[quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' date=\'May 28 2004, 04:46 AM\'] * "Hollywood Dave" as dealer could be very painful. A shame they didn't pony up some cash to brink Tiki along for the ride.
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I agree that Tiki is a delightful young lady, but I'm thinking with the game-showy elements that they are bringing to this show, Stann might be an entertaining adversary. Besides, he's such a jackass that it'll make it that much more satisfying to watch the celebs beat him.
[quote name=\'Michael Brandenburg\' date=\' May 28 2004, 06:03 AM\']Although this "Celebrity Blackjack" game seems to be interesting enough, my own suggestion would be to simply have the players play "Pontoon," a variant of the casino blackjack game that would seem to require as much in the way of skill and judgement as Texas Hold'em Poker does. [/quote]
I love how you preface that with "simply", and then follow with a 13-step explanation of the rules, which could have been boiled down to: dealer rotates among the players and wins all pushes, dealer is allowed to hit and stand at their whim, blackjack pays at 2-1, even to the dealer, five-card-under pays 2-1 to non-dealers, and goofy-ass novelty 21s pay off at goofy-ass novelty odds.
And comparing a dealer playing their own blackjack hand to Hold 'Em is an insult to poker.
(Long-winded explanation of the rules deleted)
Let's see if this version shows up on GSN at any time in the future.
Pardon me while I don't hold my breath.
[quote name=\'JasonA1\' date=\' May 28 2004, 06:14 AM\']It'll be an ultimate ham war on at least some of these shows.[/quote]
I still fail to see why this would be a bad thing. Did anyone watch Wanda Sykes take apart Jerome Bettis last night on Celebrity Poker? He gave as good as he got, and it was good TV.