[Chris Moneymaker Playing Great?]

I tried watching the show last night and didn't get it for some reason. Whatever channel NBC programs were on (Conan at 12:35) for some reason stopped picking up NBC after Conan was done. Guess I'll just have to watch it on the net.

You're in Toronto. If you have digital cable, you won't find it on the main east coast station, but if you get the west coast US stations you will find it at about 6:30 am on the west coast NBC station.

[Have You Ever Gotten A Royal?]

Got one the other day. Can't believe I got paid off for it, given the other guy's hand, but felt nice. (Pokerstars doesn't offer a bonus - they claim to deal out over 100 royals a day -- I asked.)PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FCP)MP ($23.65)Hero ($25.65)Button ($51.30)SB ($9.75)BB ($27.75)UTG ($10.65)Preflop: Hero is CO with J , A . 2 folds, Hero raises to $1, 2 folds, BB calls $0.75.Flop: ($2.10) K , T , Q (2 players)BB bets $0.5, Hero calls $0.50.Turn: ($3.10) 3 (2 players)BB bets $0.75, Hero calls $0.75.River: ($4.60) 8 (2 players)BB bets $3.25, Hero raises to $23.4, BB calls $20.15.Final Pot: $51.40Results in white below: BB has As 6h (flush, king high). Hero has Jd Ad (straight flush, ace high). Outcome: Hero wins $51.40.

[Gabe Kaplans Commentary]

Whenever the debate about best poker commentary comes around (as I've seen it do many times in my lurking), I've noticed that the debate always centers around the usual trilogy of HSP/Gabe, WPT/Vince&Mike, and WSOP/Norm&Chad. My own ranking there is Gabe, then Norm&Chad (who are pretty good, all things considered), then Vince&Mike a distant third (although admittedly they are somewhat handicapped by the WPT final table structure and the inherently limited variety of situations and play that they can comment on).However, I've got to put my strong vote out to John Duthie, who does the play commentary for his own production, the European Poker Tour. My understanding is that American audiences have never seen this (correct me if I'm wrong), but Canadian audiences saw the first season on the Score a couple of years ago, and TSN carried the second season earlier this year. The quality of Duthie's hand analysis was, in my opinion, on par with Gabe's easily (though without the humour, which Duthie leaves to his sidekick).Am I the only person who's seen the EPT and has similar opinions?Ian. (First time poster).