CELEBRITY BLACKJACK premieres tonite - crosspost

Tonite @ 7 and 10 pm Pacific on GSN:

Snoop Dogg (Starsky and Hutch, rap artist)
Kevin Nealon (Saturday Nite Live)
Jason Alexander (Seinfeld)
Camryn Manheim (the Practice)
Shannon Elizabeth (American Pie 1 & 2, Scary Movie)

Hosts are Matt Vasgersian (from WSoBJ), Alex Borstein (from 'the Family Guy'), and of course yours truly laying down the cards & the law.

On another note, rumor has it GSN may be greenlighting 20 more episodes of the show already... so hopefully they get the ratings boom off this installment they're looking for!

Hey,

I saw you on the Vegas Challenge, too on the Travel channel I think. That was entertainment.

Thanks for the info Hollywood, but what network is GSN ? I don't think we get it here.

Has anyone else heard the gambling radio station in Tunica? Still on?

We have a casino primarly column in the Sun-Times about once a week.

Now just GSN, the Network for Games. Same network & channel that aired the World Series of Blackjack earlier this year. Other than that, you'll have to check your local listings for the exact channel in your area, and keep in mind that all times i listed are Pacific Standard.

I checked the guide did not see it on the GSN either today or tomorrow. I have a satellite and did receive the WSOBJ earlier this year.

Originally I thought it was supposed to be every Monday but I guess that has changed. Below is the current schedule from Direct TV.

I believe the times are Eastern

Fri Jul 09 05:00 pm GSN 309

Sat Jul 10 02:00 pm GSN 309

Sat Jul 10 08:00 pm GSN 309

Sun Jul 11 03:00 am GSN 309

Sun Jul 11 07:00 pm GSN 309

Mon Jul 12 10:00 pm GSN 309

Tue Jul 13 01:00 am GSN 309

Fri Jul 16 05:00 pm GSN 309

First episode

Alex Borstien was a bust! Starting from the absolutly dead introduction of the celebs.

Hollywood seemed very mellow! What happened man? Somebody hide the sugar jar? :)

The host actually did a pretty good job. Was this the same guy from the World Series? If so, he was much, much improved.

The Celebs really needed to be better educated - I know Celeb Poker has their pro put together a small book for them and spends some time teaching them how to play. Hollywood, did you get the chance to do any of this?

Overall I thought it was somewhat of production improvement from other BJ TV I've seen, but still doesn't compete with Poker. Although, I watched the WS of Poker tonight and thought it had really gone downhill compared to last year.

Perhaps some kind of change to the tournament structure to add some intensity?

Snoop Doggy Dog standing on 15 vs 9 's . Snoop Dog basically did everything that I wouldn't have. It is very annoying to watch if you are a card counter and know what to do. I made fun of Snoop Dog numerous times but I still like some of his music.

Casinos love that kind of play. Someone channel surfing sees Snoop standing on a 15 vs 9 or hitting a 13 vs 5 and goes to the casino and does the same thing.

In my opinion, lets not educate the celebrities on blackjack. Lets not educate the public on blackjack, either. I will be out of job if this happens on a wide-scale.

It was annoying to watch the celebrities bet 5,000 5,000 10,000 . Who can win a blackjack tournament with a 1 - 2 or 1 - 3 spread ? Lets forget about card counting because it has nothing to do with that. I made it to the final table of my last blackjack tournament and I would bet the minimum when I didn't "feel it" and then nearly going All In when I did feel it. I believe that is the way you should play. Otherwise, you tend to just keep losing money and losing more money which is what we saw on that Celebrity Blackjack Tournament. (unless you are playing in a positive TC ) I wasn't counting the cards through the episode so I don't know.

I think Dave did a fine job as a dealer. Dealers really aren't supposed to be the attention-getter in a bj tournament, anyway.
I did think Kevin Nealon was kind of funny. He is funny without trying. I don't what that kiss between Camryn and Jason Alexander was all about. If she did that to me, I might have gotten violent. (just not attracted to her)

"Hollywood seemed very mellow! What happened man? Somebody hide the sugar jar?"

Believe me, my friend, i was most definately off the hook. I'm just as confused as you are about that one -- they really tried hard to tone me down in the editing room, and apparently succeeded with flying colors. Relatively easy to do if you shut off my microphone & only cut to me when i'm not saying anything...