Comments on: High Stakes Poker Canceled?

By: paul kruger

paul kruger — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:04:24 +0000

why is it that E S P N constantly rerun the same poker weeks after
weeks , i just move to another channel

By: DanM

DanM — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:08:47 +0000

this post was from May 2008, btw, luis cr. they ending up saving the show, though there was a bit of a scare.

By: Kevin Mathers

Kevin Mathers — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:04:16 +0000

Season 6 of HSP is scheduled to be taped late September/early October.

By: luis cr

luis cr — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:06:24 +0000

that’s the only reson I tune gsn if they cancel, hsp no mas gsn me.

By: B

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:23:40 +0000

Been busy Ed finishing my Poker Show. The WPT is going to FSN I guess I’ve been out for a while.

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:40:23 +0000

B, you are a little behind in the reading.

http://pokerati.com/2008/07/21/high-stakes-poker-to-return/

By: B

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:28:50 +0000

HSP back on GSN

By: DanM

DanM — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:37:54 +0000

Can you even call it a one-hit wonder if the record doesn’t even come out?

Last I heard there were some people with “something” in the works to save it. All winners were apparently paid, so that’s good. But I am highly doubting the likelihood of its resurrection.

By: edbucks

edbucks — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:27:47 +0000

speaking of extreme poker, anyone heard of anything with PokerBowl lately? Seems like a one hit wonder.

By: DanM

DanM — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:26:14 +0000

Very interesting. Just to be accurate, HSP we now know hasn’t been canceled … just hasn’t been renewed. Technical difference, same result, of course …

By: B

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:09:26 +0000

Thx DanM, I wrote the show for the poker player community, the shows on air seem to have forgotten what it’s like to start out playing poker and trying to get to where the pros are. This is a show for you guys!!

HSP, I loved the show and sorry it got canceled, that being said this was a rude awakening for Mori Eskanandi of Poker PROductions the company that produces HSP. I personally spoke with him and pitched my show concept to him. Lets just say after arguing back and forth with him on the state of television poker he told me “I’m fine with my shows I don’t need to produce another one” Famous Last Words.

By: DanM

DanM — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:30:59 +0000

RE: Extreme Poker

I can wait.

By: DanM

DanM — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:30:32 +0000

Good luck, B. Seriously. I can’t really say if your show sounds good or not because you don’t really give us much — but that’s ok, I understand. Keep us posted and I am sure we will either:

a) ream your show and give you specific details why it sucks/is destined to fail
b) applaud your show and sing its praises, as if it’s the second coming of HSP
c) share mixed reactions, finding the first season good and bad … but good enough to have us looking forward to the next season
d) all of the above

By: Kevin Mathers

Kevin Mathers — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:23:25 +0000

Gavin Smith was talking about a new TV show idea on PokerRoad Radio, which I assume will be “Extreme Poker” at the Venetian. The format has two pros, 6 members out of the studio audience, and 1 player whose actions are controlled by audience vote.

By: B

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:58:22 +0000

I just finished the first round of meetings with Rebel Entertainment Partners, it looks like they will get the exclusive rights to sell my show All Star Poker Chalenge, I’m very excited because they sold the Judge Judy Show and represent Judge Judy herself.

My poker show is an actual game show that gives back to the poker playing community. The concept is simple and fun, can’t reveal it but I can tell you the prizes as of know and they may change. If you complete the game you win a $10,000 seat to the WSOP, round trip airfare for 2 plus hotel accomadations and $10,000 in cash.

Be looking for it ALL STAR POKER CHALLENGE.

By: Ed

Ed — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:06:09 +0000

Maybe HSP needs to put out a box said (been asking for this for over a year now) and then all the fans need to do what Family Guy fans did. We went out and bought the box set and they sold tons of them and FOX said “wow…this show really is popular and making money…we should bring it back” and poof…back came Family Guy.

By: olivert

olivert — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:31:10 +0000

If you want GSN to put your poker show on the air, simply write GSN a check for $100,000 per hour of TV time.

GSN has no issues with poker on TV as long as GSN doesn’t have to pay for it.

GSN is losing over $3 million on WPT Season 6. Until that loss can be worked off (by selling ads during re-runs in the next 3 years), I don’t see GSN paying a penny for poker TV rights fee.

By: leroy

leroy — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:29:27 +0000

WE WANT OUR HIGH STAKES POKER!

By: B

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:37:14 +0000

I enjoyed all the comments posted. I have a TV Poker show I think would be good for GSN. It should hit the demographics they’re after. Got the option signed with a production company and GSN is one of the networks they are going to pitch it to. Look for it, it’s called ALL STAR POKER CHALLENGE at least for now.

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:06:47 +0000

or maybe they should get J. Hutton Pulitzer (a.k.a. Jovan Philyaw) to sell this shit. he could sell condoms to a nun.

By: David

David — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:12:46 +0000

This is clearly a matter of poor salemanship. HSN and WPT needs to employ the same company that sold the America runs on “Dunkin Donuts” marketing slogan. These people are showing folks ‘workin out’ and eating dunkin donuts like they are energy bars. The guy that sold them on that idea is the guy you are looking for. It’s not a matter of skewing younger, it’s a matter of seling the right products to the people that are watching the show.

By: shronk

shronk — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:48:59 +0000

Dan,

One episode of ‘Ace in the House’ did air. It featured Matusow crashing and playing in a home game. The show was excruciating and I don’t think they ever shot another episode. (link to the one episode on Pokertube – http://www.pokertube.com/Movies.aspx?FreeText=ace%20in%20the%20house%20s01)

On a related note, Stapleton and Huff had pitched the exact same idea to a few production companies and networks, but no one bit. Then their idea appears on TV the next year, starring Matusow (who is represented by someone that Huff used work with).

I’m glad the show never got picked up for two reasons: 1) It was bad even for poker TV. It made celebrity poker look like a masterpiece. 2) I don’t ever want to read the headline “Man Kills Former Co-Worker Then Self Over Stolen TV Show Idea.”

By: olivert

olivert — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:13:59 +0000

GSN’s option to renew WPT for Season 7 expires on May 24 according to the latest Form 10-Q WPTE filed with the SEC.

By: DarkXoiX

DarkXoiX — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:42:05 +0000

That would be*

By: DarkXoiX

DarkXoiX — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:41:20 +0000

Lets hope they release a DVD package! I would download it =) Oh yes, i would download it. That would the first thing i ever download with copyright, but they deserve it

By: DanM

DanM — Thu, 15 May 2008 01:34:37 +0000

Murmur …

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:09:03 +0000

I dunno…I hear I give one hell of a foot massage.

By: DanM

DanM — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:51:37 +0000

***The wife just looks at me and rolls her eyes if I try it with her.***

Ha ha, funny … I’m sure this sentence could apply to more than just poker. As to Sang, there are lots of things he needs that I suspect neither you nor Mrs. Ed could provide.

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:44:04 +0000

Dan, does sang need a fill in for you? I don’t have anyone to talk poker with at home. The wife just looks at me and rolls her eyes if I try it with her.

By: DanM

DanM — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:41:33 +0000

Interesting, John … HSP was the only poker show that was must-see TV for me (and Sang). Because I actually had work to do sometimes, we would Tivo it and he would make me watch it later that night. (”Dan, Dan, you gotta see this hand. I’m not gonna tell you what happened, but we have to talk about it while it’s happening,” he would say.)

I think the WPT was like that in its earliest days — but I didn’t get Travel Channel then, so it wasn’t for me.