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Title: The Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports on Monday
Post by: Des on January 05, 2008, 17:11:48 PM
The Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports on Monday
           


The world"s poker elite were personally invited by sponsor Full Tilt Poker to the plush Fifty Casino in London last year to take part in the Million Dollar Cash Game, one of the biggest ever cash games to take place on British soil
           

http://uk.pokernews.com/news/2008/1/million-dollar-cash-game.htm
           
Title: Re: The Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports on Monday
Post by: kinboshi on January 05, 2008, 20:29:53 PM
Ooooh, that looks good!
Title: Re: The Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports on Monday
Post by: APAT on January 05, 2008, 21:09:25 PM
everytime I see you post Daniel, I am overcome with this urge to respond "O-Rly".  Weird, huh?
Title: Re: The Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports on Monday
Post by: UKChamp on January 05, 2008, 21:14:00 PM
I hope its a good as "High Stakes...", thats the best thing on TV!
Title: Re: The Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports on Monday
Post by: UKChamp on January 05, 2008, 21:15:47 PM
Anyone know whos hosting/analysing?
Title: Re: The Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports on Monday
Post by: kinboshi on January 05, 2008, 21:18:49 PM

everytime I see you post Daniel, I am overcome with this urge to respond "O-Rly".  Weird, huh?


(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/orly.gif)
Title: Re: The Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports on Monday
Post by: Waz1892 on January 05, 2008, 21:24:59 PM
if i"d a know the discussion on daniels pic was on here.......( please refer to the major debate thread!!!)

it was on You"ve been framed this evening!!
Title: Re: The Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports on Monday
Post by: APAT on January 05, 2008, 21:27:47 PM

if i"d a know the discussion on daniels pic was on here.......( please refer to the major debate thread!!!)

it was on You"ve been framed this evening!!


O-Rly?!?
Title: Re: The Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports on Monday
Post by: kinboshi on January 05, 2008, 21:45:39 PM
(http://imatt.us/mt/archives/orly.JPG)
Title: Re: The Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports on Monday
Post by: biffa85 on January 05, 2008, 22:13:19 PM
booked in on my sky+, thank you. ;D
Title: Re: The Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports on Monday
Post by: Chelsea on January 05, 2008, 23:13:45 PM
O"Reilly
Title: Re: The Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports on Monday
Post by: hi_am_chris on January 06, 2008, 00:14:37 AM
Looking forward to seeing the big pot with ivey and antonius  ;)
Title: Re: The Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports on Monday
Post by: GiMac on January 09, 2008, 16:34:59 PM
Wasn"t too impressed, in fact switched over after the $233k Tony G vs Phil Ivey hand. Poorly produced, poor format, poor sound, not really exciting play (apart from the amounts involved), players very subdued, overall 2/10.   ::)


p.s. Can I play on Phil Ivey"s table? What a calling station. lol.
Title: Re: The Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports on Monday
Post by: tumblet on January 09, 2008, 16:45:34 PM

Wasn"t too impressed, in fact switched over after the $233k Tony G vs Phil Ivey hand. Poorly produced, poor format, poor sound, not really exciting play (apart from the amounts involved), players very subdued, overall 2/10.   ::)


p.s. Can I play on Phil Ivey"s table? What a calling station. lol.

Title: Re: The Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports on Monday
Post by: lukybugur on January 09, 2008, 16:52:30 PM
Agreed, I wasn"t too impressed either. Maybe I"ve been spoiled in the excitement department recently with High Stakes Poker Season 4. $5 Million on the table and the 72 game - now that"s the kinda Poker I want to watch!!!

If you haven"t seen it already, http://www.pokertube.com/SearchMovies.aspx?FreeText=high%20stakes%20poker%20s04

Title: Re: The Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports on Monday
Post by: hi_am_chris on January 09, 2008, 16:57:32 PM
Would it be a better show with 6 max table? should be a better show now brian townsend is at the table
Title: Re: The Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports on Monday
Post by: kinboshi on January 09, 2008, 20:32:37 PM
I enjoyed it.  It"s cash, so there are going to be lots of phoney wars before the massive hands.

I thought Antonius played very poorly (and got lucky).  But he is a handsome chap, and has a nice watch.  Ivey also made a shocking call.

I thought Tony G was playing well, and so was Jesus. 

Tell you something though, that 50 Club is a bit of a dive isn"t it... ;D
Title: Re: The Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports on Monday
Post by: AMRN on January 09, 2008, 20:36:38 PM
Expected a lot more - not nearly as thrilling as High Stakes used to be.

Considering he"s supposedly one of the best players in the world, Phil Ivey was all over the place. Very loose play, with some strange calls..... and isn"t there a rule about keeping your chips properly stacked??
Title: Re: The Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports on Monday
Post by: UKChamp on January 09, 2008, 21:07:19 PM
I was a bit underwhelmed too.

But the reality is that thats cash games to a tee. Its not an MTT where the structure dictates. The numbers of hands played were really quite few considering, these kind of shows get better as they progress, so i expect future episodes to be better as we understand the table dynamic leading up to that point. The only people mixing it up really were Ivey and Lindgren. Cunningham did impress me tho and TG was pretty unlucky.

I always think with these kind of shows, a great addition would be to have the players provide a retrospective commentary over the recording, to backup the real time commentary and explain the rationale/logic behind the decisions made at the time. That would be a seriously valuable to watch.
Title: Re: The Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports on Monday
Post by: lukybugur on January 09, 2008, 21:12:17 PM

I thought Antonius ... handsome chap, and has a nice watch.


Twas a nice one eh? The Breitling Navigator that was so big you could almost tell the time on it from over the dealer"s shoulder - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Breitling-Navitimer.jpg

Yeah OK, I"m sad ...  :)
Title: Re: The Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports on Monday
Post by: kinboshi on January 09, 2008, 21:17:42 PM
It wasn"t a "standard" one though. 

My boss has that one, and Paddy"s was a notch or two above.  A bit of bling added.
Title: Re: The Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports on Monday
Post by: lukybugur on January 09, 2008, 21:20:21 PM
How on earth can he afford it though ...  :-\

;D
Title: Re: The Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports on Monday
Post by: kinboshi on January 09, 2008, 21:24:00 PM
He is too good-looking to be a poker player though.  They should all look like Tony G (no offence to the fella of course ;D).

Title: Re: The Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports on Monday
Post by: lukybugur on January 09, 2008, 21:39:12 PM
Referring to him as "Paddy" makes him sound significantly less attractive ...  ;D
Title: Re: The Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports on Monday
Post by: GiMac on January 10, 2008, 13:48:44 PM
I just thought the overall production was poor, with cr@p camera angles, overcrowded table, no sound quality to speak of, poor setting, lighting, even down to the graphics showing the hole cards, poor hand selection, jeez I could go on.

When I watch Cash Game Poker on TV I don"t want to see the "reality" of grinding out a cash game I want to see personalities clashing, big hands, big pots, lots of talk, etc etc. My mums rice pudding skin had more perosnality on show than the players did on Monday night.  ::)
Title: Re: The Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports on Monday
Post by: UKChamp on January 10, 2008, 13:50:54 PM
Tad harsh
Title: Re: The Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports on Monday
Post by: GiMac on January 10, 2008, 17:45:47 PM

Tad harsh



I presume you mean on the rice pudding skin?  ;)