Author Topic: Poker on TV is boring  (Read 1493 times)

Offline idolminds

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Poker on TV is boring
« on: Friday, January 12, 2007, 09:27:24 PM »
Before I go to bed I watch a little TV..just flip stations and see whats on. For the last week I've noticed "Poker After Dark", some NBC poker show.

I've come to the conclusion that there is no way to televise a card game in an interesting way. Who watches this shit?

Offline Antares

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Re: Poker on TV is boring
« Reply #1 on: Friday, January 12, 2007, 09:33:41 PM »
What I don't understand is that every station under the sun feels the need to have at least one poker show.  Enough already.  The fad is over.

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Re: Poker on TV is boring
« Reply #2 on: Friday, January 12, 2007, 09:55:31 PM »
It's over, really?  Thank God.

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Re: Poker on TV is boring
« Reply #3 on: Friday, January 12, 2007, 10:04:40 PM »
It's not over.  Trust me.  It will be, and it's getting there, but it isn't yet.

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Re: Poker on TV is boring
« Reply #4 on: Friday, January 12, 2007, 10:16:19 PM »
It won't be long.  Pop Culture will turn on it soon.

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Re: Poker on TV is boring
« Reply #5 on: Friday, January 12, 2007, 11:02:37 PM »
It's still a pretty common game.  And casinos still have rooms that play Texas Hold'em.  I don't think it'll be over anytime soon. 

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Re: Poker on TV is boring
« Reply #6 on: Friday, January 12, 2007, 11:07:13 PM »
What is worse are the commentary people. Their attempts to make the thing exciting sound so fake and bother me.

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Re: Poker on TV is boring
« Reply #7 on: Friday, January 12, 2007, 11:11:15 PM »
I don't think that it will be over anytime soon, but the craze has definitely worn off. I used to watch them when they started, and it was interesting, but I tried to watch one lately and it was boring as hell. I don't understand how people can watch that for any significant period of time.