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Message: [QUOTE="Poker Orifice, post: 1529659, member: 33113"] I think alot of the tv announcers are pretty decent but personally prefer it when they have people like Howard Lederer or Gavin Smith in there as they tend to make the commentary geared more towards 'real' poker players instead of just to the general public (I like the way Gavin will call it as he sees it... ie. in that Canadian Poker series where there's teams representing each province (that Canada Cup promo thing they had on Fulltilt)... he just lets them have it.. ie. "That was a terrible play there just calling off 1/4 to 1/3 of your stack preflop with 9-9.... the guy needs to get it in there all day long!!" < stuff like that very often... tells it like he sees it & explains the theory/reasoning behind it which makes for way better 'tv poker' imo. I think with the tv poker shows, needing/wanting to try to attract a larger audience I believe is why they use the folks they do(obv.) As far as the worst goes though... I'd say some of the English(British) poker commentary is the worst imo (why do they pick that guy they have on there??.. he's the worst & when commentating on plays (when he actually does) he's so often wayyyy off the mark that it's just annoying. His incessant, annoying laugh gets to me as well & they way they call those games they seem to place the most emphasis on what cards are coming off... and there's the 10hearts!!!.. like that's the interesting part of the game or something? (< kinda like watching a lottery on tv with the numbered-balls fallling down a tube). Now they've got Annette Obrestad on there with him in a bunch of those shows which you'd figure would make it soooo much better (& is at times when she's able to get her comments in there instead of just correcting the other guy so often). I wish she wouldn't be laughing (fake laughing?) along with the guy as it just makes for a lame show imo. [/QUOTE]

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