Muddguts

I'm just watching the WPT and after the short stack doubled up, Mike Sexton says that he is feeling real good after that hand and the player immediately points in Sexton's direction and says "that's true Mike, that's very true".

I saw the same situation a few years ago when a player was called a "suck-out King" by one of the commentators and the player heard the remark and said to the rest of the table, "he just called me a suck-out King".

So, how does work then? they heard the commentators comments, so how come the players don't hear the commentators calling the action as well?

STR82ACE

The commentators can't see the cards DURING play. The comments you hear are made after a hand, and they say something outloud. During the hand, no one but the guy in the back room can see the hole cards, so the commentators are as blind as the rest of the table.

After the game is over, editing begins, and thats when they add comments during hand play.

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westside8

PCA when Steve Paul-Ambrose won it. He mentioned during the taping, he was about 10-15 feet away from the commentators and could hear a few things here and there. Can't speak for how much he heard or what is added post-production, as I never really asked him that much about it.

jontm

I have been present for a few shoots and those that do a good job make the commentary match the events well, which are cut together later.

I have a few good examples for later, gotta work in a few minutes

There is of course 10+hours footage plus that goes into a 2 hour show.

And no, they can't see the cards. They also even bring the camera over and prompt the players to make it a little exciting with talk.

You know when a big hand is about to happen from the table buzz, they just ask them to hold to seconds before it is tabled and start shooting or cue them to speak.

trigs

really? wow that's crazy.

camera man: hey guy, i know you're about to bust this other loser with your pocket As, but just shut up and wait for a second and i'll tell you when to speak and win the hand.

jontm

Shit you not, They just pause before the flop is dealt. Thats what you get for making the big time. Good example, when Booth bluffed the ass of Ivey, Gabe didn't get in Brad's head in a split second and know "that Brad took the oppurtunity to advertise to the poker world he is capable of anything. That was Brad's response later, there is a U tube clip of him explaining his table thoughts to Phil H in a candid conversation, at the hotel. Then they just ran with it.


When Booth and Huck where heads up in the 2008 open, they often prompted a little talk, paused for a better production angle etc.

At the Stampede Classic, they moved that carmera alot. It doesn't slow up anything by more than a few seconds here and there, but there is prompting.