James Ogley: Poker comes of age on British TV

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Played great in two big tourneys today and just missed money in both. Paid for them with a pre-bed Sit & Go :) Night all!

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Poker comes of age on British TV - Saturday, 31st May 2008, 17:20:38 BST.

There's been poker shown on TV over here for a few years now so why am I saying that it's coming of age now? Well, previously the coverage fell into two categories.

You could watch contrived, studio-bound poker late night on Channel 4.
You could watch the "real thing" - the big tournaments from real poker rooms - on obscure digital channels

Well, now the European Poker Tour has come to Channel 4 (still late at night but that's what DVRs are for).

At the same time, the World Series has just started at the Rio.