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Tonight- Live on 865- with Rich, Tikay and Neil Channing ****official show thread****
RICHORFORD
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Thurs 24th March is a biggie on the channel.It’s the £15,000 guaranteed Sky Sports Bounty Hunter, it will be simulcast on Sky Sports 4 and here’s the line-up…
Yes, joining Tikay and I, live on air for 4 hours of poker analysis, will be none other than former bookmaker turned poker-pro, Irish Open winner, columnist, media personality and big player staker- Neil ‘Bad Beat’ Channing!Anyone who's listened to Neil do commentary on various poker shows (including being my co-host on Channel 4’s Late Night Poker earlier this year) will know they’re in for a treat on Thursday. Not only is Neil a very intelligent and eloquent analyst of the game, but he’s also very funny and will surely give Tikay some aggro too!Here’s the blurb on Neil from the Hendon Mob site which I think sets the scene on the man nicely:
“There's been a lot of talk about Neil "Bad Beat" Channing recently, although it must be said it's Neil himself who has done most of the talking.
2008 was an annus **** amazingus for the likeable Londoner, when Neil was transformed from tournament donator to champion.
He absolutely cleaned up. There were signs that he had upped his game in 2007 that he had finally worked out how to play tournaments with a semi final appearance at the Poker Million and several impressive finishes in EPT, UKPT and GCBPT events. But, it was his win at the Irish Open worth well over $1 million which signalled that tight/passive wasn't the way forward against the young tyros. He went on to anchor the British teams victory in the Nations Cup and cash an incredible 7 times at the WSOP. Other impressive results meant Neil was right there with every chance until the years end in the "European Player of Year" race.
A final word of advice. There are two places you wouldn't want to be trapped with Neil. Firstly, you don't want him on your left in a poker tournament. He will severely damage your stack. Secondly, you wouldn't want to be trapped in a lift with him. He would severely damage your eardrums.”
Neil is going to be the perfect candidiate for your email and forum post questions on the game, as he'll never be short of an answer!So for an evening with Channing, Kendall and Orford talking poker, poker, poker you know what to do: find 865 or hit the stream on the homepage this Thursday night at 8!This is the official show thread and I've started it early so you've got plenty of opportunities to get in your questions to Neil. Post away below!
Yes, joining Tikay and I, live on air for 4 hours of poker analysis, will be none other than former bookmaker turned poker-pro, Irish Open winner, columnist, media personality and big player staker- Neil ‘Bad Beat’ Channing!Anyone who's listened to Neil do commentary on various poker shows (including being my co-host on Channel 4’s Late Night Poker earlier this year) will know they’re in for a treat on Thursday. Not only is Neil a very intelligent and eloquent analyst of the game, but he’s also very funny and will surely give Tikay some aggro too!Here’s the blurb on Neil from the Hendon Mob site which I think sets the scene on the man nicely:“There's been a lot of talk about Neil "Bad Beat" Channing recently, although it must be said it's Neil himself who has done most of the talking.
2008 was an annus **** amazingus for the likeable Londoner, when Neil was transformed from tournament donator to champion.
He absolutely cleaned up. There were signs that he had upped his game in 2007 that he had finally worked out how to play tournaments with a semi final appearance at the Poker Million and several impressive finishes in EPT, UKPT and GCBPT events. But, it was his win at the Irish Open worth well over $1 million which signalled that tight/passive wasn't the way forward against the young tyros. He went on to anchor the British teams victory in the Nations Cup and cash an incredible 7 times at the WSOP. Other impressive results meant Neil was right there with every chance until the years end in the "European Player of Year" race.
A final word of advice. There are two places you wouldn't want to be trapped with Neil. Firstly, you don't want him on your left in a poker tournament. He will severely damage your stack. Secondly, you wouldn't want to be trapped in a lift with him. He would severely damage your eardrums.”
Neil is going to be the perfect candidiate for your email and forum post questions on the game, as he'll never be short of an answer!So for an evening with Channing, Kendall and Orford talking poker, poker, poker you know what to do: find 865 or hit the stream on the homepage this Thursday night at 8!This is the official show thread and I've started it early so you've got plenty of opportunities to get in your questions to Neil. Post away below!
Comments
It was alleged that Neil bet £500 on himself to with the Irish Open at 100/1 in 2008. At what point / how short would the odds had to have been for him to not bet on himself? 66/1, 50/1, 33/1 or lower?
And has he ever felt intimidated by a player at a table?
laurie/lozgo
As you seem to be getting well known for staking players - Do strangers approach you? What do you base your decision on? For example Do you ever get ppl writing to you asking to stake them based on their Sharkscope stats and what would their stats have do be for you to even consider it, if at all?
On a lighter note I,m into Coach Trip at the moment - Whats your favourite TV programme?
Cheers MP (Paul Robinson - I,m on your friends list on facebook)
I have always thought the "The Big Game" was the most entertaining to watch and Neil seems to have an unnatural ability to stay alert during this epic show which must be an advantage for him.
Really looking forward to this one as Neil has always been my favourite poker pro.
I'd like to ask Mr Channing how he feels about his nickname.
I think out of all the poker nicknames Badbeat sums up Neil's "hard spun deliberately down trodden" persona to an absolute tee.
Can he recall the day he was first linked to the name, how he felt about it....and how many minutes it took him to think "**** yeah I can really play up to that"