Capsule Media · Magic City Casino · Updated Nov 12, 2026

Magic City Poker Series: where everything stands

Pascal, this is the whole package in one place: tomorrow's wTVision call, the latest budget, deck and call brief, the AI poker room we built, what happens next, and where every file lives on the shared drive and on Kahuna.

7 + dealerplayers at one table
8 gamesshot over 4 show days
20half-hour episodes delivered
7 dayson site, dates not set
$178,146grand total, HD (4K $179,074)
$21,854under the $200,000 available
Tomorrow

The wTVision call

wTVision does real-time broadcast graphics. They have a Miami office in Doral, with headquarters in Lisbon. We need two RFID prices from them so the client can choose whether to add card graphics.

Fri, Nov 13 · 11:00–11:45 AM ET
Where
Dial-in
+1 302-503-4379, PIN 911 346 988
With
Jorge Kossowski (account manager, organizer) and Pedro Rodrigues
Invite
On your calendar now, from Jorge's invite
Notes
Dezi's Otter notetaker joins to record and transcribe

Before and during the call

  1. Read the call brief (5 pages). It has the talking points, every question, and the email Dezi is sending them.
  2. When "Dezi's Notetaker (Otter.ai)" asks to join from the Meet waiting room, ask Jorge to admit it. He's the host.
  3. Keep the client unnamed: it's "a casino in Miami".
  4. Play them the 16-second WPT clip. It shows exactly the graphics we want and how they update.
  5. Leave with a date for their quote, priced two ways (below).

What we need from them

  • Two prices. Rent their system and team for the 7 days, all in. Or buy a system the client keeps, plus their team for the week.
  • Recent poker work. Their public poker credits are from 2013–14 (PokerStars tours). Ask for anything newer, with links.
  • Are the chips RFID too? If not, who enters bets and stacks, and how fast does the pot update?
  • Graphics on their own channel. A clean fill and key we record on our timecode, so the editors can lay them over any camera.
  • Custom look in Spanish. The graphics will most likely be Spanish only. Who designs the look, and what does it cost?
  • NDAs for their whole team. The winner can't get out before the episodes are edited and aired.
  • The table. Do they bring an RFID table, fit antennas into one we provide, or build one? Does it read 7 seats plus board and muck?
  • Crew and timing. How many operators, how long they need for load-in and rehearsal, and whether their rates cover 12-hour days.
Latest versions

The files

All of these are in the EAG shared drive, in Magic City Casino › Weekly Poker Series › Production package - Nov 12, 2026.

Google Sheet · v25

Production budget

Every tab feeds the Summary by formula. Casting, RFID and the announcers switch on and off with Yes / No dropdowns at the top. Crew are on 12-hour days.

Open the budget
PDF · v4 · 15 slides

Format & production plan

The creative for the client. 20 episodes from 8 games, the episode clock, interviews framed for social, Aputure lighting, and no RFID: that's the client's call.

Open the plan
PDF · 5 pages

wTVision call brief

Who they are, what to tell them about the show, every question by topic, and the email going to Jorge ahead of the call.

Open the brief
Video · 0:16

WPT graphics reference

From a World Poker Tour broadcast, 0:45–1:01. Hole cards, 82% / 18% win odds, and the pot going from 1.2M to 1.5M to 1.8M as the bet and the call go in.

Open the clip
Video · 0:30 · 1080 web copy

AI poker room

The spec scene of our set with the new lighting, graphics and Spanish commentary. The 4K masters are on Kahuna.

Open the video
What it will look like

The AI poker room

A 30-second scene built from our own lighting plan and blocking, then generated and rebuilt in 4K. It shows the room the way we intend to light and shoot it.

  • Seven players and a dealer on the black Magic City Poker Room felt, in charcoal chairs.
  • Blue and rose uplights on the drape take the place of moving lights.
  • Two Aputure Storm 80cs per truss tower. They push red when a player goes all in.
  • Robotic FR7 cameras around the table, an overhead camera on the truss, and a hole-card lens.
  • Graphics and commentary in Spanish: a Cuban play-by-play voice and a Colombian analyst. The featured hand is Mirta's set of deuces against Javi's aces.
Budget v25

Where the money stands

The client's budget is $250,000, with $50,000 set aside for Willy, which leaves $200,000 for production. The quote is cost only, with no Capsule fee or markup.

LineHD4K
Cameras, recording, mounting$25,932$26,860
Lighting, truss, lighting tech$14,162$14,162
Crew, 12-hour days$43,800$43,800
Catering$2,885$2,885
Editing, 20 episodes$65,000$65,000
Best guesses: drape, audio, misc$14,142$14,142
Options switched on$12,225$12,225
Grand total$178,146$179,074
Under the $200,000$21,854$20,926
OptionNowCost
Casting (Pascal prices it)On$0 so far
Live announcers on siteOn$12,225
AI voiceover insteadAlternative$5,660
RFID, route 1: hire a teamOff$25,875
RFID, route 2: buy our ownOff$38,488

The RFID figures are our best guesses until wTVision quotes. The truss is a real quote from Miami Sound Rental ($7,089), and the drape is still a guess.

What happens next

Next steps

Where files live

Shared drive and Kahuna

The shared drive has what you need to review. Kahuna has everything, including older versions and the masters. The Kahuna folder name "MAGIC CITY CASINO " ends with a space.

Google Drive (EAG shared drive)

EAG › 00Clients › Magic City Casino › Weekly Poker Series › Production package - Nov 12, 2026
  • Budget v25 (Google Sheet), Format & production plan v4, wTVision call brief, WPT graphics clip, AI poker room (1080 web copy).
  • Open the folder

Kahuna: documents

Clients Kahuna/EAG/MAGIC CITY CASINO /Poker Series/Documents/
  • poker-show-production-quote-v25.xlsx, the Excel copy of the budget (v21–v24 kept alongside).
  • Magic_City_Poker_Series_Format_and_Production_Plan_v4.pdf (v2 and v3 kept alongside).
  • RFID reference/: the WPT clip and the call brief PDF.
  • Magic City Poker Series Production Schedule Revised.docx, your 7-day schedule.
  • _build-source/: the scripts that rebuild the budget and the deck.

Kahuna: AI poker room

Clients Kahuna/EAG/MAGIC CITY CASINO /CLAUDE START FOLDER/_working/poker-room-scene/video/4k_rebuild/deliver/
  • MCC_Poker_4K_GFX_ProRes422HQ.mov and MCC_Poker_4K_CLEAN_ProRes422HQ.mov: 4K masters with and without graphics.
  • MCC_Poker_4K_GFX_H264.mp4 (104 MB) and MCC_Poker_GFX_review_1080.mp4 (21 MB): easier to play and share.
  • Scene notes and decisions: poker-room-scene/SCENE-BRIEF.md.