FYI: 'Turning Stone Type' of Event TONIGHT (Wed) on Fox Sports 6pm

That guy · #1 07-13-2005, 09:32 AM

$20k buy-in -- 3 1/2 hour event with Lederer doing the commentary...

6-9:30pm California time (Channel 654 in SF Bay Area DirecTV)

Sightless · #2 07-13-2005, 10:49 AM

I just read on tvguide that each player will have aheart monitor, this should be pretty cool

Kevmath · #3 07-13-2005, 10:50 AM

From Savagetournaments.com is the list of the 24 "all-stars" who'll start the tournament:

Bloch, Andy
Chan, Johnny
Cunningham, Allen
D' Agastino, John
Duke, Annie
Ferguson, Chris
Flack, Layne
Forrest, Ted
Gazes, Kristy
Gordon, Phil
Gowen, Clonie
Greenstein, Barry
Grey, David
Hansen, Gus
Harman, Jennifer
Hellmuth, Phil
Hennigan, John
Lindgren, Erick
Luske, Marcel
Negreanu, Daniel
Oppenhiem, David
Seidel, Erik
Williams, David
Cloutier, TJ

They start at 11:30am Eastern with 4 6-player tables playing down to the last 6 that start just before 6 (show is "Live" on a 5 minute delay)

Kevin...

Sightless · #4 07-13-2005, 10:53 AM

[ QUOTE ]

Bloch, Andy
Chan, Johnny
Cunningham, Allen
D' Agastino, John
Duke, Annie
Ferguson, Chris
Flack, Layne
Forrest, Ted
Gazes, Kristy
Gordon, Phil
Gowen, Clonie
Greenstein, Barry
Grey, David
Hansen, Gus
Harman, Jennifer
Hellmuth, Phil
Hennigan, John
Lindgren, Erick
Luske, Marcel
Negreanu, Daniel
Oppenhiem, David
Seidel, Erik
Williams, David
Cloutier, TJ

Kevin...

[/ QUOTE ]

awsome list

That guy · #5 07-13-2005, 11:35 AM

essentially, a 4-table $20k short-handed Sit N Go...

hopefully, blinds don't move to quick...

cool

cwsiggy · #6 07-13-2005, 07:10 PM

I pray I can get this on bittorrent soon.

Malachii · #7 07-13-2005, 07:16 PM

Why do this during the WSOP?

TomHimself · #8 07-13-2005, 08:04 PM

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Why do this during the WSOP?

[/ QUOTE ]only time slot ofr live copverage. FSN shows lots of baseball and stuff

FouTight · #9 07-13-2005, 09:41 PM

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Why do this during the WSOP?

[/ QUOTE ]only time slot ofr live copverage. FSN shows lots of baseball and stuff

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2 reasons.

A) the WSOP isn't being AIRED only played, so it's not competion
B) how else can they easily get so many players in one location? They are all already in vegas.

grandfromage · #10 07-13-2005, 09:48 PM

With WSOP coverage going pretty nuts at the moment, it should make for a good audience.