Poker Pros on The Amazing Race

[KaciBlakely]

I put this in here instead of General Chat because it's amazing news for me and poker is getting pimped in the process.

I have watched the Amazing Race for many years now, and it's lost a little bit of it's luster but I'm still a fan.

Now it's being reported that two poker pros will be joining in on this action this coming season.

It hasn't been filmed yet, or confirmed but I'd be excited to see if it happenes.

Some investigative poker reporters from Espn have found out, not yet confirmed though, That Tiffany Michelle, reporter and Ultimate Bet Pro, and Maria Ho, professional poker player, are in talks to be on the upcoming season of The Amazing Race.

Tiffany Michelle surprisingly skipped the WSOP Main Event this year and posted this on her blog, “It’d have to be something pretty big to deter me from the WSOP Main Event this year and trust me, it is!"

Most sources are sure it is for this show, but are not totally sure. At least from the eight thousand links I've read about it. At least it seems like that many.

Ho and Michelle flew to LA early in the Series for an important meeting and we're thinking this was about the amazing race. The two are very good friends who also shared an apartment during the WSOP and were seen together at all the big WSOP parties.

I'm hoping this is true for the drama it could create if they were partnered up together on the same show.

I think poker pros going on television is great for poker in general.

What do you guys think of this?

[thenutzaa1]

i seen amazing race once i belive!

Do you know who the pros are going to be.

maybe i will watch it if i like the poker pros

[navuta]

I think I can only wach it on you tube and my connection sucks right now so I cant use youtube at all..

I hope to improve my internet connection soon...

But anyway... poker on TV is great... I wish we had more of it here on brasil.

[KaciBlakely]

Do you guys not have many poker shows that we have in the USA?

Are you able to watch High Stakes Poker.

Or Poker After Dark?

Hopefully you have espn and would be able to watch the wsop coverage.

If not I think those are probably going to be put on youtube and hopefully there will be able to work so you can see them.

THE PROS ARE

Maria Ho and Tiffany Michelle.

I'll be watching all the same though.

[JoeShowdown]

I have seen all The Amazing Races so I was happy to see this thread. Tiffany and Ho aren't the pros I had in mind, but they will be fun to watch. I hope they cast poker in a good light

[KaciBlakely]

I have seen all The Amazing Races so I was happy to see this thread. Tiffany and Ho aren't the pros I had in mind, but they will be fun to watch. I hope they cast poker in a good light

I wasn't exactly looking forward to them being the pros when I first heard it.

I was thinking more of Ivey and Negreanu.

Or I was hoping, but I'm still excited because I love this show so much.

I am very happy to see poker be cast in the major primetime though, and hopefully it will be good for poker all around.