William Hill Grand Prix semi final...Tuesday 10pm

[bobby1]

Morning all,

The semi final of the Grand Prix is on sky tv tonight.

Here is the line up.

Barny Boatman,
Ben Roberts,
Willie Tann,
Peter Costa,
Roy Brindley,
John Falconer
and Iwan Jones.

I *think* the first hand is something special, It depends on what footage has been kept for the doc as I havent seen the final cut of this show but make sure you tune in on time. Mr Kremser and I wanted to start with a bang.

This really is a fantastic heat with great poker being played and a very emotional ending.

I hope you enjoy it.

[booder]

BUMP

[lvlarc_uk]

BUMP

[Graham C]

Nothing special in the first hand - what did happen? 

Is this a recent tourney? 

[bobby1]

guys, ive stitched you up with the first hand, you will have to catch the doc, you will see what i mean then. its was filmed in October.

[Graham C]

what doc?

October?  Why are all these tele tourneys so old?   Surely someone must be interested in broadcasting something up to date?

[bobby1]

Silo, you would not believe how much work it takes to get the show to air.

[Graham C]

I'm sure it does but it is a shame they can't get live poker on more often, or at least events from the last week or so.

Still, I'm certainly not knocking it, getting poker on Sky Sports I would think is a big thing at the moment and it can only be good for the game that Sky are showing it on a regular basis.

Forgive my ignorance but do you work for William Hills, the tele company or were you playing?

[bobby1]

Hi Silo.

I helped organise the event and devised the player list. The tourney finished on Oct 26th and  I think aired on Jan 15th. I am told that a turnaround of 11 weeks is very quick.

Im glad you like the event. The point you make about live poker is valid, the costs and potential over run are very expensive. Due to the very friendly structure these heats lasted around 8 hours with breaks.The final is a three hour show and there is a tourney Doc which is shown after the final, which has some interesting( ok some pissed poker players) relaxing and building up to each heat.

[Nem]

I find Lucy Rokach's commentary very irritating and patronising. But apart from that the set look great and the program has been edited is very well.

[Graham C]

Great work in getting it organised.  It must be an achievement in itself getting all those player organised.  I haven't seen many of them but it's been enjoyable and it's a great line up.  I'll definatly watch the final though and the doc afterwards

[bobby1]

Hi Nemesis,

We hired Lucy because she is very straight and says what she see's. I have to admit that some of the comm is in my opinion a little ott, i know a couple of players have not been too happy with it. I know many good players like to hear Lucy commentate as they like her frankness but I do know what you mean.

[Sark79]

I find Lucy Rokach's commentary very irritating and patronising. But apart from that the set look great and the program has been edited is very well.

I must be honest, I have always thought this. 

I thought it was a sin to say it though on Blonde....lol

I like Barny Boatman and Gary Jones the best. They are really helpful in terms of explaining things. When they analyse a players game, they never patronise the guy.

[bobby1]

Cheers Silo

[AndrewT]

I like Barny Boatman and Gary Jones the best. They are really helpful in terms of explaining things. When they analyse a players game, they never patronise the guy.

There's a difference between patronising someone and criticising them. Many of these players have never had their play criticised in commentary before and it hits home and hurts because, well, some of them play very badly sometimes. In tonight's heat, Barny played liked a numpty in a few hands (though redeemed himself calling Roy's bluff with his KJ) and, in my opinion, Lucy quite rightly pointed this out.