I'm watching the PartyPoker.net Aussie Millions on Fox Sports Network at the moment. It's coming from Melbourne, Australia.

I enjoy watching hands anyway, but these tournaments aren't the same without a poker star or two. Right now, the featured table is full of guys whom I've never heard of.

I think if I could see every moment of every hand, I might enjoy t.v. poker for the sake of the game. But since it's so edited you don't get the full experience, I tend to watch it more for entertainment value.

For example, there's a controversy between two guys I've never seen. One is telling the other to stop wagging a finger in his face, and the tourney officials are threatening to penalize the both of them, and I could care less. I wish they would just show another hand.

Anybody else have a problem watching when the players are unknowns, or do you simply enjoy seeing how other players play?

I tend to invest more interest and emotion in an event when I know who the participants are. What applies to poker also holds true to sports. Take two boxing matches of equal quality. One fight has two named fighters, while the other features two unknowns. I'm going to enjoy both fight, but the one with the named fighters will have a greater sense of drama and excitement for me.

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