The online WSOP events showed that there isn’t an obvious solution to making online games visually interesting. Then there’s the challenge of lighting a table for a camera that’s walled in with reflective sheets of plexiglass. The pandemic has reset the playing field a bit with most live poker lost to shutdowns.
There are certainly arguments that this is a good time to launch a show like this. They recently signed a deal with Ryan Feldman and Nick Vertucci to bring the show to life. They announced “Hustler Casino Live” on Twitter, it will play “5 days a week on YouTube, mid to high stakes, w/ all of your favorite LA players & poker celebrities + best of the best commentators” With live poker on the back burner for most of 2020, casino arm of Hustler (as opposed to the publishing arm) has seen an opportunity to create a new cash-game live streamed show.
