Has Televised Poker Really come to this?

On Saturday I stumbled across the worst televised poker tournament I have ever seen. I know what you're thinking, worse than "Celebrity Poker Showdown" or "Poker Royale - Battle of the Sexes"?

Ultimatebet.net's World Poker Challenge is totally devoid of anything interesting. It basically pits 6 amateurs, who qualified on Ultimatebet.net, trying to win $10k and advance to a final table worth $200k. Seems like an Ok idea, but the players, announcers and production values are all bad.

One announcer even said, "you know, if he really thought about it...he probably has the best hand", when one player was on a draw versus a made hand. Where do they find these guys?

Basically this show is just one long commercial for Ultimatebet, I wonder how many emails you get once you sign up with the .net version to entice a move over to the "dark" side and start playing for real money. I'd put the over/under at 3 a day....