. It's not easy, filming "made for TV Poker" I guess, but I much prefer the real thing to artificial studio poker. I guess it's horses for courses, & many enjoy that sort of thing. I could actually enjoy it, if we could just hear the Table Chat properly. I just hope Matchroom take note with their upcoming stuff - we want to hear the players chat - please!
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