calling Maria and Mrs C / 888.COM WOMENS UK POKER OPEN ON TV TONITE

[bobby1]

lol, Miss Perkins can play a bit too. I am wondering why in the heads up I fancied the lesbian comic and not the page three model. I am going to contemplate this for a while, i mentioned this to my wife who, as usual put me straight' but darling Fern Brittain is your ideal women'

nuff said

[Robert HM]

There's a counselling couch with your name on it mate 

[bobby1]

There's a counselling couch with your name on it mate 

Im on my way guv.

[Indestructable]

To quote Grub Smith on the show " You have to fancy Perkins".

[Claw75]

I started watching this last night and had to switch off.  This was supposed to be a serious women's poker event and there was no indication that the first broadcast of a 'celebrity' table was going to be a bit of a joke.  Great - bring in celebrities to get people watching, but why not make it a prerequesit that the celebs can actually play?  I fear that anyone who tuned in 'out of interest' last night won't be coming back for more and miss out on seeing the decent heats.

[AndrewT]

Unfortunately this is the way TV in general is going. Over the past year or so we've had: poker TV shows with celebrities who can't play poker, singing shows with celebrities who can't sing, dancing shows with celebrities who can't dance, an ice skating show with celebrities who can't ice skate etc etc. FFS we've even had Celebrity Mastermind with celebrities getting fewer correct answers on their 'specialist subject' than me sat at home watching it with no prior knowledge of what the subject would be.

TV is full of lazy, lazy commissioning people with no imagination. At least with specialist TV channels you've got a chance that the commissioners know their audience is more discerning and so will not necessarily need to dumb things down so much.

[tikay]

Unfortunately this is the way TV in general is going. Over the past year or so we've had: poker TV shows with celebrities who can't play poker, singing shows with celebrities who can't sing, dancing shows with celebrities who can't dance, an ice skating show with celebrities who can't ice skate etc etc. FFS we've even had Celebrity Mastermind with celebrities getting fewer correct answers on their 'specialist subject' than me sat at home watching it with no prior knowledge of what the subject would be.

TV is full of lazy, lazy commissioning people with no imagination. At least with specialist TV channels you've got a chance that the commissioners know their audience is more discerning and so will not necessarily need to dumb things down so much.

Andrew gets it spot-on again.

What IS it with these TV Execs? How STUPID are they? Can none of them think outside of the "formulaic" box?
 
The later, "proper" Heats, are terrific TV, I promise. But they have just lost 80% of their viewers before it got to the proper poker.

Add TV Execs to Estate Agents. Shoot them. Shoot them I say. Except the ones who employ me, who are, without exception, far-sighted & truly wonderful. Obviously.

[Trace]

I'm sooooooooo glad I watched America's Next Top Model instead of this now.

[I, Zimbra]

The concept runs smooth through the mind of a TV exec -

"Obviously, more untried and untested viewers are going to want to watch someone they might have vaguely heard of (Stephanie Beacham?) play poker, than someone they've never heard of - even if unknown pro player can actually play better.

So, we put the celebrity heat on first, to try and get new viewers; safe in the knowledge that the people who already know what poker's about will come back anyway next week to watch their favourite pros play."

[Indestructable]

i don't mind watching some of the celebrity poker shows as they can be quite entertaining, especially seeing bad plays.
One downside to this show was that I only recognised three of the celebrities and no idea who the others were. They did explain at the start of the show, but I was none the wiser.
With the heads up the two just looked fed up and moaned about how long it took and that they were tired/bored and didn't make a good show.
It can only get better.

[stallyon]

stick either of the 2 in the heads up against someone who knows what they're donig and it'd be a quicker match...lambs, slaughter, blood, carnage

[Indestructable]

Post amended as Teacake has deleted his.

[Teacake]

Not last night, but you may have given away her result in a future heat?

Good point my man, I've deleted the post 

[Jim-D]

BUMP!!

[bobby1]

In  a strange karma kinda way I think it is even funnier  that the line ups so far have been dreadful but  they have carted Clonie Gowan over from the US to commentate.

Did I hear right, there is 100k up for grabs?

If so that is a nice prize for good female poker players to play for, so why oh why oh why did they not get some to play in all the heats?