Channel 4 Documentary
A few weeks back me and a couple of mates got asked to do a documentary for channel 4. They wanted to do a half hour show just on us. This was to involve them following us around with the camera's for a few weeks to get an insight to the kind of lifestyle's we lead and how poker affects us. They wanted to record us playing online, playing live at the casino, interview our friends and families to get their views on it, and even follow us on nights out to bars and clubbing. We were a bit aprehensive at first but then decided why not. It's not every day you get an opportunity to be on tv.
It all seemed to be going well as a couple of weeks back they came round to do the first bit of filming. All went and we were told we would hear from them in a couple of days time once they get the final nod from the bosses. Two weeks later and we still don't know if it's going ahead, and it becomes less likely by the day. A bit disappointing seeing as we were given the impression it was just about certain to happen. I know its not such a big deal really if it doesn't go ahead, but the fact that we had also managed to negotiate a bit of sponsorship from a poker site for the duration of the filming does makes it a little worse if this is the case. The large rakeback offer could have come in handy! We'll just have to wait and see....
It all seemed to be going well as a couple of weeks back they came round to do the first bit of filming. All went and we were told we would hear from them in a couple of days time once they get the final nod from the bosses. Two weeks later and we still don't know if it's going ahead, and it becomes less likely by the day. A bit disappointing seeing as we were given the impression it was just about certain to happen. I know its not such a big deal really if it doesn't go ahead, but the fact that we had also managed to negotiate a bit of sponsorship from a poker site for the duration of the filming does makes it a little worse if this is the case. The large rakeback offer could have come in handy! We'll just have to wait and see....
3 Comments:
At 8/10/2005 9:22 pm, Anonymous said…
hello mate, first to comment!!
Just curious what your starting bankroll was and what sort of level you started at?
Cheers, Ian
At 8/11/2005 2:04 pm, Ferrari said…
Ian,
Thanks for making the first comment. Bankroll wise, I never really had a set BR, it was just using a few hundred I made from working really. No matter how much I had I would still play poker. With just a few hundred I would probably play £2/4 Limit HE, and have gradually worked my way up from there. My BR may have been too small to support this consistently but I've always been in it for the quick money.
P.s How did you find my blog if you don't mind me asking?
At 8/11/2005 3:13 pm, Anonymous said…
i was looking thru some tables on willy hills last night and spotted you, so i looked at your profile on blonde (to see if the locations matched) and saw the link.
BTW i'm ifm on blonde
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