Bother’s Bar’s Poker Boxing 2013 – Sunday, 20:15 UK, $10+1

By | July 30, 2013
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DING DING!

SECONDS OUT, it’s time for the 2013 installment of Bother’s Bar’s POKER BOXING!

* Heads-up shootout, $10 + $1 entry, Sunday 4th August 8:15pm UK time
* Three minute levels, 2000 chips.
* Pays top four if four or more people turn up. You could make the money without even playing a card if fewer than eight turn up and the draw goes your way.

Shootouts work as effectively single elimination tournaments, lose and you’re out, the next round begins after everyone has completed their current round with stacks and blinds reset. There is no late registration available, so if you want to play make sure you register in good time.

Good luck!

To play you will need to be a member of the Bother’s Bar Pokerstars Home Game club – if you’re not already a member then joining is free:

– If you don’t already have it, download the free PokerStars software from www.pokerstars.com
– Open the main poker lobby, then click on the Home Games tab.
– Click the ‘Join a Poker Club’ button
– Enter my Club ID number: 466738
– Enter my Invitation Code: onlyconnect

Once you’ve joined just register for the tournament and I’ll see you on Sunday. Please don’t leave it to the last minute to join the club, I will need to approve you.

The details are also on the Bother’s Bar Poker page. Bother’s Bar expects you to gamble responsibly. Good luck!

Show Discussion: The National Lottery Break the Safe

By | July 27, 2013
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breakthesafeSaturday night, 8:50pm
BBC1

Well this has had a rather interesting past, Talkback Thames have been trying to work out how to put “counting to thirty seconds in your head” into a hit format for a-a-a-g-g-g-e-s-s, first to my knowledge in Dick ‘n’ Dom’s The Clock is Ticking (third story down – christ, over six years ago). Evidently the Beeb decided not to take it series, but Thames were determined to make people count to thirty in their head so piloted Break the Safe in August 2011 (which we were there for) with Jake Humpreys. As a quiz it was OK? But it featured THE single most tedious result reveal in the history of recorded television. In the meantime, The Cube features counting to thirty in your head as a game now as well.

I was mildly surprised to see it get commissioned, but here we are on the edge of an eight episode run. On the plus side, the safe looks much more impressive than it did in the pilot (where it was some sliding screen doors), and the lack of light gantry up either side of the safe suggests someone else thought the result reveal was the most tedious thing in the history of recorded television as well.

Good 90 second preview on the BBC site.

Big Weekend

By | July 27, 2013
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Lots of interesting things this weekend, we are most excited about the new series of BOTHER’S BAR FINANCIALLY BACKED Aussie quiz 31 Questions, Fort Boyard (of course) and look out for a Show Discussion post on Break the Safe later.

For now, there’s a new Fifty 50 Show out where TV’s Paul Brassey chats to Lewis Murphy about pitching gameshows from the point of view of someone who works in professional development. I haven’t listened to it yet, but I expect it will be very interesting.

They’re remaking Knightmare…

By | July 24, 2013
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…as a one-off for Youtube’s Geek Week in August. Hugo Myatt and Tim Child are involved, they’re filming it in Norwich and it involves Youtube celebrities who aren’t Tom Scott.

There’s something about this and Knightmare Live I find a little offputting, I can’t help but think there’s going to be a lot of mugging and irritating knowingness for geeks who get the joke to laugh just a little too loudly at. Have a great time.

But you never know.