{"id":9789,"date":"2011-02-28T14:08:18","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T13:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=9789"},"modified":"2019-11-01T11:10:19","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T11:10:19","slug":"missing-nbc-heads-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/missing-nbc-heads-up.html","title":{"rendered":"I'm pi**ed for missing out on NBC Heads-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It has been an eventful week for me \u2013 I have been in Vegas recording episodes for the new series of \u2018The Big Game\u2019 for Fox. I am not allowed to reveal any details about what happened but suffice to say they put me in a game with a group of Russians (where\u2019s the French lol) and I reacquainted myself with a certain Mr Phil Hellmuth junior<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If I can say so myself I thought I was awesome and may have ended Hellmuth\u2019s career for good this time. At the end he declared to the producers they have to choose between me or him and that he is never going to play with me again. I destroyed him yet again \u2013 bike time and full blown counseling sessions for \u2018The Poker Brat\u2019! Next\u2026<\/p>\n

I am wounded and it has nothing to do with close encounters with Steve Wynn\u2019s dogs in the luxurious villas In Vegas. There is clearly something rotten in the state of Denmark as Shakespeare would say. I have not been invited to the NBC Heads-Up event for four years in a row.<\/p>\n

Join me for my Sunday Bike Ride every week. There\u2019s a special prize if you\u2019re the one to eliminate me.<\/a> – Tony G<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The producer Mori Eskandani is a nice person and a good solid player from all accounts I have heard, he also has all the power and selects the field and its clear there are many mates and favourites that are in the club and need to be in no matter what. I know that winners of certain events get invited which is completely correct!<\/p>\n

However, there is a guest list to fill the other spots. It\u2019s like being outside a club in Vegas as Dave \u2018The Devilfish\u2019 Ulliott<\/a> when Antonio Esfandiari is in the small queue in front of you \u2013 your names not down, you\u2019re not coming in!<\/p>\n

The selection process is a farce – Mori is from the old school and probably hates what I do on TV. I am pi**ed for missing out for four years in a row and pi**ed at having to beg him to be considered for the NBC heads up.<\/p>\n

Televised poker needs a revolution anyway, most of the shows he produces are dull and flat and the politics are just too much for me now. This latest snub will give me the drive to start my own TV production company! Let\u2019s see if I can do it any better.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t have much of a choice if they will not invite me – I will make my own show and make the best poker show in the world. I have always played on every TV show for all sites and have always said that players should be allowed to play on any show if they choose to play but this selection process and the politics that his company is now involved in is just too much for me.<\/p>\n

I cannot even get a clear indication from them if I am 65th or 70th, or whatever place I am on the list. Just tell me straight we don\u2019t want you and that is clear enough for me to ride my bike. Mori needs to learn about mori communication.<\/p>\n

I am going to go out in a limb here and say I think I am probably in the top six players for TV events. Do you think it is unfair that I have been snubbed for the NBC Heads-Up?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It has been an eventful week for me \u2013 I have been in Vegas recording episodes for the new series of \u2018The Big Game\u2019 for Fox. I am not allowed to reveal any details about what happened but suffice to say they put me in a game with a group of Russians (where\u2019s the French<\/p>\n

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