Archive for TV shows

With the news that they would broadcast the World Series of Poker in High Definition, ESPN got a reaction – maybe unexpected – from the host himself, Norman Chad.  According to this news article, Norman Chad couldn’t understand why.
For poker?” Chad asked rhetorically this week in an interview with the Los Angeles Daily News. “We […]

Marshall Kirkpatrick has the news over at his SplashCast blog: poker pro Phil Hellmuth is using SplashCast - my favorite video player - to broadcast his videolog/ vlog. And like that guy in the electric shaver TV commercial of long ago, Phil likes the company so much he’s decide to invest in it as an […]

For your viewing pleasure, here are some Texas Hold’em and general poker videos from YouTube - some serious, some fun. Enjoy.
I’m using the SplashCast player from SplashCast Media. It’s free, easy to use, and configurable. Your “slides” can be documents, images, or videos, and you can add background music and voiceovers. You can also subscribe […]

There’s no easy way of knowing when this episode of Celebrity Poker was filmed, but it was shown on Sunday April 08, 2007 on City-TV from Toronto. Don’t know where it was filmed, but likely in Vegas.
Participants in this match: Stephen Collins (Seventh Heaven - father), Bryan Cranston (Malcolm in the Middle - father), Howie […]

I’m watching the first UBT (Ultimate Blackjack Tournament) show - or at least the first I’ve seen - and my only question is WTF? Why bother? There’s no skill whatsover involved in this, no matter what hokum the deep-voice announcer tells you. While I loved playing Blackjack with my brother when we were kids, I […]

In the past week, two of my fave TV shows, CSI and Cold Case, have both had a plotline that involves poker or even Texas Hold’em. On CSI (Vegas), a wizened veteran player takes a swig from his drink and keels over. Whodunnit? The young angry guy? The older female player who is acting strange? […]