http://www.pokernews.com/news/2006/10/poke...shana-hiatt.htm

Currently slated for a kickoff on Jan. 2nd, 2007, at 2:05 a.m. ET/PT

Mark

It looks like it will be good.

I won't tell you who won one of the events but Laak said in his article in Bluff.

1 reason I'll watch.

Top poker pros + Shana Hiatt = Great show. I'm so there.

Where do they film this poker show??

In an article in the lastest All In, it says the South Point Casino in Vegas.

http://www.fullcontactpoker.com/poker-foru...p;#entry1602176

yeah you already started a topic, but this one is the right forum even thought no one comes in here.


it's been on for 10 minutes and Sheiky has already clearly proven himself to be a giant sphincter yet again.

Who was teh commentator?

I liked how the players did most of the talking but there was someone else commentating.

If I'm not mistaken, I think I remember seeing Ali Nejad's name in the credits as the commentator.

is this the same guy from the wsop pay per view guy? I think it is but i can't remember.

Yeah, that's him.

I like the show. I mean other that HSP this is prob, the best cause of all the live hands and talking you get from the players.

so...Hellmuth was out of line it seems

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.................................................Gus just won. they both played good but i liked it better when it was six handed so we could hear all of the talk

I thought it was interesting showing more hands, and the obvious fact that neither Seed nor Hansen has any clue how to read the other. I don't remember how many times it went small raise or limp and then check the whole way down. Really kind of uneventful,and it showed me one thing- these guys play very, very tight. How many hands did Duke actually play?

Another weird thing was when she was counting her outs she had to be corrected, and Gus told her how many she actually had. She looked tired,no doubt,but shouldn't knowing your outs be kind of automatic? Then, the question is, how much does she really play? Not that I really care,but her play kind of reminded me of someone who hasn't played in awhile,and just decides to play tight and see what the cards bring. Nothing special.

shockingly, he seems to agree he was out of line, according to his website.

well, i'm sure he thought they were out of line when he was trying to make a big decision, but everybody else realized that they were doing nothing wrong.


It reminded me of poker superstars 3 when Phil went off on Matusow and said something like 'you can only talk if its about the weather"

The commentator is THE most annoying in the history of tele.

Gusdog, hair seems to be groing on the guy's heads, wtf.... seriously they need to do something bt tht...

I have to agree that its a very interesting show, but the commentator absolutely sucks. What was with him making bad jokes about Gus and Hucks hair growing?

Full Schedule
http://www.nbcsports.com/sports/511076/detail.html

Week of Jan. 1
Seat 1: Gus Hansen
Seat 2: Phil Hellmuth
Seat 3: Shawn Sheikhan
Seat 4: Annie Duke
Seat 5: Steve Zolotow
Seat 6: Huck Seed


Week of Jan. 8
Seat 1: Mike Matusow
Seat 2: Gabe Kaplan
Seat 3: David Grey
Seat 4: Doyle Brunson
Seat 5: Dr. Jerry Buss
Seat 6: Daniel Negreanu

World Champions' Week: Begins on Jan. 15
Seat 1: Chris Moneymaker
Seat 2: Jamie Gold
Seat 3: Johnny Chan
Seat 4: Chris Ferguson
Seat 5: Doyle Brunson
Seat 6: Carlos Mortensen


Week of Jan. 22
Seat 1: Sam Farha
Seat 2: Tony G
Seat 3: Mike Matusow
Seat 4: Phil Hellmuth
Seat 5: Phil Ivey
Seat 6: Andy Bloch


Week of Jan. 29
Seat 1: Phil Hellmuth
Seat 2: Jennifer Harman
Seat 3: Phil Laak
Seat 4: Erik Seidel
Seat 5: Antonio Esfandia
Seat 6: Doyle Brunson


Poker Analysts' Week: Begins on Feb. 5
Seat 1: Michael Konik
Seat 2: Phil Gordon
Seat 3: Howard Lederer
Seat 4: Chad Brown
Seat 5: Gabe Kaplan
Seat 6: Mike Sexton


Week of Feb. 12
Seat 1: Chris Ferguson
Seat 2: Clonie Gowen
Seat 3: Sam Farha
Seat 4: Gus Hansen
Seat 5: Ted Forrest
Seat 6: Tony G

Week of Feb. 19
Seat 1: Phil Ivey
Seat 2: Erick Lindgren
Seat 3: Jennifer Tilly
Seat 4: Patrik Antonius
Seat 5: Jennifer Harman
Seat 6: Phil Gordon


Week of Feb. 26
Seat 1: Mike Matusow
Seat 2: Allen Cunningham
Seat 3: David Benyamine
Seat 4: Barry Greenstein
Seat 5: Shawn Sheikhan
Seat 6: John Juanda


Ladies' Week: Begins on March 5
Seat 1: Clonie Gowen
Seat 2: Evelyn Ng
Seat 3: Dee Luong
Seat 4: Vanessa Rousso
Seat 5: Jennifer Harman
Seat 6: Cyndy Violette

i think the ladies week will be a bore. the table talk might be funny

was it me or did it seem like there were a lot of commercials during this episode?

120k daniel-nice!

Does anyone else find David Grey to be extremely annoying? He's always rambling about something but never really says anything interesting. And he always bemoans his bad luck, which is something we all want to hear.

BTW, nice job Daniel.

When is the directors cut?

Shanna says tune in tomorrow night for the directors cut, but its not on.

The Director's Cut episodes air earlier on Saturday. They air at 1:00am usually. Set it for longer though, cause sometimes it starts as late as 1:30a.

ok-thanks.

i'll make sure i watch it or DVR it saturday

(so is that Saturday morning, or Sunday morning?)

Man, my TiVo has been swamped lately with poker shows, especially Poker After Dark because there are six episodes a week. I'm not complaining though.

I am about a week behind in watching the show. The first week with phil and gus gave me a headache. I am watching the second week now and really enjoy it. I find gabe kaplan and david funny as hell. Did you guys notice david grey and the mouth wear the same type of necklace.

Another that has been said time and time again doyle is one amazing man. Before I always wanted to have lunch with babe ruth just to hear all of his stories but more and more I would just love to hear the stories that doyle would say. It's like every time a certain hand comes he has a story about it. He is like a personal history book. not too mention he just seems like a pretty nice guy.

the necklace is called a chai (sp). Jews generally wear them because it means 'life' and good luck. it represents the number 18

thanks for the info. dont run into a lot of jewish people in hawaii I guess.

hellmuth singing big pimpin was hilarious

"Mike and Tony are like those two muppets in the balcony."

Ivey is going to dominate. Matusow has played good however.

One of the better lines for the commentator.

Week of Jan. 29
Seat 1: Phil Hellmuth
Seat 2: Jennifer Harman
Seat 3: Phil Laak
Seat 4: Erik Seidel
Seat 5: Antonio Esfandia
Seat 6: Doyle Brunson


Who in this line up will be the one to set Hellmuth off? No Mouth or Sheiky

i know who wins-if you want to know, tell me

Did anybody else find the table toast to be incredibly surreal?
High Stakes Poker was my favourite show but this one is getting very intimate and fun to watch.

So my tivo didn't record last night's episode. Was it actually a re-run, or do I need to download it?

I have to say that this has been my favorite week so far, and I've caught all the episodes. The table banter is fun to watch and very playful. Some of the pestering and whining in past weeks has been pretty annoying. I have to say that Phil Laak has been very good for the show - the dynamic that he and Antonio have is good for TV. Not to mention, that call with Kings was sick.

The Laak-Esfandiari-Hellmuth dynamic definitely made the table more fun this week. The only wet blanket was Seidel (not that I hold it against him as a player).

reruns already?

At first I was a little disappointed, but now I'm ok with it. It's kind of hard keeping up with an hour long show that's on four times a week.

Mike Sexton and Shana Hiatt reuniting-how sweet.

I don't want to sound dumb, but what has Chad Brown commentated?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Brown_(poker_player)

He hosted the Ultimate Poker Challenge

Is anybody even watching this week's episodes? I watched the first one but couldn't get over how annoying most of them are, and how bad the play is. I'm not even gonna watch the rest of them.

The table chat is actually more interesting than a lot of weeks. Also, Kaplan and Brown are underrated. It's also interesting to see Konik playing for the first time (though he's getting owned).

They are all talkative, but in a different way than hellmuth or matusow. its like stories and jokes which is good

Konik was pretty pissed all week now he's happy and talking and singing.

The Stu Ungar and Jack Straus stories were awesome.

The play isn't any worse than what you see on non-blockbuster poker shows.
I'm just excited that its been new episodes after last week. Insomnia and poker go good together.