“2 Months, $2 Million” was one of the poker shows that jumped on the bandwagon of trying to emulate the success of long-standing programs like Poker After Dark and High Stakes Poker. Unfortunately for 2 Months, $2 Million, that success never came since the show will not be renewed by G4 for a second season.
The premise of this poker show was that 4 online pros were living in a fancy Las Vegas house while trying to accomplish the tough feat of making $2 million in just two months of online poker. In addition to the whole money making aspect, the trials and tribulations of the players was also an element to the show. The players involved were Brian Roberts, Dani Stern, Emil Patel, and Jay Rosenkrantz.
Rosenkrantz was of particular interest since every major heads-up challenge saw him taking on some a poker pro. In one episode, Rosenkrantz was pitted against David Benyamine in a heads-up battle that saw him lose over $60,000. But Rosenkrantz redeemed himself in an online heads-up match against David “Viffer” Peat where he took Peat for over $351,000 after discovering a cyber tell. Unfortunately for Rosenkrantz, he couldn’t redeem the whole four person team as they fell short of the $2 million in 2 month goal.
By the end of the 2 months the team earned a solid $676,000 total, which would definitely satisfy plenty of four-person online teams out there. However, in the spirit of this challenge the money wasn’t quite enough to make ends meet. And the ratings weren’t high enough to give the group a second chance at their goal since G4 made it clear that the show is done. 2 Months, $2 Million ended up lasting for 10, half hour episodes.
Pitty, i enjoyed the show-mayb the guys werent hollywood material?
Great premise for a show, but I wonder if there really was any interest in it. I for one would love to watch something like that.