gatortom64 1 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 GSN Renews High Stakes PokerSeason Four Begins Filming in MayHigh Stakes Poker will have a fourth season.The Game Show Network (GSN) today announced that filming of the fourth season of High Stakes Poker will take place at South Point Casino in Las Vegas in May. The show is the most-watched series on GSN in the highly sought-after demographic of men ages 18 to 34.“We are very pleased with the success of High Stakes Poker and the tremendous buzz it has generated,” said Rich Cronin, President and CEO of GSN. “It is far and away the most talked-about poker show. We plan on making HSP 4 the richest season yet with players bringing up to a million dollars of their own money to play in the biggest cash game on TV.” The final episode of season three airs next Monday (April 9) at 9 p.m.Featuring some of the biggest names in poker who sit with mountains of their own cash, it has become one of the most popular poker shows on television and the Internet. Sometimes there’s more than $4 million on the table at one time. (Brad Booth himself sat with $1 million.)Clips of the show have been downloaded thousands and thousands of time through the video-sharing site YouTube, and podcasts of the show have been downloaded more than 350,000 times through GSN and iTunes. Link to post Share on other sites
James D 0 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Cool.I think the line up they've got at the moment (maybe plus Doyle) is the best yet, and they'll be back for more next season too. Be good to see a little more of Ivey and Antonius.. maybe a few more High Stakes online players, like Townsend too. You can tell it's a real poker game now, because none of them are wearing sunglasses! They should be banned for next season. Link to post Share on other sites
Suited_Up 2 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Cool.I think the line up they've got at the moment (maybe plus Doyle) is the best yet, and they'll be back for more next season too. Be good to see a little more of Ivey and Antonius.. maybe a few more High Stakes online players, like Townsend too. You can tell it's a real poker game now, because none of them are wearing sunglasses! They should be banned for next season.Doyle bores me. Link to post Share on other sites
Marchione 0 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 season 1 and 2 seemed much more enjoyable then season 3. Link to post Share on other sites
joethepro 0 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 is JC gonna go on the show? hehe Link to post Share on other sites
James D 0 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 season 1 and 2 seemed much more enjoyable then season 3.In terms of table banter and stuff? Perhaps.. but the level of play is at it's highest now, imo. There's only so much of Farha and Elezra a man can take! Link to post Share on other sites
Balloon guy 158 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 What's the best line up possible?I'll start 1. Daniel Negreanu2. Link to post Share on other sites
WhiteSpade 0 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Doyle bores me.I enjoy watching him eat. Link to post Share on other sites
James D 0 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 What's the best line up possible?I'll start 1. Daniel Negreanu2. Mr Philip Ivey Link to post Share on other sites
akoff 0 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 3. DurrrThe boy is one sick SOB i would love to see him on the show. Win or lose he generates huge pots. Link to post Share on other sites
socalpoker_j 1 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 More internet players this season. Hopefully some great live players like Randy Jensen finally get a stake. lol. Link to post Share on other sites
da_beartrap 0 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 5 gus hansen Link to post Share on other sites
davezz5 0 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Talking of internet players "Fast Freddie" would be an interesting addition. Link to post Share on other sites
Whatever 1 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 DanielMike AntonioBrad Phil IveyPhil HellmuthSammyPaul WasickaEliI think that would be an action packed game. No? Link to post Share on other sites
NickeltheDimer 0 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 If you have DN in that lineup and it's all about entertainment value that happens to be about poker, you have to add Mike the Mouth to the lineup. Link to post Share on other sites
Balloon guy 158 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 If you have DN in that lineup and it's all about entertainment value that happens to be about poker, you have to add Mike the Mouth to the lineup.QFT Link to post Share on other sites
xmykro 0 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Daniel NegreanuScotty NguyenMike MatusowPhil HellmuthShawn SheikySammy FarhaAntonio EsfandiariPhil LaakBarry GreensteinHow sick entertaining would this table be? This table would be a riot. Link to post Share on other sites
Balloon guy 158 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Get rid of scotty and bring in Eli and I think the aboe table is the best possible outcomeAll the new internet players were boring Link to post Share on other sites
jjdylan 0 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 i dont want to watch people like Mike or any other "entertaining" donk on HSP.....i want to see great play from a table like they have on air now. Link to post Share on other sites
LongLiveYorke 38 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 It's hard to say what the "best" table would be. Are you more interested in table talk and entertainment, are you interested in the best possible players and poker, or would you like a combination of the two.I think it would be possible to maintain great poker while still having enough characters and personalities to make it interesting from an entertainment point of view.Pure Entertainment:DanielMikeLaakShiekyGoldSammyEliGusAntonio (rocks and rings)I don't know, something like that. It would be action packed, lots of talk, and money would fly.Of these people, Daniel, Mike, Laak, Gus, and Antonio could all be mixed around with the current table on HSP (sbrugby, Ivey, Benyamine, etc.) to add some table chatter while still maintaining more or less solid poker. People like Shieky and Gold, while entertaining to watch, aren't really close to as good of players as some of the others and wouldn't really fit in with a really strong table.I don't know. Unlike my main man Balloon Guy, I'm pretty entertained by the internet players because I know that they're very experienced with high stakes hold'em and really know what they're doing. I think they would just need someone like Mikey to open things up a bit (in terms of table talk). One player would make a big difference.Point is, HSP is worlds beyond any other show in terms of both poker play and entertainment value. Congrats on a fourth season!!! Link to post Share on other sites
FourFlusher 0 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 I am sooooo tired of Laak's act it's not funny.Watching Ivey play is for purists. He's about as entertaining as watching the wheels on a slot machine. I don't think he said ten words during the entire episode on PAD.I think this years HSP was a little less enjoyable than the prior years because they seemed to make the decision not to talk about the money won or lost. They never gave any indication of how much anybody was up or down. I know, there are issues about the money, taxes, privacy, all that. But, the whole premise is about a cash game, high stakes, top players duking it out...give us some kind of running account. To me this year was more like a showcase of players, it didn't seem to be about the game as much. Link to post Share on other sites
NickeltheDimer 0 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 A balance is good, but I'd say defer to entertainment without overdoing it, I think I would pay less attention if the table was full of chit chats and crybabies, because the whole table won't even pay attention to the game! Ha.Then again, I DO NOT want to watch pure poker like the one DN mentioned on PAD with Chan, Brunson, Ferguson and Moneymaker. It was painful, I'd rather watch the other 10 poker shows on tv, or even an online high stakes game, because that would be more entertaining.Ideally, excellent tv chemistry would be Doyle cranking out an old school story about poker or some random Vegas occurrence, mixed with some solid quiet play from an Ivey, with ADHD spews of the mouth with DN making fun of him all day. Link to post Share on other sites
akoff 0 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 A mix would get me vote. To see the best players from on line vs the Vegas group is lots of fun. Move the blinds to 500/1000 while you are at it. Link to post Share on other sites
king_tanner 84 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 More Chip Reese please Link to post Share on other sites
logic411 0 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 What's the best line up possible?I'll start 1. Daniel Negreanu2.I'd agree in terms of Season 1 and 2, but DN hasn't really "stolen the show" if you will, on season 3. Seemed kind of like a depressed version of himself, Daniel on Prozac. Link to post Share on other sites
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