If I was producing a poker show for a mainstream audience I couldn't think of a better commentator than Vicky Coren. So many attributes, but importantly she is a sublime and witty wordsmith who can build excitement and tension. People should realise she isn't providing a tutorial service but giving her opinions as she sees it. I don't know why she should be chastised for being confident about her views, I mean the fact that a woman can have determined opinions about poker on a mainstream show is a wonderful thing and good for the game overall. She is prob a better player than most of her audience and experienced more success than most of her audience so she is a perfectly qualified commentator for that audience. I always find it funny when snobby poker grinders worry that opinions can teach other people to play bad. I figure they must be very caring people underneath for worrying like that.
This in a nutshell.
How funny it is that people give their opinion in a forthright manner as if anything else must be ridic but then complain that someone being paid to provide comm/colour and excitement says it as she see's it.
Vicky is brill at what she does, plays good poker and is very very approachable for someone in her position.
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