Intercontinental Poker Championships on CBS

[Robbie Robb]

Did anyone else catch this today on CBS' Sports Spectactular between 5pm-6pm Eastern. If not, and you have the ability, try to catch it off the west feed. It's a pretty interesting format. Once again, as is seemlingly becoming the norm, Gabe Kaplan is co-hosting with some other guy.

Production value looks pretty good too. The series runs over the next eight weeks. Here's the schedule from the CBS website:
CBS Sports Telecast Schedule
Date/Time
Saturday, June 17, 5–6 p.m. ET
Saturday, June 24, 4:30 – 6 p.m. ET
Sunday, June 25, 5–6 p.m. ET
Saturday, July 1, 5–6 p.m. ET
Sunday, July 2, 3–4 p.m. ET
Saturday, July 8, 5–6 p.m. ET
Saturday, July 15, 3–4 p.m. ET
Saturday, July 22, 5–6 p.m. ET

Here's the link to CBS' site:

[Robbie Robb]

Okay, I posted that first post while just starting to watch it (had it on the PVR). I've finished watching the first episode now and, while I still think that the production is done very well, most of the hands they show were key hands. It seemed far more "rushed" than other shows. Which of course it is - 7 players down to 1 in the span of 44 minutes. Hell, even the WPT gets ~88 minutes to go from 6 players to 1.

I still think the concept is great though and will definitely keep watching!