Best Damn Poker Show – Inside Look
Thursday, February 26, 2009 - APmedia
As we near the final episode of our 7 episode best damn poker show series II..I look to our players and viewers once again for their input. Our goal in filming series II was to improve on what we learned in producing series I and hence create more loyal viewership by both entertaining and educating them. This would be the same objective we have for producing series III as we desire to deliver a better show each and every time around.
As I anxiously await your feedback I’d like to share what we changed from series I to series II and why. We first decided to change the format by having someone eliminated every episode to be consistent with other top rated reality shows.
After Phil and Annie chose their teams their players competed in three team matches where they earned points for their teams. At the ends of those three matches the team with the most points would earn a thirty thousand chip advantage at the championship table. As it turned out Annie’s team fought back from a big deficit in the last team match and tied the competition, but that all added drama we didn’t have in series one when those team matches had no value, no one was eliminated (after each team match both Phil and Annie had to eliminate another player) nor was the winner granted immunity. It made each episode meaningful to the overall competition.
We also wanted to develop the characters more by offering more interviews both pre and post play but as well, capture their thoughts from the time of the current hand. This was also accomplished by starting with less players so we could give more air time to those likely to succeed. I think we also saw a significant improvement in the level of play from the players chosen this series.
Additionally, we wanted Phil and Annie to support their comments further vs. just shouting out things like “he shouldn’t’ have raised there…or “ I would have like to have just seen a call.” In addition to capturing further commentary to above we ended each episode with an “ultimate hand” feature, taking the key hand of the episode – replaying it and finally directing viewers to the site to hear a more in depth analysis from Phil and Annie’s perspective…both you will find quite opposite from one another.
Unlike other poker television shows we deliver both quality tournament poker supported by behind the scenes commentary from two legendary pros. Commentary that can help viewers understand strategy more clearly and in a more entertaining format. By allowing players 3 ways to qualify and open to anyone, we get a diverse group of offline and online players all who if lucky enough can land their way not into just another tournament show, but directly on a featured table televised on a national network. These are benefits only the ultimatebet.net best damn poker show offers. Phil and Annie charge students and celebrity students almost 50K+ for this kind of one on one coaching and instruction. Aside from what you see on camera the pros are with their teams anytime they are not viewing the action from the coaches studio.
But don’t’ let us tell you how great this show is..please tell us your thoughts on how we can improve for both those who want to participate on a future show and or simply view. We want to thank all of our viewers over the past two series and are committed to delivering quality poker programming.
Thanks,
Garin – Marketing
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February 26th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
The show feels a lot more streamlined than it did in its first season. My wife, who doesn’t even care about poker, began actively rooting for Annie even if this is normally a team Hellmuth household. It’s nice that she’s been watching it with me, actually, as it makes up for me sitting through, what, 19 seasons of Project Runway?
February 26th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
I didn’t watch the first season so i can’t really compare, but i do like the fact that they explain some of the reasons behind their play. I’m not much for reading poker books or anything, but i can watch this kinda thing. There’s a ton of stuff on youtube that has a similar learning feel.