More Cash Poker on TV Please: Some More Arguments

A couple of days ago I argued that producers should air more cash poker on TV, and Barry Carter of UK Poker News added his own arguments today. Some excerpts:

But I must admit that my love of shows like the WPT waned for some time.... The reason I stopped watching was that they became samey. There is only so many times you need to see ace-king v pocket queens.

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I would urge TV producers to take note of the increasing popularity of cash game poker...

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Sicker Hands
By the end of a tournament, even the craziest of players is more solid with their hand selection. Big cards and big pairs will usually win you the title when the blinds get high. But in a cash game the flexibility to play a mediocre hand and turn it into a monster is there. You'll often see an 8-way pot with everyone happy to play 8-2 out of position; as a result, you see some crazy action.

Skill
If there is one negative point about TV poker, is that it can wrongly imply that a poker tournament is a series of coinflips and the champion is the person that wins the most 50/50s. High blind poker can often make very skilful players look average when they are shoving their chips in the middle with king high. By contrast, a cash game should never get in that situation and the deep structure allows the players to make big moves and even bigger lay downs, to prove why they are the world elite.