Daniel Negreanu and Michael Binger join Inside Dealthis week. Negreanu talks about WSOPE (just a couple of days away, hard to believe). The two also square off in the first ever Inside Deal Nit-Twits (pretty funny, just watch it).
In related news, Laura Lane is still wearing too much clothing.
Inside Deal, ESPN.com’s new weekly poker show, premiered yesterday.
Episode one featured Chris Moneymaker (he’s some guy who won some tournament once). While Face the Ace is a great concept that was poorly executed, Inside Deal is pretty straight forward (weekly news mag show), but it’s really well done. Assuming everyone Everyone just needs to lighten up, settles in, and start having fun. That happens, and it could be yet another solid step forward to poker reaching a broader sports audience…if espn.com gets off the schnide and promote it on the homepage.
Hopefully episode two has the “Laura Lane sexy photo shoot” segment in it. Feldman, make that happen.
Today ESPN confirmed the story we broke last week and announced they will launch a new online-only poker show: Inside Deal.
The show will be hosted by poker newcomer Laura Lane, the man who has impressively gotten more mileage out of a 13th place finish in the Main Event than anyone in history Bernard Lee, and Andrew Feldman.
Given Lane’s status as the only host with a vagina, let’s concentrate on her for a second. Lane, who has a disappointing lack of photos in FHM and MAXIM thus far in her brief career, has been a reporter for ESPN Magazine, OK!, and MTV News, and has been an on-air commentator on MSNBC and Extra. Not sure if we like the blonde or brunette look better yet. We’ll keep you posted. That shit is important.
Inside Deal’s first three month run begins August 4th and continues until the completion of the November NineTM.
View more photos of Lane below or on her website here.
robertcarroll: Discussion with the @wickedchops guys about my wsop cinnobun bet. 4 full size buns in 25 minutes. /via @JoeUgly I'll go 15 minutes! Easy!
Joseph Reitman: Discussion with the @wickedchops guys about my wsop cinnobun bet. 4 full size buns in 25 minutes. I think I can but the debate continues.
Bill Maendele: @wickedchops Madsen Greenstein Doyle Ivey Annette E-Dog Daniel Raymer Moneymaker, Eric Baldwin, Dario M, Jason M, hellmuth, Brock Jeff L.
"Wicked Chops Poker are nobodies, the site is garbage." - Anna Benson
"A sophisticated and creative blog that pokes rambunctious, irreverent and most of all sexy fun at the game of poker and everyone who is connected with it." - PokerMagazine.com
"You've made me so angry I wish I could reach into my screen and just pound your scummy worthless head in!!" - a Nickelback fan
"If you ask me, you should just go straight to Wicked Chops Poker instead. These guys are awesome." - Kajagugu Poker
"...el blog más irreverente de la blogocosa norteamericana..." - Poquer Red
"Wicked Chops is wickedly funny. And wickedly irreverent. And posts a lot of photos of wickedly attractive women. If that ain't poker, what is?" - TypePad