Controversy, Censorship, and a World Exclusive on First Week of The Poker Show Live Radio Show

Controversy, Censorship, and a World Exclusive on First Week of The Poker Show Live Radio Show

DUBLIN, April 30/PRNewswire/ --

- The Poker Show Returned to Radio This Week and Didn't Disappoint With a
Wealth of Guests, a World Exclusive, Some Fascinating Stories and Many
Hilarious Moments

The much anticipated return of the legendary The Poker Show, sponsored by
Boylepoker.com and hosted by Jesse May and Padraig Parkinson, did not
disappoint expectant listeners this week with the first three shows providing
several 'soon-to-be-classic' interviews, controversial comments, some live
censorship, and a Phil Hellmuth world exclusive.

"I've agreed to attend sensitivity training at Jeffrey Pollock's demand,"
announced Phil Hellmuth at the end of his 20 minute interview on Monday,
referring to the upcoming World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. "Scotty
[Nguyen] and I have agreed to attend... while they train their crews and
their floor people for three hours."

When asked if he thought that was going to be enough time, he replied
deadpan, "No".

Elsewhere The Poker Show team did a hilariously memorable interview with
Jeff Duvall on how he won a GBP15,000 pot in London's Victoria casino the
previous evening, a cheeky Roland De Wolfe gave listeners his unlikely top
five players for this year's WSOP, and a possibly inebriated Rory Liffey was
cut off one minute into his interview due to controversial and
expletive-riddled comments, only to ring back, abuse the presenters and hang
up on them.

This segment will be edited from the podcast of the show but could appear
on YouTube in the near future.

On top of the spur-of-the-moment censorship of Liffey, the show has
created controversy online, spilling over into poker forums, with accusations
from some posters about presenter Padraig Parkinson's poker skills causing
some virtual gasps.

Guests on the first three shows read like a who's who of poker with Dan
Harrington, Phil Hellmuth, Mike Sexton, Phil Laak, Rory Liffey, Liam Flood,
'Mad' Marty Wilson, Kara Scott, Donnacha O'Dea, Barny Boatman, James Dempsey
and the Shrewdies on Tour, Black Belt graders, Julian from Manchester, Paul
'Dr. Pauly' Maguire, John Duthie and Kirsty Thompson from the EPT.

After losing $2 million in the preceding two days, Tom 'Durrrr' Dwan, who
was due to appear on the show, was unavailable but the show is confident it
will get hold of him for a chat soon.

Fans who missed the show can listen again at
http://thepokershowlive.com/listenagain.htm.

The all-new radio show sees SKY TV presenter Matt Broughton join the
experienced broadcast team on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday nights from 8 p.m.
to 11 p.m. at www.thepokershowlive.com where they will discuss, debate, and
decipher the technicolour world of live and online poker with a series of
special guests, contributors and phone-in questions and commentary from
members of the poker playing public.

Boylepoker pro, Padraig Parkinson, who co-hosted the original
ground-breaking Poker Show from Las Vegas several years ago, said, "After a
few technical hitches we really got into our stride quickly and I remembered
just how much fun this could be. I have a feeling this is either all going to
end in tears or we will have created a monster. Either way, I'm going to love
it."

Paul Spillane, head of poker at Boylepoker, said, "I was a big fan of the
original show and jumped at the chance of sponsoring the new radio version. I
have to say I am not disappointed and think this is going to be even better
than the TV version. I'm still quietly laughing at some of the things that
went on in the first three shows."

Poker players are actively encouraged to get involved in each show.
Players can add The Poker Show to Skype or, for MSN users:
thepokershow@live.co.uk. The presenters can then chat to participants before
or during the show, live on air.

They can also email comments or contact details to
chat@thepokershowlive.com.

About Boylepoker

Boylepoker is part of the biggest European poker network - iPoker.
Players have access to a huge range of tournaments running around the clock
with massive guaranteed prize pools and the opportunity to qualify for
prestigious live events. The company does not accept players from the U.S.

For further details and photographs please contact: Brendan Murray,
Poker Media Consulting, +353-863-057469,
brendan.murray@pokermediaconsulting.com or pspillane@boylepoker.com.

Source: Boylepoker.com

For further details and photographs please contact: Brendan Murray, Poker Media Consulting, +353-863-057469, brendan.murray@pokermediaconsulting.com or pspillane@boylepoker.com.

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