Brandon McSmith Claims to have Rights to Face the Ace

• Author: Qid
• Filed under: High Stakes News, Poker, Uncategorized, poker tv
• Date: Jan 26,2010

A man called Brandon McSmith claims that “Face the Ace” is based in an idea he created. He says that he created a show called the “All Star Poker Challenge” and pitched it to Mori Eskandani at Poker PROductions. Mori took a look at it and rejected the concept, saying that a contestant risking everything to play on was a flawed concept.

McSmith contacted Poker PROductions after he found out it was the creator of “Face the Ace”, but they responded that NBC was behind the show. However, NBC informed him that Full Tilt Poker was actually behind the idea of the show.

The concept of “Face the Ace” and “All Star Poker Challenge” are almost the same, with few minor differences. The original idea included five doors and five matches. In “Face the Ace” there are four doors and three matches.

Also the prize structure is different, as every match was worth of $2,000 in the original idea and if the contestant would win the fifth match, he would also get an entry to the World Series of Poker Main Event .

McSmith has a suit pending in the Eighth District Court in Nevada. He is hoping to get a fair compensation. He don’t want to say anything about dollar values, but he says the “created by” would mean a lot to him, as he has several other projects he would like to get produced.

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