Celebrity Poker Showdown

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Okay the new season of Celebrity Poker Showdown has started and I have to say i’m not terribly happy.

First, they replaced affiable Phil Gordon with petulant poker prat Phil Helmuth. He has all the personality of a poker chip and as a result Dave Foley, the grandmaster of adlib, is carrying the entire show. The fun banter of Foley and Gordon has been replaced with tense noodling. The reason of course is the online poker joint Helmuth works for is the new main sponsor.

Second the thing is awash in sponsorships. The “loser’s lounge” has been redubbed the “SoCo Lime Lounge” and each episode is awash in abonoxious SoColime commercials.

Third, Dave Foley shaved off his Devilish looking Vandyke. it gave his baby face such a naughty overtone. I liked it.

I’m fine with it moving to New Orleans, really, as all the charities are Katrina Relief – I just HATE Phil Helmuth I guess.

5 thoughts on “Celebrity Poker Showdown”

  1. Phil earns his living as one of the most annoying poker players in the world. Why the heck would they think that he would make a good commentator?

    All in all I’ve never been a big fan of this show? I don’t see the attraction of watching bad poker players play, no matter how charming they are when the make boner moves.

  2. I actually don’t mind Phil that much. And I’m as surprised as the next guy, but I’m oddly drawn to watching this show. I don’t really know why. Maybe it’s reasons like Jen Tilly’s dress/negligee. I do find the 100% Katrina charities to be annoying. To rebuild NO is a huge mistake. Unless part of that is to build a dike big enough so that that doesn’t happen again.

  3. OK, I must confess that I do make a big exception for Jennifer Tilly. But I justify it by reminding myself that she can actually play. It has absolutely nothing to do with the movie Bound…. honestly.

  5. Phil Gordon is the best at play-by-play and it was more than obvious that he truly loves the game and enjoys sharing the knowledge, which he is great at. He is stiff enough to work well with Dave Foley. I got suckered into watching all the reruns of the games starting a few months ago. Now (except for Jennifer Tilly) as much as I like Dave Foley, he’s not enough to counter Hellmuth.
    Please somebody get Phil Gordon back (along with the Loser’s Lounge where the loser’s can be made proper fun of)

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