Best Damn Poker Show
Oh god, they’ve let the two most annoying players in poker have their own show.
Yeah, they’re calling it the Best Damn Poker Show and it’s on Monday nights on FSN. I caught the second episode tonight. This is hardly a poker show. This is a venting booth for two of the biggest promotional sluts in poker to air their loins.
I mean really, I trudged through more than half of this episode and I definitely saw more talk between Hellmuth and Duke than I did card playing. The premise of the show is that there is a pool of 36 players. Duke and Hellmuth watch them play from another room. When they decide someone sucks, they come out and eliminate them. Eventually there will be two teams, one with Phil and one with Annie, and they’ll get trained some more and then battle it out.
So it’s not about good poker, it’s about who’s cooler: Annie or Phil. And god, they think they are special. They act like they are deciding which state should be deleted from the U.S. map.
I think a whole 6 minute segment of the show I saw consisted of Phil Hellmuth saying how Annie and Howard Lederer both like to get all their money in with hands like pockets 8s. Annie freaks out, crying, saying it’s okay for him to insult her, but not her brother, because her brother’s not here to defend himself. They go back and forth over this for quite some time repeating one another, as if it’s the most important thing in the world.
This show is meant for you to think: Hey, these two are totally awesome and, wow, so interesting and crazy!!! It is not a show to watch good poker.
If all that weren’t enough, they talk about cards as if there is only one way to play. A girl calls a raise with QJ suited (sure, not the best hand to call with when there a bunch of people after you and your play is being rated, but whatever) and Annie and Phil just go on and on about how dumb that was. One way to play poker. One way to play poker.
I’d rather chew on the butt end of a cordless drill than watch this ridiculous crap again.
hi there,
forget about this show, it sucks, if you like poker you should watch “poker after dark”, great players and a lot of action.
This is the first I’ve heard of the show and I wish I had gone this life plus 3 reincarnations without ever have learned that this show exists.
The two most annoying players have a show? Let me guess, we have to listen to them pitch how awesome UltimateBet.com is right?
I work for the company that is supplying this piece of crap to the populace. I feel dirty.
Yeah, PAD is pretty decent. It can be a little slow, but I still watch it when I remember.
Jereme, you work for FSN now?
Fox which is a parent of FSN.
They shoot the Best Damn Sports Show here.
I wonder where they shoot this piece of crap. I am guessing in a casino and not here.
Sure its not Poker after Dark or High Stakes Poker but more af a reality type show. I actually liked it quite a bit. While I dont think its for everyone, it is still going to be quite interesting for many. If you want only poker then PAD or HSP etc are definately always going to be there. But if you enjoy reality type shows with big personalities then you might enjoy this series. Be warned if you hate Annie or Phil already and cannot stand their personalities I think its safe to assume you will not like this show. But just because the show is out to find the next great pro or dedicated to nothing but no nonsense poker does not mean its not interesting.
But just because the show is out to find the next great pro or dedicated to nothing but no nonsense poker does not mean its not interesting.
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But just because the show is @NOT@ out to find the next great pro or dedicated to nothing but no nonsense poker does not mean its not interesting.
Annie Duke + Phil Helmuth + “Hollywood” Dave == one of the most agonizing shows to watch in all of history (current or future)
OMFG I wish a rogue scud missile from Iraq would show up and kill every last person including the crew and innocent people who were walking by the building and may have seen one or two seconds of the shows taping.
This thing made me want to punch myself repeatedly in the crotch and full capable velocity.
I am sorry. This show is gross and horrible.
To make matters worse, Duke doesn’t even make my top 10 best women poker players list to be honest with you. That list would be an interesting one to compile.
I think you are right on the list. I’ll compile and you compile and let’s post. I’m interested in seeing which female poker players are held in high regard compared to my list.
Yeah Duke is nowhere near top of anything good list. A compilation list of best female players might be cool. If you guys send me lists @ the email on the side there I’ll compile and post.
I think coming up with a Top 10 isn’t easy, but I’ll give it a whirl….
1) Jen Harman. She is the only woman to sit in the Big Game at the Bellagio on a regular basis. She’s one of a handful of gals who refuse to enter women’s only tournaments and her record speaks for itself. She is one of the best in the world outright, regardless of gender.
2) Kathy Liebert. Got her poker education the hard way…long hours on the felt in the Colorado casinos. Her tournament record is very impressive and quite frankly she is one of the most underrated players of this era, period.
3) Barbara Enright. In the world of hottest-looking-woman-gets-the-big-deal, we forget the pioneer who got the game off the ground for women, and she did it by beating the men. Still the only woman to reach the Main Event Final Table, Enright paved the way like Janet Guthrie did in Formula One and Billie Jean King did in tennis. Enright also has won the only open bracelet by a woman in WSOP history (1996–pot limit hold em). There’s no question Enright has the skills, and from what we know she is a highly profitable online player today.
4) Annette Obrestad. This one’s a tough pick, and her base fundamentals for poker are tough to gauge. Still, the results from her over the top aggressive style make it tough to argue with putting Annette15 on any list.
5) Vicky Coren. I probably have her a couple of spots higher than I should, because even admittedly as a married man this gal does really catch my eye. But Coren does have some credentials to back that pretty smile and charm. Namely becoming the first (and so far only) woman to win an EPT title. She regularly sits as the only woman on many of the European poker shows with the likes of Devilfish Ulliott, Tony G, Juha Helppi, and her pals the Hendon Mob. And Coren actually ENJOYS playing poker.
6 through 10 to come later…it’s actually a steep dropoff from here.
I watched this show, and i love poker, but about half way through of one of the episodes i was watching, this guy hollywood dave is gettin yelled at and this is what Annie says, “I told you to talk at the table, and your listening to me! your taking my advice (a pro poker star’s advice) and your talking at the table! why are you talking because i told you to!?”… Okay then, so you go on a show to learn how to become a poker star FROM! 2 poker stars, and when they tell you something apparently they like it when you blow off what they say.. She was literally yelling at him for talking at the table, he plays better that way, but its not the way she wanted, even though she told him to do it!!
Stupid, stupid, stupid!
Agreed. The whole Hollywood Dave character just really drove me nuts. What a goober.
Blake,
Have you gone to Hollywood Daves website? Look at his acting resume. It has “hacker” listed as a skill.
i shot rockstar out my nose while the world went white i laughed so hard
Oh my god.