I'm officially a member of the PPL???
The title above is stolen from Daniel Negreanu's journal.
It is here; take a read and come back:
http://www.fullcontactpoker.com/poker-journal.php?subaction=showfull&id=1159395353&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&
This thing is so wrong. What did you learn? Well, it looks like it will be 8 SnG shootouts. This child of online poker rooms is popular; it is my choice for games. I sit at one and either win a couple of bucks or get carried off on my shield. Why do I like it? It is a defined game with a known win loss ratio that I find acceptable. It may or may not be poker in the next guys eye. I know a high limit friend (_Fil) kicks sand in my forum posts over it 'not being poker' but it works for a lot of people
OK, how about the PPL version? Well, that is interesting. But, lets do some lead-in first.
TV Poker really got started with the WPT. It is another form of 'Reality TV' where a situation is provided and people try to make the virtual kill on the other guy. The WPT even gets the players to put up the cash where 'Survivors Vanalu' or whatever gets a real network to put up the prize. On screen we see coniving little rats we can root for in surviving the hell hole of the season and their manufactured problems. We know in the background there is a camp for the camera guys and all the rest where they eat nice meals and sleep on nice beds with EMT and a copter to get them across into the reasonably nearby civilization.
So, back to Daniel Negraneau and his Journal. Evidently he and others have been working on this and how is it described?
There will be:
- A draft meeting ala Fantasy Baseball
- The Venetian building the 'theater'
- A 'Network deal' that is 'done'
- A lot of little surprises in store
- Production values that are now in place
In China they have the Year of the Dragon etc. In poker it looks like this year is The Year of the Agent. Soon the eight 'Team Captains' will meet to draft their players. This will take place under the lights instead of Joe Willy's basement with pizza and beer for the gang. After all, we have 'production values' to consider. And there will be scripting instead of sharks in the water for the coniving gay guy's ad libs.
The hope and prayer for all this is that--even with the 'little surprises' we get to see some decent poker. Truth be told there isn't a lot of that on TV. The WPT has been production driven from the git-go. Gimick abound from Fred Willard to poker in a downtown Vegas fish bowl. And here comes another 'concept driven' poker show. Welcome to the poker world of Newton Minnow.
To bad they didn't consult with me. I have some great little surprises they could throw in.
- Make Chris "Jesus" Ferguson play strapped to a cross
- Put a gun in Doyle Brunson's crutch to blast any player calling hand.
- Play with Mike 'The Mouth" Matusow's meds to make for a real surprise.
- Make Howard 'The Professor' Lederer diagram his hands on a blackboard.
- Give Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott some badly prepared Fugu.
- Had an idea for Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi but don't think all the blood would get by the censors.
This thing looks like it could be more embarrassing than Celebrity Poker. Why? Well, the manufactured reality is really overshadowing the real reality of the reality genre's production value reality of TV reality that, in reality, ... Well, you get the idea...
It is here; take a read and come back:
http://www.fullcontactpoker.com/poker-journal.php?subaction=showfull&id=1159395353&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&
This thing is so wrong. What did you learn? Well, it looks like it will be 8 SnG shootouts. This child of online poker rooms is popular; it is my choice for games. I sit at one and either win a couple of bucks or get carried off on my shield. Why do I like it? It is a defined game with a known win loss ratio that I find acceptable. It may or may not be poker in the next guys eye. I know a high limit friend (_Fil) kicks sand in my forum posts over it 'not being poker' but it works for a lot of people
OK, how about the PPL version? Well, that is interesting. But, lets do some lead-in first.
TV Poker really got started with the WPT. It is another form of 'Reality TV' where a situation is provided and people try to make the virtual kill on the other guy. The WPT even gets the players to put up the cash where 'Survivors Vanalu' or whatever gets a real network to put up the prize. On screen we see coniving little rats we can root for in surviving the hell hole of the season and their manufactured problems. We know in the background there is a camp for the camera guys and all the rest where they eat nice meals and sleep on nice beds with EMT and a copter to get them across into the reasonably nearby civilization.
So, back to Daniel Negraneau and his Journal. Evidently he and others have been working on this and how is it described?
There will be:
- A draft meeting ala Fantasy Baseball
- The Venetian building the 'theater'
- A 'Network deal' that is 'done'
- A lot of little surprises in store
- Production values that are now in place
In China they have the Year of the Dragon etc. In poker it looks like this year is The Year of the Agent. Soon the eight 'Team Captains' will meet to draft their players. This will take place under the lights instead of Joe Willy's basement with pizza and beer for the gang. After all, we have 'production values' to consider. And there will be scripting instead of sharks in the water for the coniving gay guy's ad libs.
The hope and prayer for all this is that--even with the 'little surprises' we get to see some decent poker. Truth be told there isn't a lot of that on TV. The WPT has been production driven from the git-go. Gimick abound from Fred Willard to poker in a downtown Vegas fish bowl. And here comes another 'concept driven' poker show. Welcome to the poker world of Newton Minnow.
To bad they didn't consult with me. I have some great little surprises they could throw in.
- Make Chris "Jesus" Ferguson play strapped to a cross
- Put a gun in Doyle Brunson's crutch to blast any player calling hand.
- Play with Mike 'The Mouth" Matusow's meds to make for a real surprise.
- Make Howard 'The Professor' Lederer diagram his hands on a blackboard.
- Give Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott some badly prepared Fugu.
- Had an idea for Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi but don't think all the blood would get by the censors.
This thing looks like it could be more embarrassing than Celebrity Poker. Why? Well, the manufactured reality is really overshadowing the real reality of the reality genre's production value reality of TV reality that, in reality, ... Well, you get the idea...