You never saw Celebrity Poker ?

Don't forget the voice-overs, after the shoot......

i know everyone on this show in real life... haha, hilarious

gold...

Staten Island poker looks like single A compared to NYC games.

This. Why have i never seen these guys in AC? or any city games.

Agreed 100% scripted

Is the full show posted anywhere online?

I DVRd this last night and just watched about the first three minutes. I'm not sure I'm going to watch any more. I watch other reality shows, but this is ridiculous.

this.

THOUGHT SAME THING

Add me in with this guy, missed it last night and looking to watch it. YouTube links greatly appreciated (though I've searched myself with no success)

Celebrity Poker > Ace In The House > Inside Underground Poker

Is this a regular train wreck or was it a special train wreck?

according to joe mush's twitter "maybe more to come"

When I saw the opening credits with Michael Imperioli doing the narration I thought there would be promise...but then...

Only thing I'm confused about is if my opponent doesn't know the Knicks score?

NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I didn't think there'd be promise given the last poker thing I remember Imperioli being associated with was the terrible adaptation of the Stu Unger biography.

no airtime for you, mook?

i've played in a couple of underground games in Houston and seemed about the same. This show confirmed why i continue to play online over underground games. Also, this is what happens when prohibition fails. Take notes Rick Perry because it happens all over your state too. It's time to license and regulate buddy if you really want to protect us.

I wasn't able to watch the show, but this is how I am picturing the show: Guidos who may or may not moonlight as trannys fight and play terrible poker.

Why are people in this thread seeing terrible poker being played in a live games and saying "that is why I play online and not live"?

If he folds this hand, I swear to God, I will shoot myself in the head with a bazooka.

Which is awkward, but you've got the arms to do it.

Celebrity Poker Showdown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTB07P-rAtY

I saw some of Inside Underground Poker on Nat Geo and it was much worse than this.

standard over raked side game with ballin big ego'ed douchebags throwing money around carelessly for image. (occasionally) hot cocktail waitress/massage girls , most of whom are pros for the right ticket, free booze n free food. attracts a bunch of 'rich' ish guys out here in oc / la.

rake = not sustainably beatable, but it's hard to find people who go off for repeated buy ins like these types

When I have the time tonight, I'm going to watch the rest of the show (I'm stopped at "The Banker" being in a barber chair) and if I don't show up for a few days, you know it is because the show sickened me so much I had to be hospitalized.

this guy trims his eyebrows,

are you ****ing serious

I've played the "underground" games in NYC since late 90's. There use to be some great clubs, Player's Club on 72nd, Play Station, even ace point and some of the smaller clubs like Wall St etc. Games were great and rake or time was very much in line with what similar stakes would be in AC/Vegas.

When people say rakes a little high or the games not beatable over a large sample- What they are not saying is that most of these games, including the one's "tatts" run rake 10% up to $75 a hand. Some will say $50 some will say $35 but the 5/10's are almost all $50-$75, plus whatever they are "stealing" out of the pot. A lot of these places give the dealers a % of the down so this only gives them incentives to steal. When I do play in these over raked fish infested games they hate me because I just tell the dealers to put the rake out front so i can see and please DO NOT make change and constantly reach in and out of the damn tray. Now if I play I ask for $200-$300 up front as "rake back" since as one of this guys say, I know the rake is a "little" high.

I really don't think this is 100% scripted. Obv, there were some staged parts, ie. the meeting with MUSH and the probably the fight scene. But in general the game looks and feels just like it was shown. Always yelling, always pounding table, always drama. The extended credit or "sheet" causes a real problem but just do the math and you can see why they extend it. I went to a new game recently and "tatts" was there. All these guys will give each other action on the sheet. I sit down and the Mikey is on real tilt. He goes all in 3 hands in a row. On Button I have AA first orbit and i raise it up pretty standard, he 3 bets and i move all in for 3k. He snap calls with A7. :-) He stood up, picked up a rake, threw it across the room and screamed I'm never coming back to this ****ing place. Take it out of what you owe me and stormed out. As far as the games go- they are super soft but you have to fade the rake, chance of robbery and actually get paid, not owed.