Heads Up with Remko - Mori Eskandani

Mori Eskandani is the driving force behind poker on TV, and the producer of shows such as High Stakes Poker and Poker After Dark and he joins the podcast to talk about the launch of the PokerGO Studio at the ARIA Resort & Casino. Mori dives into the importance of the studio, the shows that will be created, and he takes us on an epic journey through poker’s history on TV.

• 1:52 – The start of the interview with Mori Eskandani, and the announcement of the PokerGO Studio at the ARIA Resort & Casino.
• 4:48 – The PokerGO Studio coming together, with the backing of Cary Katz and Bobby Baldwin.
• 7:40 – The possibilities and potential the PokerGO Studio brings along with it.
• 9:44 – What goes into producing a poker broadcast such as World Series of Poker Main Event?
• 15:02 – Mori’s team, and what happens behind the scenes at big poker events.
• 18:24 – Comparing the World Series of Poker Main Event with the Super High Roller Bowl from a production point of view.
• 21:28 – How high stakes televised cash games come together: The players, the stakes and the politics that go into it.
• 21:40 – Mori’s passion for the game of poker, and why the game is still so intriguing after decades of playing and working in it and with it.
• 29:45 – The story behind High Stakes Poker and how Johnny Chan losing a pot worth $700,000 turned into the show being created.
• 42:42 – The future of high stakes cash games on TV, and reflecting on introducing new-age players to High Stakes Poker such as Tom Dwan and Ilari ‘Ziigmund’ Sahamies.
• 52:08 – The PokerGO coverage of the World Series of Poker, and why mixed games will be an integral part of the high stakes cash game action from the PokerGO Studio.
• 56:40 – Why the iconic Bobby’s Room game will be played in the PokerGO Studio featuring all the big names.
• 1:00:20 – The reception of the PokerGO Studio by the high stakes players that Mori has spoken to.
• 1:04:45 – The story of Henri Orenstein, and how he created the first ever poker table equipped with hole-card cameras for the sum of $600,000.
• 1:11:33 – The legend of Chip Reese, and why he didn’t appear on the first season of High Stakes Poker.
• 1:15:28 – Mori Eskandani’s life as a poker player, his results and his dream to one day win a World Series of Poker bracelet.
• 1:17:25 – Who will carry the torch for the game of poker like Doyle Brunson once did, and many others after him?
• 1:20:38 – How the size of the stakes in live televised cash games increase the stress for the production team, the biggest stakes Mori has ever seen, and how he left Sammy Farha’s buy-in for the cash game in a casino hallway.
• 1:25:20 – A crazy story from Mori, playing a crazy hand of $1,500/$3,000 Seven Card Stud versus Larry Flint.
• 1:27:27 – Sitting down for the first time playing $30/$60 at the Golden Nugget in the 80s, and seeing Chip Reese sit down at this table.
• 1:29:18 – Mori’s excitement for all that’s to come in 2018.

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