''I Bet You'' is a show about the lives of best friends and professional poker players
Phil "The Unabomber" Laak and
Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari as they wandered the streets of America betting and daring each other on anything and everything that inspired them, using their own money.
The series was produced by
NorthSouth Productions
NorthSouth Productions is a television production company in the United States that was founded by Charlie DeBevoise and Mark Hickman in 2000. NorthSouth creates and produces original programming for a variety of broadcast and cable networks incl ...
for the
MOJO HD network. Two seasons aired on MOJO HD before the network went down on December 1, 2008; a third season was filmed but has gone unaired.
Episodes
Most episodes were centered on a big bet (referred to in the title of the episode) of which the development was shown in several pieces. Between those pieces, smaller bets around town were shown.
The first season consisted of eight regular episodes and two bonus episodes. The second season premiered on April 10, 2008 at 9:30 PM and concluded its 14 episodes on July 10.
Setting
Each episode was filmed in a different location, though usually in or around a major American city, such as
New York City
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,
Las Vegas
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or
Miami
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.
DVD releases
Cast
*Dealer Dolls-Poker Dealers (1 episode, 2007)
*Brian Danner-Himself
*Tim Weske-Himself
*Antonio Esfandiari-Himself - Host (unknown episodes, 2007)
*Phil Laak-Himself - Host (unknown episodes, 2007)
*Melissa Pollard-Poker Dealer (unknown episodes, 2007)
*Brian Wilson WSOP champion
References
External links
I Bet Youat MOJO HD
Official MySpace Page* {{IMDb title, 0963266, I Bet You (2007)
2000s American game shows
2000s American reality television series
2007 American television series debuts
2008 American television series endings