I liked Gabe as well, but I think Norm should bring some refreshing comments to the show.
As an aside, I have really liked Joe Stapleton on the Big Game Loose Cannon show... I thought that he laid out some of the pros strategies and thought processes very well and was relatively entertaining.
Thumbs down to Gabe leaving the show, I find the guy very funny and he knows the game inside and out.
even more thumbs down to Norm "I'm really not an ounce funny" MacNasal . How long before we get a "he needs an Ace here but who cares? crystal meth is alot more fun and only some strippers have vaginal herpes" type of joke?
COME ON GSN!! Norm MacDonald? Are you fucking kidding me?
Gabe with Aj Benza (spelling?) was funny. I think Gabe needed a punching bag to belittle every now and again to be entertaining.
Gabe without Aj was like watching a glass of water evaporate. Anyone remember when Welcome Back Kotter ran for a season or two with just his wife as they'd split up or something in the storyline? It wasn't funny at all.
Not that a poker show needs to be funny, but it adds something that makes it MORE entertaining to watch.
I have no idea who this new guy is, but don't expect it to be entertaining.
In terms of poker on tv, the Big Game has replaced hsp for me completely.
I don't watch too much poker on TV anymore. Except for the WSOP when it is on. I sit there with my finger on the MUTE Button as I can't stand the guy ( What's his name) and his silliness.
12 of the greatest players in the world, This was the beginning of PREMIER POKER and just prior to the start of listening to Jessie May Giggle for 2 hours
(PUKE) and where did they dig up these so called "12 GREATEST POKER PLAYERS. C'mon.
12 players who should be on this show are the 12 who actually WIN Championships on a regular basis or final table . These IMO are the best in the world. Not Annie Duke, Vicky Coren and Ian Frazer.
I liked the WPT broadcasts, Sexton and Van Patten are great and more times than not the final tables were more than colorful to watch.
I've loved hsp from day 1 but season 7 with ps buying it up probably telling gabe to beat it for someone cheaper ie norm not funny macdonald (he used to be funny 10 years ago)...I have a feeling its gonna just die, big game and pad cash game are good enough, imho poker needs a tv cash game that's NOT owned by the big 2 then everyone can't be on it, everything else seemed fixed....I know its not but you don't get everyone.....all I'm looking forwards to with season 7 is johnny chan but I'm not sure that's enough to save it
I can agree with getem here. Poker on TV needs a re boot. lol I was watching the FT Doubles Championship on Sportsnet just now. Annie (Puke) Duke shoved with Big Slick Suited and Erik Lindgren along with his partner Phil Gordon called with 9-7 os. SICK . They hit the nine on the flop and Annie and her partner are gone. I turned it off.
Poker shows are all show. You get sick of watching the same players over and over. A show with a bunch of 1-2 grinders would be just as entertaining. Even some of the cash games that go on at all of our House tournaments have more entertainment value.
Wait wait!!!! Home games entertainment??? GAH I gotta go buy a camera get it on tv!!!!! Buzzards tour, I'm sure that's a pick up lol.....even so I still agree poker tv is rough, something fresh is needed how to ger it paid and on tv is the issue
Yeah, I'd have to put Gabe wayyy above Norm MacDonald as host. Norm MacDonald has never really been funny and while Gabe can get a little 'cheesy' it's in good fun and enjoyable. Norm will just be boring as hell....plus he comes off as kind of angry.
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As an aside, I have really liked Joe Stapleton on the Big Game Loose Cannon show... I thought that he laid out some of the pros strategies and thought processes very well and was relatively entertaining.
even more thumbs down to Norm "I'm really not an ounce funny" MacNasal . How long before we get a "he needs an Ace here but who cares? crystal meth is alot more fun and only some strippers have vaginal herpes" type of joke?
COME ON GSN!! Norm MacDonald? Are you fucking kidding me?
+1:)
I love listening to him.
I think it's a poker thing.
Gabe without Aj was like watching a glass of water evaporate. Anyone remember when Welcome Back Kotter ran for a season or two with just his wife as they'd split up or something in the storyline? It wasn't funny at all.
Not that a poker show needs to be funny, but it adds something that makes it MORE entertaining to watch.
I have no idea who this new guy is, but don't expect it to be entertaining.
In terms of poker on tv, the Big Game has replaced hsp for me completely.
12 of the greatest players in the world, This was the beginning of PREMIER POKER and just prior to the start of listening to Jessie May Giggle for 2 hours
(PUKE) and where did they dig up these so called "12 GREATEST POKER PLAYERS. C'mon.
12 players who should be on this show are the 12 who actually WIN Championships on a regular basis or final table . These IMO are the best in the world. Not Annie Duke, Vicky Coren and Ian Frazer.
I liked the WPT broadcasts, Sexton and Van Patten are great and more times than not the final tables were more than colorful to watch.
He was a good host for HSP, but definitely needed a foil.
Norm MacDonald must have pix of the producers with small farm animals. He is NOT funny.
Poker shows are all show. You get sick of watching the same players over and over. A show with a bunch of 1-2 grinders would be just as entertaining. Even some of the cash games that go on at all of our House tournaments have more entertainment value.
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