Interesting First round match-up include:

First round -

• Carlos Mortensen Vs. Barry Greenstein (Will my pick survive the first round?)

• Patrick Antonius Vs. Huck Seed ( Internet pro vs a poker legend)

• Joe Hachem Vs Moneymaker (who’s the better WSOP champion?)

• Mike Matusow Vs Daniel Negreanu (Is Daniel as good as he says he is against The Mouth?)

• Jennifer Tilly Vs Jamie Gold (Beauty vs the Geek)

• Chris Ferguson Vs Scott Fischman ( If Ferguson is able to take this he probably has Phil Ivey in the next round. Tough road to another Final Table)

Here’s a summary of the episode: Aggression is good.

Ok, you need more?

Phil Gordon: “If you’re not an aggressive poker player, you’re a broke poker player.” Glad I tuned in.

According to the commercial during the first break, I need to get my free credit report. Excuse me a moment…

I’m back. Yeah, it’s an old one. Daniel is still working at the Wynn. Hellmuth supposedly demanded to be introduced as a “poker icon.” Today he demands to be introduced as ”poker legend.”

They’re talking about having to make adjustments because of the aggressive nature of the latest round of amateurs. Hellmuth is mostly saying “Yeah, me too,” so he can brag about being on the TV table for 12 hours.

Brilliant point of the show: Be passive and trap against aggressive opponents, be aggressive and bluff against passive players.

Thanks guys, now can have that 15 minutes of my life back?

According to the commercial during the second break, I need to go get some Valtrex. Excuse me a moment…

I’m back. Did you know that when you play passively, bad things can happen?

Damn, that was a quick segment, we’re back to commercial. Let’s see if there’s anything I need to take care of… trips to Vail, new Ford truck, … nah, can’t afford any of that. Maybe I should learn to play poker better.

We’re watching Daniel and the Mouth argue over the “Showdown at the Sands”. Each is trying to explain why they both played the same shitty cards in shitty position. They’re arguing all the way into the commercial break.

According to the commercial break, the psychic can tell what you did in Vegas by looking at some dice or tiles or some crap like that. I’ll wait while you go make sure that skeleton is still buried…

You back? Good. Did you know the Panthers are primed and ready to take on the NHL?

Yeah, me neither. Nobody cares about hockey.

Ok, just closing it out with some crap about how Matusow is down 2-19 vs. Daniel heads-up. But, he beat him for a world championship in O8, so he thinks he’s ahead. He may be, if you value the bracelet more than money. I think he has a debatable point.

Well, Idol is on, and I really need to check out how Antonella Barba does after this week’s nekkid photo revelations.

BSN out!

The documentary contains interviews (including audio recordings of Stu Ungar himself intended for an autobiography) with players that knew and played with Stu before his early drug-related death, including Doyle Brunson, Billy Baxter, Mike Sexton, Dalla, Eric Draiche, and others. Ungar’s wife and daughter are also interviewed, adding an extra element of humanity to Ungar, who was ultimately unable to escape the demons that plagued him.

As part of the agreement, departing poker players will be interviewed in the SoCo Lime Lounge just after their elimination, and the Celebrity Poker programming and website will feature the Southern Comfort logo.

Six players will compete within a soundproof room, with multiple cameras monitoring the action. The players will play for the $25,000 in prize money, while spectators watch the live action over twelve plasma screens. The audience will be able to see each player’s hole cards, as well as being able to monitor their chip counts and heart rates. Players will only have 15 seconds to act, speeding up the action dramatically.

The Tropicana Hotel will host the first of several events on Saturdays, until construction is complete at the Neonopolis, with FOX airing the edited version on Sundays.

The show has proven to be one of the more popular poker broadcasts, largely because of it’s unique format. Instead of tournament play, each player is buying in and playing for real money, with a minimum buy-in of $100,000. Instead of seeing millions of tournament chips get passed around, viewers get a unique look into what a big cash game is really like, as the pots are for real money, with literally millions of dollars potentially won and lost in a single night.