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Here's the new rules...
Round 1:
A 40 minute session on a 6-handed Mastercash table. The player who finishes with the most money receives 1 point.
Round 2:
Players compete side by side to build the tallest single chip tower in 30 seconds. The person with the tallest gets 2 points.
Round 3:
Heads up! 1-on-1 in a 40 minute heads up sit and go. The player with the most chips at the end of the round receives 3 points.
If scores are tied at 3-3, a tiebreaker question will decide the winner.
And here's Anna putting all that a lot better...
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So a new format for our weekly Sky Sports show starts tonight!
We're calling it the...
It still starts at 10pm on Sky Sports 4 in the same studio and everything. But...we're changing the rules. (See the post below for more details.)
Each week will see one of our roster of pros take on a recreational player. And here's tonight's first ever fight card! -----------------------------------------------------Ladieeeeeees and gentlemennnnnnnnnn!
Tonight- it's...
THE BLAZE ON THE BAIZE!
Your host...
Richard Orffffffford!
@richard_orford
In the pro corner...
Irish Open Winner....Ian Simpppppson!
@IanSimpsonPoker
Versus... in the celebrity corner...
The fella off Soccer AM and Fantasy Football Club...
Max Rushhhhhdennnnn!
@maxrushden
And your referee? The Ancient One himself...
Tony 'Tikay' Ken-dallllllllllllllllll!
PPS Not serious about the law suit (although if you do want to settle out of court I'm open to offers)
I think I tried replying to a similar post of your's once before but you gave up on me. If I remember the general thrust was you would prefer things to go back to how they were. I'll have a go at replying again anyway...
I think you are correct. There is probably a good chance that very few people subscribe to Sky Sports solely to watch the two hour poker show. Many also probably don't pay just for speedway, "Tight Lines", the NFL, "Inside Sailing" or the WWF.
BskyB are a totally separate company to Sky Betting and Gaming and I know that SB & G are pretty pleased that SskyB give them a great two hour slot every week on Sky Sports. The show gets between 30,000 and 50,000 viewers each time and both parties seem very happy with this.
I'm a big fan of Redmond and I'm sure everyone was sad that he didn't want to do more shows. I'm not sure what cn be done about that. Should we kidnap him?
I've now read your post three times and it seems very clear that you don't like the show and you won't be watching (although if you don't subscribe and never have I wonder how you've seen it). That is perfectly fine though. If everyone loved it and watched then the viewing figures would be 50m+ but it's not possible to appeal to everyone.
My confusion is simply this...if you have zero intention of ever watching and you think it's "lost all credibility" then why do you care what channel it's on?
I gave up on watching Eastenders when Pauline Fowler died. At that stage my interest in how many shows they had a week and what time they were shown instantly ended.
i reckon the ambo is off for a meeting at anfield
Feeling really rough now. Keen to see how the new format goes though. I once played Max Rushden in the Poker Million a few years ago. He played pretty well and certainly knew poker...he wasn't a total novice by any means.
Although bragging rights were short lived, Sunday night at live game had a bit of banter with a mate about the result and before I knew it was watching highlights of the infamous 8-2 drumming, sigh fold!
Having watched all the Sky Sports shows - and this is only my opinion - regardless of 'the game at hand' the guests make all the difference. Humorous & generally chatty people are a must.
I personally find shows with pure poker people (only talking about poker stuff) less enjoyable (same was true on #861/865)
Posted by NChanning
Max Rushden's Heads Up masterclass must have rubbed off on Rich who ran over RLT in the HUFA cup the next day.
I thought Neil Channing's understudy did ok although I look forward to Neil's return very much.