WSOP final table pay-per-view
The final table will be available on Viewer's Choice Pay-Per-View in Canada. It will be $24.99.
http://www.viewerschoice.ca/details/?36030
I haven't been able to find out if they will be showing hole cards. Tape delay is a possibility. I saw something about possibly sequestering the players during breaks etc so that they cannot find out information from previous hands. Also banning cell phones so that spectators cannot reveal info from previous hands. I don't know if any of this is true, there seems to be a lot of speculation on the internet.
Comments? Does anyone have more concrete information?
Mike
http://www.viewerschoice.ca/details/?36030
I haven't been able to find out if they will be showing hole cards. Tape delay is a possibility. I saw something about possibly sequestering the players during breaks etc so that they cannot find out information from previous hands. Also banning cell phones so that spectators cannot reveal info from previous hands. I don't know if any of this is true, there seems to be a lot of speculation on the internet.
Comments? Does anyone have more concrete information?
Mike
Comments
That really wasn't funny. Especially since I read part of the page before I realized what was going on:-)
LOL 13 cards...
http://pokerforum.ca/forum/index.php?topic=10444.0
Mike
Mike
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bal-sp.gambling20jun20,0,7341185.column
So basically if you would normally be following along on the internet via the live update log on CardPlayer, this way you can watch it on TV, similar to a spectator who is at the event.
I'm still planning to order it.
Mike
Also, trying to guage interest in side games for this - will any be out there who is not signed up for the WPT ?
The low point so far: Phil Gordon's co-host guy says: "Did I just see Allan blow a snotrocket?"
At first, I HATED the audio. It's a weird mix... takes some getting used to, because they seem to have all of the player's microphones up, as well as the commentators'. At first, because I could hear EVERYthing, I couldn't hear anything. But I've gotten used to it and I'm now able to kind of pick and choose what I want to pay attention to.
It's a very ambitious undertaking for ESPN. From a production standpoint, it's fascinating. From a "poker/entertainment" standpoint, it's pretty good. Hole cards would make it better (the lines they try to feed you about this actually being more like "the real experience" are total bullshit.....), but Phil is doing a good job with the analysis, and they are having some great guests joining them in the booth.
I was curious about how they'd deal with cameras. Would they have ten cameras shooting for the "to-be-edited" broadcast, and then another ten right next to them shooting for the PPV broadcast? That would get messy, traffic-wise. They appear to be using the shots from the cameras working for the "edited broadcast" version, but they don't appear to have any control over them. In other words, the operators are taking their direction from someone who is only concerned with the final edited package. There is another director doing the PPV who has the ability to use these same cameras, but no way to control them. This is why we are seeing so many on-air repo's, focus checks, swish pans, etc.
Well. It feels "live" I guess. Someone who knew nothing about television production would probably call it sloppy, and I wouldn't blame them. But there really is no other way to do it... just close your eyes and pray!
Bottom line: it sure as hell beats hitting "refresh" at cardplayer.com every two minutes.
Jamie Gold
54,000,000
2
Allen Cunningham
14,500,000
3
Paul Wasicka
11,700,000
4
Michael Binger
7,500,000
5
Rhett Butler
3,400,000
7 minutes, ago, this is what the chip stacks were. Seems Gold knocked out a couple of players. With a 30 million chip lead he's poised to take the title. The blinds are 80k -160k with a 20k ante.
Side note,
1. David “Chip†Reese - $1,756,000 (Seat 3)
2. Doyle Brunson - $1,227,000 (Seat 2)
3. Andy Bloch - $934,000 (Seat 5)
4. Phil Ivey - $885,000 (Seat 9)
5. Jim Bechtel - $841,000 (Seat 1)
6. David Singer - $745,000 (Seat 7)
7. Dewey Tomko - $438,000 (Seat 4)
8. T.J. Cloutier - $351,000 (Seat 6)
9. Patrik Antonius - $13,000 (Seat 8)
Final table of the H.O.R.S.E event. Wow i'd love to see all those pros playing some serious poker.
1. Allan Cunningham making a sick 2 million call on the river again Gold with Ace high.
2. The final hand prior to dinner break, can't understand how Lee thought his jacks could be good after a 4 million re-reraise. I know he's trying to win the tourney but given that he is 2nd in chips and poised to make at least 4 million (should he finished top 3) the last thing he should be doing is getting involved with Gold. Jamie has been getting the cards so far and was the only person that could bust him at the table.
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stp