There are single table elimination matches at the start of each season with each episode. Each table is a group of 6 players, which compete against each other 2 or 3 times. Players are rewarded with points for finishing in the top places. After a few rounds of elimination matches, the players with the most points survive. The field gets down to 16, and each point accumulated during the elimination matches gives the player more starting chips in the next round. The final two rounds are heads-up matches.
Not only is it cool to be able to watch a tournament made up strictly of poker legends, but the playoff structure makes the event really interesting.
Watching the convoluted strategy that players often have to employ to advance to the next round is interesting. For example, at the player level, the top 2 point-earners advance from each 4-player table. They play two matches against the same players, so if a player finished in last in the first round, he would have to knock out the other players in an exact order to be able to advance. Since every match is shorthanded it serves up a lot of action.
The announcers are also knowledgeable and fairly humorous without being obnoxious. Out of 10, I give Poker Superstars a 9. You can check out a new episode weekly Sunday nights on Fox Sports. Celebrity Poker Showdown airs on Bravo and seems to be playing just about every night. Each show lasts 2 hours and winners or individual events go on to compete in championships later in the season.
This is easily my least-favorite poker show on television. The gameplay from 9 out of 10 of the celebrities is clueless, and it can be painful to watch for anyone who knows anything about poker.
I give some of them credit in that they seem to have actually studied the game before embarrassing themselves on TV, but most players are just terrible. The biggest shame may be the waste of Phil Gordon and Dave Foley. Phil Gordon is a highly respected poker professional and it must be painful for him to watch some of this play. Dave Foley was so great on Kids in the Hall and Newsradio , but what is he doing here? Out of 10, I give Celebrity Poker Showdown a 2.
Instead of filming actual tournaments on the circuit the network hosts these invitational events, which usually includes 6 pros. This particular incarnation pitted 3 poker veterans against 3 young stars. Poker Pros. Each tournament has an individual prize pool, or prizes for winners of a series of events. Of course, the format is No-Limit Holdem. You can catch reruns during late-night hours throughout the week.
I also like the commentary by Robert Williamson , but he can be a bit brutal on the players at times. The hosts could get a little more excited about bad beats and big wins. Instead, they seem to be more like play-by-play announcers without much emotion. Also, the themed match-ups are sort of strange. The Unabombers against the James Woods gang? It seems like a stretch. Also, why do they have to invite comedians to play poker? It just reminded me a bit too much of Celebrity Poker.
While this program started out well during the height of the TV poker boom the airings ended up being relegated to overnight Saturday time slots and usually only air once per week on syndicated channels like WGN or UPN. Each season, they host a championship event that draws the largest number of entrants. Ultimate Poker Challenge certainly belongs to the latter. While I like to see any new poker TV show make a go of it this show can get pretty dull. Also, this program puts less into the actual production, which sort of kills the dramatic effect.
To produce a low-budget program, they rely largely on advertising and it gets sort of invasive with big digital banners overshadowing the cards on the flop. Out of 10, I give Ultimate Poker Challenge a 5. You can usually catch new episodes late on Saturday nights. A lifelong poker player who moved online in , Josh founded Beat The Fish in to help online poker players make more-informed decisions on where to play and how to win once they got there.
St Patricks Poker. Cinco de Mayo Poker. More Games Solitaire. Video Poker. Word Search. More Games. Tens Or Better Online Poker. New Holdem Games. Poker Police. Master the Poker. New Poker Links. This network continues to serve dishes of poker as big and appealing as its sports offerings, and the poker is clearly not a side dish.
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Now, on any given night, viewers have their choice of numerous reality TV programs, featuring everything from celebrities living in a house to people doing outrageous stunts for cash. It was an hour-long show, which I knew I had to tape, for poker was seldom seen on TV. Now poker is on TV pretty much every day, with poker shows raking in solid ratings even though the events are seldom seen live.
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