Tilt: Episode 1 Review
User Review: Tilt: Episode 1 - Submitted by Michael Rocco (Score: 4.5)
ESPNs new show Tilt has started out with a bang as you could expect from any new series created by the legend of all gaming and sports ESPN, which also televises most major events from the World Series of Poker( which I have no experience in) tears?.
Three young players have all been busted out of their bankrolls by Don "The Mattadore" Everest, the greatest living poker player in the history of the game. None of them like to talk about their bust, but all of them have great futures as professional poker players (2 males and one female.) However, all of them suspect that they have been cheated, and they believe that he has some kind of an angle, they just don't know what. So an old-timer gets them together, and organizes a group which purpose is to bust the Mattadore and figure him and his ways out. By the way the old man also ran into the Mattadore and was also busted; the Mattadore has quite the reputation. A cop looking for a high stakes game comes into town, and is looking for a NL game. He is put on hold until they can get a game together. The floor man calls the owner of the casino which then calls the Mattadore to tell him that he wants him to play this guy. Soon enough a game has been started and everyone is familiar with it accept the cop. A few hands later the cop gets into a pot with the Mattadore, he flops a set of deuces and then moves in on the turn after the Mattadore hit is double belly buster straight, their goes 8 thousand out of the cop?s pocket. When the cop goes back to the room, the audience found out he wasn?t their to gamble he was studying all the moves of the players and knows how many outs that the cop had because of the hand signals and things like that. The cop then puts a video into the VCR and there is a man on the screen which tells people he cheated with the Mattadore and that they always used chip positions and hand signals to cheat them out. He goes straight to the cops and they go up stairs to the casino turns out the tapes have been thrown out. The cop grows furious, and knows he was cheated and something was going on. He beats up the video guy in the parking lot and forces him to tell him who told him to ?misplace? the tape. He reveals that it was the Mattadore, and Low Ball the owner of the casino. At the end of the episode the two men that are apart of the old timers group lose a satellite into the main event but both make the final table. Tune in next week?.
User Comments:
Posted by DC80 on Feb 11, 2005 - 12:20 PM
My score: 5
Posted by dueceswild_3 on Mar 16, 2005 - 10:29 PM
My score: 5
pretty good first episode to get people to come back.
Posted by TheOcPoker on Mar 20, 2005 - 06:02 PM
My score: 5
AWESOME!!! I loved the ending too smart move by the girl to bet on eddie towne lol
Posted by tedh7 on Mar 28, 2005 - 07:08 PM
My score: 5
awsome series i cant wait to buy it when it comes out on DVD
Posted by tedh7 on Mar 29, 2005 - 07:02 PM
My score: 5
tilt is awsome and the girl is hott
Posted by nyg23 on Mar 30, 2005 - 02:19 AM
My score: 4
I thought it was great but then again i think anything related to poker is great. One thing they could have done was shown a little more poker. And yes the girl was soooooooo hot.
Posted by kyter1 on Mar 30, 2005 - 10:11 PM
My score: 5
Great show!!! Ace's
Posted by TheOneMatrix on Mar 30, 2005 - 10:45 PM
My score: 5
do any of you if its going to be out on DVD?
Posted by Beeble_ on Apr 02, 2005 - 01:09 PM
My score: 2
Tilt is awful :/
Posted by Anonymous on Apr 03, 2005 - 09:21 AM
My score: 5
Thought the series was awesome. gave us a modern day and a semi 70's feeling. it will be interesting to see if theres a second season and what Don Everest will do...
Posted by BrPanthers99 on Apr 03, 2005 - 11:55 PM
My score: 5
I dont know why everyone hates Tilt, I thought it was pretty good. It was hard to make something as good as Rounders, especially after their are expectations.
Posted by OSUBucks42 on Apr 05, 2005 - 09:31 PM
My score: 3.5
It was an alright show. nothing spectacular. it is a very catchy show and if u like poker u should watch it at least once.
Posted by Static on Apr 09, 2005 - 08:33 PM
My score: 3
its an ok show its kinda cool turning on the television and watching a poker drama show it does get a little boring though.
Posted by slappystone on Apr 10, 2005 - 05:13 PM
My score: 5
Tilt was great. Couldn't wait for the next episode to come on. Hope they come out with a second season though.
Posted by saballa1212 on Apr 14, 2005 - 05:54 PM
My score: 5
They should stop now and not try and make a second season
Posted by xxmidianxx on Apr 15, 2005 - 02:46 AM
My score: 5
It was a great show and I think if they do a 2nd season... its going to be hard to beat.... but gl to them if they do... I know I will watch it
Posted by Dodgrblu21 on Apr 18, 2005 - 01:11 AM
My score: 3.5
tilt was ok thought the show needed more card play scenes
Posted by Sly_Fox on Apr 22, 2005 - 04:18 PM
My score: 5
At first I was very upset with Tilt. However, as the season went on I started liking the show more and more.
Posted by money4matt on Apr 30, 2005 - 01:06 PM
My score: 5
Definatly a good show. I like how the end makes you want to watch the next show/episode. I also liked playmakers which was also created by ESPN.
Posted by yodoha on May 01, 2005 - 01:48 PM
My score: 5
Men i thought this was aswome. I will get it on dvd or maby il just burn it of one of my freinds when they get it. Cant wait to watch again.
Posted by ReadChomsky on Jun 04, 2005 - 04:49 PM
My score: 0.5
The only thing about poker worse than High Roller is Tilt. It's simply awful, and can't be good for poker because it makes it look terrible. Trainspotting made heroin look better than Tilt makes poker look. ESPN should stop making films and TV series; they're always bad.
