Celebrity Poker Showdown?????

RAM_Eh

I really have to ask if anyone watches this show. I have to say the poker played on this show is terrible.

This comment is based on, in Toronto City TV has dropped the WPT in favour of this. IMO, this sucks.

Anybody else outraged enough to email them? programn@citytv.com

The only thing I see that is good about Celebrity Poker showdown is A) it is poker and Phil Gordon does a respectable analysis on the hands they are playing and how they should be played.

Just needed to vent!

Rob M.

ScottyZ

This comment is based on, in Toronto City TV has dropped the WPT in favour of this. IMO, this sucks.

I not sure that City has dropped the WPT. I think the WPT season they're currently showing simply ended. (Although I'm not too sure since I don't remember seeing the Season 2 final episode myself.)

ScottyZ

Iron

Are you sure they have dumped the WPT? I think the season they were showing ended (they a year or so behind the US networks I think) a few weeks ago and they have just been showing the Celebrity Poker since. If they didn't show the next season, then I'd be a little disappointed for sure... I don't have cable, so that's all I get.

EDITED to add that Scotty Z types much faster than I do obviously.

ol-stone-face

Dead Money wrote:

I really have to ask if anyone watches this show. I have to say the poker played on this show is terrible.

This comment is based on, in Toronto City TV has dropped the WPT in favour of this. IMO, this sucks.

Rob M.

The best review I read about Celebrity Poker Showdown is that it is "geared more towards Holly Homemaker than Frat House Freddie" or something along the lines.
Still better then most of the crud on TV today.

Best one liner was delivered in season one when "can't remember his name" busted out to Norm Macdonald on one of the first hands. He tells the host it felt like the first time he had sex and the host replied "Well you certainly did ejaculate your chips all over Norm Macdonald!" LOL

ScottyZ

lol... speed posting contest.

Although I haven't exactly fallen in love with Celebrity Poker myself, I don't hate it as much as many poker players seem to. I've seen a few surprisingly good plays here and there. However, it's often something like:

Celebrity A makes an amazing bluff, so that Celebrity B can't possibly call with only 3rd pair.

Celebrity B calls with only 3rd pair.

Unfortunately, in these kinds of hands it's usually hard to say if A's play is genius or recklessness, and if B's play is genius or calling stationness.

I think a great episode of CP would be celebs (other than "poker celebs") who happen to play poker well. (e.g. Ben Affleck, Tobey Maguire, etc.)

Iron

I find it hard to sit through a whole episode, but there are occasionally moments I dig on this show. In particular, because they are usually poker newbies they will often exhibit textbook perfect examples of common tells that you can spot a mile away.

Ionstorm

On CITY TV's website it says that the WPT will be back after the episodes of Celebrity Poker. I think it even gave a reason why that I cant currently remember.

ConfusedONE

Celebrity Poker Showdown...i'll give it -10/10

i'd rather watch the OC

Snowslide

ConfusedONE wrote:

i'd rather watch the OC

Oooohhhh BURN!!
Yeah, I agree . I kind get the impression that sometimes Phil Gordon is thinking, WTF was I thinking, agreeing to do this show with Dave Foley. Some of his comments are so lame, that the look on Phil G.'s face is like, "Would you please STFU!".
Haha.

Pokerman

Dead Money wrote:

I really have to ask if anyone watches this show. I have to say the poker played on this show is terrible.

This comment is based on, in Toronto City TV has dropped the WPT in favour of this. IMO, this sucks.

Anybody else outraged enough to email them? programn@citytv.com

The only thing I see that is good about Celebrity Poker showdown is A) it is poker and Phil Gordon does a respectable analysis on the hands they are playing and how they should be played.

Just needed to vent!

Rob M.

Haha.. I must agree with you. But think about it this way, if they don't make a mockery of the Holy game of POKER, they CAN'T raise enough money for the poor and the needy. In some cases, they do play a couple of good hands and in some, lol.. they CAN'T play.. For the love of POKER and the love of mankind.. lol.. i think we should just sit back and enjoy the SHOW a bit..

Pokerman

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BrentMoreau

i believe it is one of the most annoying shows i have ever seen. period. i cant stand it. citytv is airing it because season 2 has ended on the WPT and dont expect season 3 for some time, as it hasnt even started airing on travel in the states. and lerave the OVC outta this argument! lol

RAM_Eh

Reply from CitytV:

"We do hope to acquire Season 3, but can't make any promises at this time."

Rob M.

garro

I love Celebrity poker for 2 reasons (at least anything from season two on).

Dave Foley is funny and the Commentary is interesting to listen to. Plus because it is celebrities my wife watches it with me and I "don't" have to go watch poker on the bedroom TV because she is watching "White Trash people beat up on other White Trash people" (yes she is a talk show TV Junkie to my shame).

I do agree the poker is bad, bad, bad. However have seen season 1 thru 4 I can tell you that the playing has gotten better.

DJP

ScottyZ wrote:

However, it's often something like:

Celebrity A makes an amazing bluff, so that Celebrity B can't possibly call with only 3rd pair.

Celebrity B calls with only 3rd pair.

I'm just glad I wasn't drinking anything when I read this. lol And I do watch it, more for the comedy though, not the poker skill.

ConfusedONE

Snowslide wrote:

Oooohhhh BURN!!
Yeah, I agree . I kind get the impression that sometimes Phil Gordon is thinking, WTF was I thinking, agreeing to do this show with Dave Foley. Some of his comments are so lame, that the look on Phil G.'s face is like, "Would you please STFU!".
Haha.

LOL hey Dave Foley would you please

Pigga

Can we get a chip Count?


soooooooooo bad......mostly washed up ppl with the occasional big stars/actual players (only one that comes to mind is affleck from season 1 of CPS)

ConfusedONE

Pigga wrote:

Can we get a chip Count?


soooooooooo bad......mostly washed up ppl with the occasional big stars/actual players (only one that comes to mind is affleck from season 1 of CPS)

yeah who are those peeps? LOL guess they don't have anywhere better to go
or any gigs going on...

maybe this is the only way they can get on tv again LOL

ScottyZ

For discussion:

"Celebrity Poker Showdown can be a useful poker learning tool in terms of understanding the psychology and behaviours which motivate amatueur and/or semi-serious players' poker decisions."

ScottyZ

ConfusedONE

no football yesterday so i actually watched the whole thing :eek: kinda
well played some poker too but didn't do too well :frown:
Jennie Garth was on the show :biggrin:

Yorkpoker

I tried to watch it but it hurts. I have a hard enough time watching the pros play... but actors?

*sigh*

Maybe they'd script some decent lines. Or teach them the game.

Lamb_of_john

i have read phil gorodns book. it was amazing. very helpful. it doesnt really go into the mathematics, it basicly just tells you all the best books to read and how to make moves fomr low-limit to high-limit, and all sorts of useful tips.

great for beginners (come on admit it, yiou're a beginner )

thanks,
johnny

Pokerman

I think the whole celebrity Poker showdown serves 2 purposes. One, as I mentioned before, raises money for the poor and the needies, which quite frankly is a good thing. Two, like Scotty said, as a tool for the newbies to get a feel of what is POKER even though most of them can't play a decent hand. But I also think that through this celebrity event, it promotes and takes the game of poker even further. Even if you do not like poker or do not know what POKER is, you'd watch the celebrities you like making fool of themselves on TV. Eventually, you'd be wanting to play a couple of hands of poker with your friends. ... Nice promotional program for this game! Go get them, tiger!