ESPN WSOP Coverage

[TheTimeIsUp]

Does anyone have a list of which events ESPN is showing for each date?

[TomHimself]

web page

[RacersEdge]

Anyone want to give a quick description of what "Circuit Championship" means that airs tonight? The WSOP sponsors events around the country and the top performers go to LV to determine the circuit champion? I have no clue - I'm only tuned into the ME.

[Kevmath]

The WSOP Circuit events were 5 separate tournaments held at Harrah's casinos (Rio, Rincon, New Orleans, Atlantic City, Lake Tahoe). The WSOP Circuit events televised on ESPN are the 10k Main Events at each stop.

[Cased Heel]

Wonderful I like the way they show the first few events out of order, in order to show the RIO events FIRST. This doesn't surprise me.

And ESPN draws out the ME for over 1 month. I will be so bored by that time I probably won't even watch it.

Thanks again ESPN. It's bad enough we have to sit through 25 minutes of analysis on Jason Giambi's swing before getting to baseball highlights!

No really, you guys rock!

I don't understand why you can't just push the footage back to 2006? Then the ME will start in December of 2006 and end in 2007, which will be broadcast in early 2008.

Cool.

[Python49]

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And ESPN draws out the ME for over 1 month. I will be so bored by that time I probably won't even watch it.

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I think you'll be alone in that regard.

[Kevmath]

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Wonderful I like the way they show the first few events out of order, in order to show the RIO events FIRST. This doesn't surprise me.

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You know these are individual tournaments, I don't see a problem with them being run out of order.

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And ESPN draws out the ME for over 1 month. I will be so bored by that time I probably won't even watch it.

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Highly doubtful, and you know the ME is getting TWELVE hours of coverage. Would you rather go back to the days when you got 1 hour? ESPN needs those hours to develop the storyline, and help you become familiar with the players at the final tables. You should be happy to see 12 hours of a poker tournament. And there's this little thing called ratings, which ESPN would like to recieve for airing these programs.

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I don't understand why you can't just push the footage back to 2006?

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You may get your wish next year, since the ME will probably start at the Rio mid-August, factor in the 12 WSOP Circuit events, if they decide to run those all at once, the various prelim events, and the ME may actually start airing late November.

Kevin...

[Cased Heel]

As long as they continue to not realize how important it is to show th POT SIZE during a hand I'm happy.

Total sarcasm.

Why haven't these CLOWNS figured out how to either display the pot size or SAY WHAT THE POT SIZE IS instead of talking about ex-wives and shirts?

ESPN is a total joke. All we do is see people toss chips into the center of the table, another card flips, and the percentages of their hand change? Niiiiice.

I'm sure this works for the new-newbies, but I'd really prefer to know what is at stake in each and every pot.

That way I could UNDERSTAND why that Jean-Robere guy was asking "Why would you raise to 24K?". As it stands, I have no idea if he means it's a LARGE raise or a SMALL raise.

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Dude, pot size, chip count, blinds and antes, all that don't matter. What matters is the AMAZING TURNS OF FORTUNE and TRIUMPHANT SUCKOUTS that happen on each turn of the card!

Oh, and celebrity promotion.

[Brad F.]

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That way I could UNDERSTAND why that Jean-Robere guy was asking "Why would you raise to 24K?". As it stands, I have no idea if he means it's a LARGE raise or a SMALL raise.

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Before that hand they said blinds were 3k/6k. He bet 4x the big blind.

They also show the pot size at the top of the screen quite often.

Sure, it could be tons better, but it's still entertaining for me. This was much better than the US Poker Championship coverage.

Brad