And that’s Blair Thein’s decided to name it: Pool, Poker & Pain (or, if multiple syllables aren’t your thing, PPP.) It looks like it’s trying to replace some of the programs that got canceled in 2011, including High Stakes Poker, Poker After Dark and NBC’s National Heads-Up Championship with a…we’ll call it uniqueblend of events inside of a single program.
The concept of PPP is definitely different: contestants will compete in all three sports, but to be crowned the winner they will have to thrive in each discipline. Over the course of the first season, sixteen contestants will travel from Florida to Las Vegas while competing in games of high-stakes poker and pool, and also duking it out in the MMA ring. Coaches from each discipline will tutor the contestants along the way and if a player, say. takes a bad beat in a poker hand? They can take on their opponents in the “Circle of Truth” — a 32-foot fighting cage.
The executive producer for the series, Doug Stanley, laid out his hopes for the series in a Letter of Intent published on the PPP website:
It is our assessment that the program concept for “Pool, Poker and Pain” has tremendous potential, possibly even exceeding that of the many shows that are of enjoying enormous success in similar genres today. The addition of high-stakes pool playing to two other compelling subjects that have been proven through the television ratings process and also through the persistence of the programming through multiple broadcast seasons, is very likely a positive addition that will ‘stretch’ the demographic. We believe that pool will bring in additional viewers who might not have been interested in either poker or in mixed martial arts fighting programming. We at Ridgeline find the addition of pool to these other proven elements to be the very reason that has compelled us to join with Blair Thein and his partners at Team Believe Promotions. We will work hard to see this show come to life as a premium entertainment property.
It sounds like their heart is in the right place, but will the show actually make it to air? Considering what’s showing up on The History Channel and the like of late, I’d say there’s a good chance.
In the meantime, if you want to play poker online and not worry about somebody challenging you in a steel cage, then Bovada’s got the game selection and player support you want!
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