Celebrity Poker

#1 18th July 2006, 6:55 PM

I watched the celebrity poker on tv yesterday, there was a woman that won her way on it, her name was Ida,,?? somethimg,, they said to go to bravotv.com to win your way on the show, What i want to know is ,,has anybody from here heard about this, BTW Phil Helmouth`s hair looked like it was painted with black paint, did anyone else notice that??
buck

#2 18th July 2006, 7:09 PM

I've seen Bravo's celebrity poker occasionally. It gets silly at times. The announcer is very annoying. One time I saw the one with Fred Savage where he went all in and ran over to his "cheering section" in the audience during the showdown (which he won). Phil Hellmuth's comments are the only thing that makes this worth watching.

#3 18th July 2006, 7:57 PM

Buck,
I thought I heard something awhile back, since I get Bravos newsletter in my email. But I thought this was months ago. Maybe they are still doing it?

#4 18th July 2006, 8:07 PM

I tried to play "celebrity poker showdown" the online qualifier on Bravo. It works thru a pop-up and is very slow. I had a hard time getting into any of the qualifier games at all. Eventually I lost interest because of the problems I had. It would be great fun to play in one though.

#5 19th July 2006, 8:31 PM

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Originally Posted by DESSERTLADY

Buck,
I thought I heard something awhile back, since I get Bravos newsletter in my email. But I thought this was months ago. Maybe they are still doing it?

I think this was started this year, to let a player get in it through the bravotv thing,, im not sure but one of the shows i watched said the player had to beat 31,000 people to get in on live tv,, im guessing you would have to place in the top 10 for 31 tourneys with 1,000 players per tourney,, im not sure though>>>>>>> buck

#6 21st July 2006, 12:42 AM

In my experience watching Celebrity Poker the only thing great about it is the laughable poker being played.. Most of these players have no clue what so ever what they are doing.. Remember a few years back when Paul Rudd flopped a set, went all in, and the girl from King of Queens (the dog walker) calls him with junk because she "thinks he bluffing!"..Then she hits runner runner to make a straight.. It's cool to watch if nothing else is on but if you want to learn about the game this is not the show to watch..

#7 21st July 2006, 8:13 AM

Ditto what Freak said... I played some of Bravo's qualifiers but the software is horrendous, so I decided it wasn't worth it.

I actually learned how to play hold 'em by watching Celebrity Poker Showdown, but now I can't bear to watch it -- unless Dave Navarro is on, for the pure "rock 'n' roll eye candy" angle. I'd much rather tune in to any other poker show where the play doesn't (necessarily) suck and I stand to learn something from it.

#8 21st July 2006, 8:59 AM

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Originally Posted by t1riel

The announcer is very annoying.

if you're talking about Dave Foley I have to disagree he's one of the main reasons I really watch it (newsradio was kickass). I don't really pay attention to the poker it's just really fun to watch, and to tell the truth I preferred Phil Gordon over Hellmuth as the pro announcer.

#9 21st July 2006, 9:07 AM

I liked Phil Gordon a lot more than Hellmuth. I watched it all the time last season. I found it very entertaining, but this year the constant blabbering of Hellmuth really turned me off of the show.

The actual poker I found fun to watch too, lots of horrid poker to make fun at.

#10 21st July 2006, 2:01 PM

It was entertaining, i agree, the program taught me what NOT to do,lol, and i liked Phil Gordon better than Helmouth, i was just curious if anyone ever tried the poker out to get on tv,,>>>>>>>>>>>>>> buck

#11 21st July 2006, 3:01 PM

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Originally Posted by LetsGetItOn

if you're talking about Dave Foley I have to disagree he's one of the main reasons I really watch it (newsradio was kickass). I don't really pay attention to the poker it's just really fun to watch, and to tell the truth I preferred Phil Gordon over Hellmuth as the pro announcer.

No, the announcer who announces the blinds and the players hands at the all in showdowns.

#12 21st July 2006, 4:41 PM

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Originally Posted by t1riel

No, the announcer who announces the blinds and the players hands at the all in showdowns.

Ya, i dont much care for the announcer either, nobody commented on Helmouth`s hair, it looks like somebody painted it with black paint, looks like another ploy by him for attention,LOL,,>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> buck

#13 21st July 2006, 4:43 PM

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Originally Posted by t1riel

No, the announcer who announces the blinds and the players hands at the all in showdowns.

I hate that guy, he's got such a whiney voice.

100/200 dollar bliiiiiiiiiinds. shuffle up and deeeeeeaaalllll.

#14 24th July 2006, 4:53 AM

agreed. dave foley (newsradio + kids in the hall) is hilarious. also agreed that gordon > hellmuth (sp?)

#15 24th July 2006, 9:22 AM

Dave Foley is the shit. I'm glad you folks down there (at least joose) know about Kids in the Hall - that stuff is all Toronto, and damn funny

Haven't seen the new celebrity poker, but I'm not sure I want to with Hellmuth commentating

#16 24th July 2006, 1:15 PM

Chuck do you know if we get the new Hellmuth version of Celebrity Poker in Toronto yet? Were we previously getting Celebrity Poker on CityTV?

And yeah, second the motion... KitH rules.

#17 25th July 2006, 12:56 AM

i have every episode on my computer. i'm a mad kids in the hall fan.

#18 25th July 2006, 1:38 AM

Kids in the Hall Rules!!!

One of my favorites is just when Bruce is just walking thru town singing about all the Dave's he knows.

"These are the Dave's I know I know.....these are the Dave's I know......
Dave McKenzie boy can that cat swing....."(as he passes a kid on a swing set)

LMAO everytime, I guess I just like the song...

#19 25th July 2006, 3:08 PM

My favorite sketch on the Kids in the Hall is the "Will Do" guy.

#20 28th July 2006, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Beriac

Chuck do you know if we get the new Hellmuth version of Celebrity Poker in Toronto yet? Were we previously getting Celebrity Poker on CityTV?

And yeah, second the motion... KitH rules.

dunno - no TV in my house

#21 29th July 2006, 5:28 AM

hahaha i have that song in mp3 format!!

#22 29th July 2006, 1:27 PM

Kids in the Hall -

'I squeeze your tiny heads' lol

used to do that on the cctv monitor in our back office - every one else thought i was a little strange - roflol

IanT

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