[aliensyndm]

The "tell is about that dealer button" part really does get to be seriously annoying. I can see perhaps at first when poker was just on the up why it was necessary in the original late night poker but these days there's no need.
You don't get someone explaining the rules of snooker or football every time they are on TV do you ?
I liked orginal late night poker. It was very late night, used to come on at 2.30am I believe. I'd come home early from piss ups and sit down with a few joints to watch it, great stuff.

I think the high stakes poker series has been a breath of fresh air. The play is much more interesting. Watching AQ v 77 races all day gets boring. Plus often players have to make plays due to blinds increasing etc. At cash games it's a different story. PLus what's the story with presenters as already mentioned ?
You wouldn't have a news reader present or commentate on a snooker match or the like so why with poker ?!?! Do people think you just get some decent tournament, film it and get any old presenter and it will make decent TV ?!
The presenters and commentators make a difference ! Love him or loathe him as least Jesse May is relevant to poker and on late night the other commentator would usually be some poker pro, more often than not someone who was a participant in the tournament itself.


I still enjoy playing far more than I do watching. Although I think that's true for most things for me. Not sure if Homer Simpson would agree though, "It's better to talk about stuff than to do stuff."