An Interesting Full House at the WSOP?

[Ginger]

I am shit at cooking, surely that makes me a mad cook.

I also can spot the tells as to when Brian is about to attack a policeman, a must for the house surely.

He's not joking Brian, he really can't cook!

[wsopin07]

I am shit at cooking, surely that makes me a mad cook.

I also can spot the tells as to when Brian is about to attack a policeman, a must for the house surely.

He's not joking Brian, he really can't cook!

maybe that will be the way I lose the extra 20 pounds

[Nakor]

need some more input

1) Do you want to see "poker talk" as far as talking about hands after the fact or talking about strategy before a comp??
2) what do you NOT want to see?
3) Is it about the every day grind or is it about the biggest comp of the year?
4) House competitions good or bad??
5) How many players would be enough?
6) Should there be guests staying in the house???
7) How much personal stuff do you want? Fights w/ girlfriend, $$$$ troubles, being drunk???  Being stupid???

Help us    

1) Yes - my main interest would be around how you all plan for 6 weeks solid poker.  How do you choose the events you will play?  Do you approach different Buy Ins in different ways ?  How do you learn from the failures ?  How do you react to the good days ? etc etc

2) For me non-poker related stuff.  This event has the eyes of the poker world upon it - let us see it from the inside.  But please not down to the level of "In our rank of hands we start with Ace High".

3) I assumed it was about being in the best condition you could be in for the biggest title of the year, and competing against the best players in the world - to make a living.  Isn't that your everyday ?

4) If real good. I assume you wont be able to show footage from actual events so would this not be the only way to get poker into the show ?  Couldn't you challenge other houses? (like the one Ariston mentioned)

5) Minimum 4 for serious Poker coverage - but 8 madmen wouldn't be to many.

6) Yes, Yes, Yes.  Me. I guess this is the chance to gain publicity - with names (celebs), but the idea of being a protege would get you alot of press in the poker world I am guessing.

7) I guess I want it 'warts and all'

Best of Luck to you all with this - I hope it works out well for you.
Sounds Fun.

PS - I am a Great Cook.

[elblondie]

Really like this idea, might actually start watching reality-TV for the first time ever then. Agree that you would need to spice things up a little, a few obvious things that would come to mind:

- follow one player each day through their tournament day, dunno if you can do stuff like showing hole-cards or something like that in retrospective, but maybe just get a few random highlights from the table (please, please, please get TonyG into this thing ..)
- maybe have a random novice in the house, too (how about a BPL tourney to decide on whom), who'll get stacked for a smaller tourney towards the end and gets the whole shebang with advice from the Pro's each night or something, basically a bit of a house (palace) protege. I think it'd make it more interesting because you could actually watch someone progress throughout the whole series, as well as seing the pros play (Let's face it, Blondie or Rookie aren't going to massively (visibly) improve in the four weeks or so that are the WSOP, at least not to the extent that viewers will be able to realise it ..).

love the idea of holding a tourney to get someone in...maybe just for a week or so

[The Baron]

Really like this idea, might actually start watching reality-TV for the first time ever then. Agree that you would need to spice things up a little, a few obvious things that would come to mind:

- follow one player each day through their tournament day, dunno if you can do stuff like showing hole-cards or something like that in retrospective, but maybe just get a few random highlights from the table (please, please, please get TonyG into this thing ..)
- maybe have a random novice in the house, too (how about a BPL tourney to decide on whom), who'll get stacked for a smaller tourney towards the end and gets the whole shebang with advice from the Pro's each night or something, basically a bit of a house (palace) protege. I think it'd make it more interesting because you could actually watch someone progress throughout the whole series, as well as seing the pros play (Let's face it, Blondie or Rookie aren't going to massively (visibly) improve in the four weeks or so that are the WSOP, at least not to the extent that viewers will be able to realise it ..).

love the idea of holding a tourney to get someone in...maybe just for a week or so

On blondepokerleague!

[ariston]

No point talking about a challenge the houses section as my house is for serious players only who are going out there to work- none of this TV malarky. However if you fancy a game I am sure we could arrange something for one of the off days (ie non of us playing that days event). For me the show should be warts and all and fall outs with girlfriends/partners etc are part of every poker players life. I would also like to see some poker insight (and not just "this muppet cracked my aces with xx"). I look forward to seeing this show as people who have never tried to be away for any length of time playing poker don't realise how tricky it can be- they think its all strip clubs/bars and general partying. Good luck with this Brian and if you need any help feel free to drop me a line (the idea of a cook is a stupid one in my oppinion- simply get a player in who is a good cook, me and yoyo are splitting the chefing duties in our house).

[Tonji]

IMO you need a WSOP newbie in the house, someone the viewers can relate to, show the nerves & stress they have playing in a major event. The dynamic between everyone in the house is vital if its to work & provide the drama & humour that makes good & interesting TV. No gimicks, thats just false. Keep it as real as possible.

[elblondie]

www.parisianpalace.net
Unbelievable.Unbelievable.Unbelievable.Unbelievable.Unbelievable...even by Chris Kamara standards

[wsopin07]

IMO you need a WSOP newbie in the house, someone the viewers can relate to, show the nerves & stress they have playing in a major event. The dynamic between everyone in the house is vital if its to work & provide the drama & humour that makes good & interesting TV. No gimicks, thats just false. Keep it as real as possible.

  thanks

[Ironside]

i think it would be a great idea better than big brother anyway

maybe we could have a "vote out the pro" and the winner gets there seat paid into the main event this would encourage a little lively action and temper tantrums

ok maybe no vote out the pro then but good idea anyway

[moritzey]

Think the WSOP novice would definately be a good idea. Either by competition beforehand or simply by selecting someone (me! me! me! me!), whom the viewers could sympathise with. Where can I apply?

[Ginger]

www.parisianpalace.net
Unbelievable.Unbelievable.Unbelievable.Unbelievable.Unbelievable...even by Chris Kamara standards

OK, sod Flushie, I can cook, and will bring pigtails!!

 

[Nakor]

www.parisianpalace.net
Unbelievable.Unbelievable.Unbelievable.Unbelievable.Unbelievable...even by Chris Kamara standards

Can I put my tent in the Garden - you wont even know I'm there Honest.

Amazing - who is honestly going to let you lot stay there.

[gatso]

Are you going to be able to set up fixed cameras in the house? People can be funny about this as it tends to involve screwing things into walls.

If you can't then you're relying on mobile camera crews which while it can appear more fluid tends to involve staging/reenacting a lot of situations as the crews can't be everywhere at once and this can remove a lot of the realism.

As for the catering, don't bother with a chef, just get yourself a film crew with a good catering company. I've spent a lot of time eating on film sets and some of the food that comes out of those catering wagons is superb, you won't need to bother with using your kitchen

[POB]

If you are soliciting the idea to networks they are going to want more control.  Including WHO is allowed in the house.  Be prepared to hold firm or make adjustments. 

It is a great idea and obviously the poker craze is in full effect in the states so I see it as a great segway to all the other reality shows.  However, you need to look into the legality of it being "your" show and idea instead of being rejected and having a network do their own similar show.

Not sure how much research you have done on this, but you will need themes, character development and motivation, sub-plots, etc.  It won't be enough to just take it to the network and say we have a bunch of drunk, partying, gamblers that want to be on tv.

Great idea - that I really think could catch on, but make sure you develop it completely.

- POB