With Late Night Poker, suddenly the audience was engaged and involved in a way that they never had been before. At-home viewers could now analyze strategy as the game played out, giving Poker TV a whole new appeal and drastically increasing its popularity. Commentators Jesse May, Lucy Rokach series four , and Barny Boatman the final two series , despite seeing all the card s in play, maintained an often one-sided commentary which would become very typical of Late Night Poker and yet another way that it deviated from other shows on Poker TV.
The other cards will be revealed when a decisive move such as an all-in and a call is made, allowing at-home viewers to see the game unfold at a pace that presents just the right amount of information without overwhelming the spectator with data or robbing the game of its suspense. The original Late Night Poker had six series televised over the course of four years— from to The first series consisted of five heats, with the first and second place winners moving on to the finals, while the other five series each had nine heats, a semi-final, and a final table.
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Quotes Jesse May : There are more shades at this table than a lamp convention. Connections Spin-off Celebrity Poker Club Both Gardner and Stuart pitched their idea to Channel 4's late-night commissioner and, fortunately, he turned out to be a poker nut. It was at this point that Stuart drafted Sian G. Lloyd into the fold. Lloyd would become LNP's studio director. Gardner brought Nic Szeremeta into the team. Szeremeta was the only member of the quartet who knew anything about poker and his influence would become crucial for the success of the show.
The four of them put their brainstorming hats on and started to figure out how they could make it work on TV. Gardner had the germ of an idea, Stuart had the television company, Szeremeta knew the game and Lloyd knew how to knit it all together to create compelling viewing. Together we had to come up with a way of transporting the magic I'd seen in Paris to a television studio in South Wales. Late Night Poker wasn't the first television show to try and drag poker from the casino to the living room of millions.
The rest of them had failed. The Presentable team had to decipher why. As it turned out, it was blatantly obvious. Joe Beevers explains:. And then came the moment that not only put Late Night Poker on the map as a pioneer but paved the way for every single poker TV show that followed.
A glass-topped poker table with a small DV-camera and light that would allow the viewer to see the players hole cards, their face and their chips. Professional poker players were horrified at the thought of giving vital information to their competitors.
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