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Devise a show...
Imagine you are Sky Bruce. You've got the power to make TV shows for Sky Poker. They obviously tend to be about poker, but aside from that the world is your oyster.
What kind of show would you bring to Channel 861?
Who would you invite onto the show?
And - the million dollar* question - what would you name it?
* - obviously this is the million pound question: we play in pounds, not dollars.
Best three pitches win a seat into tomorrow night's £4,000 Rebuy Open. Entries close at 9am Wednesday. Go!
^ Bruce in his 861 office listening to another pitch for a show, this time from Neo. Woah.
Comments
"playing the field"
Basically have a well know player play an hour. or whatever, playing a format of the game (can be their specialist of favourite area) but have it in real time and get the person to talk about all their plays, thoughts on other players, notes they take, reasons for raises folds etc everything really. Prob need them to play two tables at the same time to avoid any long periods of little action. Even in the periods they're out of the hands would interest me i.e. what they make of the other players play etc. But basically not just a highlight reel of the most action packed hands I want to see it all lol
Could do set of programs "playing the field: SNG", "playing the field: cash", "playing the field: MTT"
Obviously famous poker players doing it would be a bonus!
What I would say is 2 analysts play The primo and mini say.
(forum comp on last longer of the two in both tourneys)
Analyse their hands and get them to go through their own thought processes. Get them to talk about others games at the table. (I know this wont be too beneficial for the 2 players playing as they may give things away but only has to be done every now and then with different analysts!)
I think you should call it "The Jackpot Head2Head!" If they go out they can just go onto mastercash tables. You will also need a presenter and a further couch sitter to present the show!
I think this would be great to get the presenters/analysts back on the site I miss the days I could play Hartigan at Omaha or run in to Tikay and orford in the DTD's and mains! This is what made me play on this site the chance to play with these great characters and poker players! Be nice to get that back!
- Live phone call players playing the main event that night.
- Guests off the forum. Playing in the studio/analysing hands.
- Bring back Ed
- Presenter v presenter/analyst hands as suggested above, (the 2 that r on that show)
- Intense hour of advanced strategy, similar to what you'll find on the various training sites. Not necessarily involving many hand histories. Stuff we have to pay for elsewhere, you can give us for free
This is the main one really, but also the least likely to get implemented. understandably.
You sign up to a training site and theres hours and hours worth of material that isn't ever touched upon on skypoker TV. It's obvious why, but I'ts my show. I'm devising it, that's what I want!
Format would be simple. Hour long show firstly starting with the basics and then going more in depth. Before finally branching out into PLO8.
With no screen shots available it would have to be done with real cards on a table with a camera facing down to show the cards and board. Firstly it could be done with random cards to discuss the basics and then with preloaded decks to set up scenarios to follow through.
As far as guests are concerned early on wouldnt be necessary. Someone like Tikay could handle it very easily and his knowledge would be more than enough to get people to learn the game. As more in depth plays are discussed then a guest could be brought in hopefully with a differing style to tikays to give options and alternatives.
The edict of the shows on the channel are to educate and i think this would sit rather nicely in the current line up. 1 Hour a week for a set run would make a pleasant and diverting change to the shows currently running.
And as to the name. 4 Cards to rule them all.
Regarding who you would invite yeh I would agree with the previous posts. I think someone like Tikay and others that have played in the wsop in omaha events, mixed with top regulars and team sky players. Im a big fan of Ryan Spittles I think he is an excellent analyst and Jen (sorry forget her surname).
The name? Omaheaven!
Big fan of omaha and would love if omaha in some form could be introduced.
Thanks
Ger
I mentioned this on a thread about the sky poker cash game.
It would be brilliant to involve sky poker players in a some shows, or a series of shows, for 3 reasons:
1) It would show that everyone can get involved at Sky poker, your normal person. Really a USP for Sky
2) It would make for great TV, everyone wants to root for the "underdog", also it would be interesting to see how a regular player would get on versus "pros".
3) It would give someone a shot at a higher level of game.
My format, sky stakes someone from the site (regular sky player) £1000 to play in the Cash game. Really build this up on the TV channell get a good buzz going about it, would be massive boon for the site.
The person selected would be a winning player at lower levels, so would have a very decent shot.
It could run like the loose cannon where player has 2 play x amount of hands, and after that time they can walk away with any profit.
Just a tweak to Cash game Format, that would be a big boost to the site. Play the Pro
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Also love dohhhhhhs idea of including more high level content on the show, for even a hour every week/ couple of weeks.
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Another great idea would be to introduce master cash 2p/4p cash tables.
Play from these tables could form the basis of a 1 hour session reaching out to new players, micro stakes players saying listen it's not all about the big cash games, this is the level where most people play on the site.
Contributors could be encouraged to write in with questions/ hand histories who otherwise might think it's not for them. This could be done along the lines of improve your play, get involved in the site like the other players playing right now. Where else would you see micro stakes getting publicised?
Title, Cash My Play
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An online stt featuring all spt winners of the previous 12 months or a mtt featuring all spt winners of all time,prize pool to be decided by sky.
Who would you invite onto the show?
spt winners
And - the million dollar* question - what would you name it?
keep the shows comming as some of these look great on paper.
"Poker AM" (or "Poker PM")
"Soccer AM" but for Poker. To include:
/> News, views, reviews from the world of poker;
/> Guests (range of celeb poker players, celeb non-poker players, Sky Poker players from on or off the forum);
/> Quick sketches;
/> Other short features, "Taxi" for example, where light hearted banter is directed to a particularly 'bad' exit hand (repping the nuts into the nuts, mis-clicks, anything fair game, just good fun, can see the presenters featuring on a few of these);
/> Just general light-hearted banter throughout really.
The main thing about this show is it's complete emphasis on fun.
Just thought of another show (if allowed 2 tries lol)
is the same as:
What kind of show would you bring to Channel 861?
An online stt featuring all spt winners of the previous 12 months or a mtt featuring all spt winners of all time,prize pool to be decided by sky.
Who would you invite onto the show?
spt winners
And - the million