[No, this isn't about the late-lamented BARGE tournament featuring
Lowball and Draw poker.]
If are "TiVo impaired" like me, you may wish to use an older
technology called video tape to catch this upcoming show on Poker
on the History Channel.
Showtime is 8-9pm ET/PT Sunday evening, 5/9/2004.
Details below are from http://www.historychannel.com/
In a high-stakes hour, we trace Poker through U.S. history--from
the early 19th century, when French settlers played the game in New
Orleans, up the Mississippi with riverboat gamblers, through the
Civil War with Generals Grant, McClellan, and Custer, across the
frontier with gambling legends like Wild Bill Hickok, up to today's
high-profile Vegas tournaments. Features archival footage, period
pulp artwork, reenactments, firsthand accounts, and demonstrations
by "the Godfather of Poker" Doyle Brunson
Immediately following "The History of Poker" is "Breaking Vegas," a
2 hour program telling the story of the team of MIT graduate
students that won millions of dollars by card counting at
Blackjack. The show is based on the book "Bringing Down the House:
The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for
Millions" by Ben Mezrich.
--Patrick