*Weekly review of ‘Pokerstars.net Big Game’ Television Show*

This week’s loose cannon was Will ‘willybeer22’ Davis, a 29 yr old mid-stakes online grinder, and he took his place alongside Abe Mosseri, Jason Calacanis, Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson and David Williams.


The dynamic was obviously going to be very different with an experienced LC compared to last week’s amateur, and I thought the show was a lot better as a result. As a poker player I’m not generally going to be won over in an entertainment sense by the antics of a complete beginner, but because of this loose cannon format the problem is compounded. By adding in this additional aspect it allows for different overall approaches in strategy, and when our LC isn’t as experienced in thinking strategically we’re basically robbed of that additional point of interest.

This week Will played what I would think was his standard game for the first 4 shows, before attempting to open up for the last 20-30 hands. I think he probably left it a little later than optimal, but with a line up including internet mogul Jason Calacanis I think there’s a good chance he’s a winner in the game (unadjusted). If that’s the case you could make an argument for playing more solidly for 4/5 of the show, though I think that’s only if a smallish win (relative to the game) is significantly valuable to you. It’s definitely way more plus ev to try to utilise that dead 100K as much as you can throughout the whole show, but obviously carries a lot more variance.

Overall I thought this week was definitely an improvement over the first week, and I’m looking forward to seeing next week's line up including Justin Bonomo, Barry Greenstein, Joe Cada, Daniel Alaei and Jason Mercier.

You can catch it on http://thebiggame.pokerstars.net/

Till next time.