LAST EDITED ON 06-15-04 AT 04:48 PM (EST)

First, I have a gambling problem. Second, I to have almost slept with a transsexual--a surprise like that will easily liberate you from binge drinking (picking up women these days you don’t need your wits impaired--look they can remove Adam-apples). And three, I was a croupier for three years. So, I believe I can give a professionally review of this show.

This show was the most stage piece of craps (like the table. Ha!) I have ever seen. This is not reality; this is a restaged event with time-laps and continuity problems.

I won’t comment on the casting of the frat pack or the one note plot of the singer. I will comment on the rich, high profile animated card-counter. Here’s my educated deliberation. A guy can’t sit down at ##### table and get a count going even if the deck is looking at +13, your going to need someone spotting the deck to tip you and I didn’t see anybody in security looking for that. Card counter these days is commonplace it‘s almost badge of honour for a Casino to caught you counting, and we are talking about math teachers and M.I.T. students here, but drama the owners where almost busting a nut over this one sexually frustrated “professionally” gambler. Don’t they have pit bosses? Who in the hell would have a camera crew follow them around if they where trying to do some serious gambling? And don’t even get me started on splitting nines.

Was it entertaining? It could have been. Take a camera follow some high-class call girl around for a day. Hold auditions for a new adult sex show. Film someone losing a ##### load of money. Show some old security taps of card cheating. And this show never had enough sluty Las Vegas women, more sluty Vegas women corrupting young men who knew that he should have stay away from the Caribbean Stud and never have trusted that beautiful women with the big hairy hands who bought me I mean him a drink...

Second, I to have almost slept with a transsexual--a surprise like that will easily liberate you from binge drinking (picking up women these days you don’t need your wits impaired--look they can remove Adam-apples). ....So, I believe I can give a professionally review of this show.

Of course you're entitled to your opinion of the show, but give a professional review? I think you can do that ONLY if you slept with the transsexual...professionally.

--giggles and says she thought the show was funny...stupid but that's why it was funny

I gave it a shot, hoping again and again that it was going to get better. What a bad show. The new owners are not good-looking or entertaining, the lounge act is a joke and the story lines were so completely staged that I began to laugh out loud while looking for an Alan Funt look-alike to jump out from the pit at any time.

My first reaction last night: <Poor Kim.>

Second: <Poor me...>

The staged storylines really turned me off. The "pro gambler" bothered me the most. First, I had always thought the professional card counter-gamblers tried to keep a very low profile. Casinos can ban them for life. What professional gambler would let cameras follow him from the airport? And if he was really a professional gambler, could the show and /or the owners of the Nugget get in some sort of trouble with the gaming commission for bringing a known card -counter to Vegas and putting him up in a suite? I know the casinos don't much like those guys, but how does the gaming commission view them?

I think that guy had to be an actor. They probably gave him a bunch of money to gamble with and only filmed when he won a hand.

LAST EDITED ON 06-22-04 AT 00:30 AM (EST)

I only saw parts of it and thought it was boring. I will try to catch the next episode, but I doubt I will watch this show every week.

edit: Watched the second episode and it was just as bad as the first one. This has to be one of the worst shows on tv this summer.

Considering how disappointing the premier was for me, it means two things

A) It can only get better
B) If it doesn't, this stuff is prime for a great summary for many writers.
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At first I thought I was watching a regular scipted TV show. This show was so fake feeling and boring I couldn't watch it for the whole hour.

I didn't see much of this show because I thought it was pretty boring. But regarding the frat party and the winner of whatever contest they were having: The woman who was the "prize" was also on a show called "Single in Las Vegas" (on the WE channel). Coincidence? Or proof that this show is staged? I choose the latter.

This show is rather boring. Who knew Vegas could be so boring?

Whaddya expect? It's downtown. The strip is where it's at!