Online Poker Casino Ads…All of them

Where do I even start. The range of tired and thoughtless online poker adds out there are countless but in South Africa we have to deal with three or four main contenders. Piggs Peak, Silversands, blah blah can’t remeber online, etc.

Specifically lets start with blah blah can’t remeber online. Their add starts with Ed Jordan (I think that’s his name) walking through a mansion talking in a very seductive voice in his opinion. Explaining how the new thrill for the high roller is in fact playing slots on the blah blah can’t remeber online casino site. High rollers don’t play slots Ed. Old ladies with handfuls of pention money are button bashers.

Secondly we have Silversands, you know, the adds with mister hardcore Dolph Lundgren (I think that’s how you spell it). The ads have all that is needed, ladies and poker. That’s it. So why oh why Dolph. “I win my poka gamesh“. Another thing is that their ads feature Apple Macs as the yet Silversands program does not work on an Apple. Doh. Dolph is renowned for his poker abilities or even his acting abilities so why use him in a poker ad. Get a local pro or even half pro thats always on ESPN to stand in and make it more interesting.

There is another ad that portrays a man and a woman having a heated conversation over the internet. It so happens that the dude is playing online poker and the woman in talking trash to a slot machine. The stupidity of the casino and ad agency are making women out there look dense. Thats just not on. FAIL.

Until the next online poker slash casino ad, I’m gonna go win some poka gamesh.