I rag on Face The Ace a little bit on this site, but there’s a silver lining for NBC’s success with the show – they didn’t even come up with the idea.
Brandon McSmith is suing “Poker Productions’, the company responsible for the idea of the show. Noted gossipmonger and celebrity hunting site, TMZ reported this earlier today.
McSmith claims that he came up with the idea for regular poker players to face off against poker pros (hidden behind doors). Sound a little familiar? The plot thickens as McSmith thinks this idea theft is worth $85Million… That’s a lot of blinds.
As of now, it’s unclear how Face The Ace, NBC or Poker Productions will react to this allegation. If it’s anything close to a legit case from McSmith (which sounds like a totally fake name to me) I’d imagine FTA and it’s parent companies will throw some bucks at it to make the problem go away.
I’ll keep you posted on any further developments.
Tags: News, Poker Pop Culture, TV
