[gwilkx]

sorry if this got posted yesterday.

http://www.pokernews.com/news/2007/4...-moves-gsn.htm

monday nights on GSN will be great next year!

gw-

[tonypap]

...they could have at least had nicer chips for the picture!!!

[asam2006]

I've got a set of those. This sucks for me, my cable doesn't get GSN. I've been reduced to watching HSP on YOUTUBE this season. I may have to change carriers. This is wrong!

[JHickle]

This news really SUCKS. I do not have GSN and have to move up two tiers in programming to get. Not sure if it will be worth the extra $40 month and I know the wifey won't be happy to spend the money so I can watch more poker

[sunderB]

Originally Posted by JHickle

This news really SUCKS. I do not have GSN and have to move up two tiers in programming to get. Not sure if it will be worth the extra $40 month and I know the wifey won't be happy to spend the money so I can watch more poker

Is soapnet in that tier? What about Lifetime movie network? You would only be doing it for her.

[jamby]

I think this phrase in the article is especially telling:

"During poker's boom years..."

[w16227]

Probably more telling was that they mentionened the fact that there are a gazillion other poker shows on TV right now. Add a new station owner into the mix - and I am not surprised that they went to a new network as waiting around would be risky.

Originally Posted by jamby

I think this phrase in the article is especially telling:

"During poker's boom years..."

[abby99]

My sister and I upgraded our cable service to a level that includes both the NFL channel (for her) and GSN (for yours truly). Having both channels makes the higher cost a little more palatable, but I still think that the cost of TV is ridiculous. That said, I'm glad that our cable company carries both.

BTW, it's hard enough to play the Monday night CT tourneys while watching HSP. Now tWPT events will be televised on Mondays as well. Looks like the classic feast or famine, unless the same-week rebroadcasts are scheduled at a reasonable time.

[Couga]

Originally Posted by jamby

I think this phrase in the article is especially telling:

"During poker's boom years..."

This is not a bad thing... Maybe less poker on TV, but think of all those people out there who jumped on the Crystal Parks or other great chips that I passed on back in the day, (I thought the price would go down on them... Brilliant me) whose games will break up. These chips may make their way back onto the market.

Not only that but new casino chips will not have the same demand pressure on them so the supply price will have to drop.

All in all this is not bad news for collectors, but not good news for online players. B&M casinos have been around forever and won't be going anywhere if you are itching to find a game. Home poker will always be around... especially if you have premium chips!

[jamby]

I wouldn't necesarily count on this.

I agree that the B&M casinos have been around for a good long time. Don't forget though that card rooms in general are not money making ventures for the casinos and are generally in place only as loss leaders. Until recently many strip casinos (in addition to non-Vegas casinos accross the country) didn't even have card rooms and they were only added back recently during the boom that is referred to.

Originally Posted by Couga

This is not a bad thing... ...B&M casinos have been around forever and won't be going anywhere if you are itching to find a game.