The Ratings are In...

by Daniel Negreanu | Published: Oct 16, '09 I am SO very happy with the show. Wow, just amazing numbers in terms of viewers and I really think the show hits a demographic that is mostly totally new to poker and likely doesn't watch shows like PAD, High Stakes Poker, or even the WSOP. The whole point of creating the show was to introduce people to poker in a format that they are more comfortable with: a game show format. We retained 15% of the NFL audience with ratings of 2.1 million households and estimates at around 4 million viewers. That makes the show officially the highest rated poker show in US history. I'm still in a bit of shock! As I mentioned in my preview blog about the show, as a poker player, when watching the show, you have to think about the bigger picture here. The target audience is NEW players. That's really... [read full story]                    

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