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  1. 03-01-2011 08:50 PM #1
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    Default High Stakes Poker Season 7

    Ummm.......wtf? Norm Macdonald? Really? Reeaallyy?

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  2. 03-01-2011 09:24 PM #2
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    and no full tilt poker pros.

    i don't see season 8 happening.
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  3. 03-02-2011 02:26 AM #3
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    The Norm jokes were really bad, especially the one about sucking out on cancer and flava flav. And more importantly the play wasn't as interesting
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  4. 03-03-2011 03:06 PM #4
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    What's interesting about pros playing whales? Hope this isn't the lineup the entire way... I'm guessing GSN did some polling and must've found that most of the people watching the show are morons, and the people that like to see the poker make up a small minority... because it wouldn't be hard to find some one who could talk about equity or ranges or something.
    So you click their picture and then you get their money?
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  5. 03-03-2011 03:27 PM #5
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    BRING BACK GABE AND AJ!

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  6. 03-03-2011 04:18 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by kingnat View Post
    What's interesting about pros playing whales? Hope this isn't the lineup the entire way... I'm guessing GSN did some polling and must've found that most of the people watching the show are morons, and the people that like to see the poker make up a small minority... because it wouldn't be hard to find some one who could talk about equity or ranges or something.
    Not too far from the truth probably. The average viewer is just watching for entertainment value, I'd guess that less than 20% of the audience actually wants to watch HSP and learn something. Most just want to see big pots won and lost, big bluffs, action, etc
    Some days it feels like I've been standing forever, waiting for the bank teller to return so I can cash in all these Sklansky Bucks.
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  7. 03-03-2011 04:56 PM #7
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    Things that make HSP fun to watch.

    Daniel Negreanu making fun of people (the mouth)
    Matusow doing his thing
    Phil Laak going insane
    Antonio patronizing people
    Hellmuth getting cold decked
    Farha and Elezra going back and forth in pots
    72 game

    ummm... what else???
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  8. 03-03-2011 04:58 PM #8
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    durrrr. durrrr.
    ivey.
    patrik.
    durrrr.

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  9. 03-03-2011 05:58 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by bikes View Post
    durrrr. durrrr.
    ivey.
    patrik.
    durrrr.
    cmon now durrrr wouldn't be nearly as awesome to watch if he wasn't steamrolling Mr Lederer and confounding Negrauneueuee
    So you click their picture and then you get their money?
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    i'm perfectly happy watching durrrr run over anyone. though watching him beat down antonio has a special place in my heart

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    Quote Originally Posted by bikes View Post
    i'm perfectly happy watching durrrr run over anyone. though watching him beat down antonio has a special place in my heart
    Sounds like Durrrr has a special place in your heart.
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    i'm wif u so far

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  13. 03-04-2011 11:19 AM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by Smith View Post
    Things that make HSP fun to watch.

    Daniel Negreanu making fun of people (the mouth)
    Matusow doing his thing
    Phil Laak going insane
    Antonio patronizing people
    Hellmuth getting cold decked
    Farha and Elezra going back and forth in pots
    72 game

    ummm... what else???
    none of these, they're all super annoying except maybe the last 2
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  14. 03-04-2011 03:22 PM #14
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    Watched every episode of every season so far. Will not watch this. idk what it is, but it's not HSP anymore. Did not know what the purpose of the chick was in the last season... still don't know now.

    wtf is norm talking about?... 10min. in. enough imo.
    The strengh of a hero is defined by the weakness of his villains.
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  15. 03-04-2011 03:30 PM #15
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    I love Norm MacDonald and I don't really care if he's not as good at poker as Gabe either. It's not like Gabe was ever all that good and I never learned anything from him anyways.

    Norm is hilarious. He's the king of dry monotone humor.

    HSP7 does however feel a little bit different. The series has been my favorite poker on TV thus far and so I have high expectations of season 7.

    So far, what it's missing is Durr vs Hellmuth, Daniel vs Matusow, etc.

    Interesting dynamic with the whale who is donating all of his profits and matching his losses for donations as well.

    Also, I find Selbst boring.
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  16. 03-04-2011 05:45 PM #16
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    Only really interesting play was BG turning 99 into a bluff on river. The rest of the first episode ran like my local $1/$2 game.
    Playing big pots at small stakes.
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  17. 03-05-2011 02:15 PM #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by BankItDrew View Post
    Also, I find Selbst boring.
    Just because she's more masculine than durrrr
    So you click their picture and then you get their money?
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  18. 03-05-2011 03:41 PM #18
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  19. 03-06-2011 12:02 AM #19
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    in one hand HSP rapidly improved for me and then rapidly declined during the final hand. right around the turn card.

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  20. 03-06-2011 08:16 PM #20
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    I watched like 15min of ep1 then wondered why i was watching it at all because i was bored out of my mind. Whats with all the random rich old dudes...
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  21. 03-07-2011 03:20 PM #21
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    Norm mis-called at least 3 hands in episode 2. He's horrible. Norm, you can see their hole cards, so F-F-Sake, try to keep up. And a word of advice, LOOK at the flop before you start declaring who is trapping whom. Gabe is sorely missed, and Season 7 is garbage.
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