The World Poker Tour’s Executive Producer, Joe Grimm, is interviewed from The Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles which is hosting the Legends of Poker WPT event. Grimm was on hand at “The Bike” to watch auditions for a new segment which will appear during Season 9 of the WPT, dubbed “The Raw Deal”. The segment will feature a fresh face to the world of poker, who will offer up raw edged opinions about those that appear at the final table. Auditions for this new team member to the WPT family were open, meaning anyone could come by The Bike on August 19th and try out for the part. In addition to the live auditions, for people that couldn’t make it out to Los Angeles, the WPT set up a Facebook page where people could upload their own videos with the general public voting for their favorites.
During this interview with our own Sean Gibson, Grimm talks about the audition process and who’s impressed him so far and the response the WPT has gotten to the process. He also talks about why the Legends of Poker tournament is one of his sentimental favorites and why it makes for compelling television.
Joe Grimm has been the Executive Producer for the World Poker Tour since 2002 and is a graduate from the prestigious Theater Arts program at the University of California, Los Angeles. Grimm graduated Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa.
The World Poker tour is in its ninth season and aires in the United States on Fox Sports Net. The Legends of Poker event is held annually from The Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, CA (inside Los Angeles County) with the 2010 event buy-in being reduced to $5,000, down from the historical cost of $10,000. This year’s event attracted 462 participants to create a prize pool of $2,151,072.
