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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??
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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.
 
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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?
 
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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.
 
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DESSERTLADY said:
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:hello:
 
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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..
 
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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.
 
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t1riel said:
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.
 
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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.
 
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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
 
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LetsGetItOn said:
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.
 
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t1riel said:
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:hello:
 
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t1riel said:
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.
 
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agreed. dave foley (newsradio + kids in the hall) is hilarious. also agreed that gordon > hellmuth (sp?)
 
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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
 
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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.
 
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i have every episode on my computer. i'm a mad kids in the hall fan.
 
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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...
 
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My favorite sketch on the Kids in the Hall is the "Will Do" guy.:D
 
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Beriac said:
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 :eek:
 
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hahaha i have that song in mp3 format!!
 
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Kids in the Hall -

'I squeeze your tiny heads' lol :D

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

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