Featured Table selections fair or unfair??

LLKOOLK1 · #1 07-09-2005, 06:46 PM

How exactly do they go about selecting players for the featured table? Is it a random selection? One superstar or interesting player with a random selection of others? Or just a hand picked table?
I jus think that this would not be fair to someone like Marcle Luske who is now on his second stint at the featured table. Is he not playing a tougher feild of players than others who are randomly seated?
I would hope that they simply find the most interesting, randomly picked table, and make that table the featured table.
Someone enlighten me, or some thoughts?
-$LL$

SmileyEH · #2 07-09-2005, 06:53 PM

I would think they just pick one of the randomly populated tables which ESPN thinks will be the most entertaining.

-SmileyEH

paperboyNC · #3 07-09-2005, 06:53 PM

The tables are randomly assigned. ESPN then picks an "interesting" table to be the featured table.

LLKOOLK1 · #4 07-09-2005, 07:11 PM

Thats what I thoguht, but then I read tht yesterday people were being taken from their original table(raymer i belive) and moved to this featured table, not based on a normal table break, but simply just moved there?
And Marcel Luske was just put on that table again? Just hope that their isnt any "influence" on who gets put on the featured table against who, based on "good tv potential"...i guess that was my point...thanks
-LL

benfranklin · #5 07-09-2005, 07:26 PM

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Thats what I thoguht, but then I read tht yesterday people were being taken from their original table(raymer i belive) and moved to this featured table, not based on a normal table break, but simply just moved there?

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Where did you read this??

Seat assignments have always been randomly determined by the WSOP, and ESPN then looks at the assignments and picks the table that they want at the featured table.

I can't imagine that anything like this could happen without a major uproar from the players. The bloggers and websites providing coverage would be screaming about this.

Kevroc · #6 07-09-2005, 08:23 PM

cardplayer has a video update where the way they chose the ESPN table is explained.

pokergripes · #7 07-09-2005, 11:16 PM

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cardplayer has a video update where the way they chose the ESPN table is explained.

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Now, this is exactly the sort of post that needs a link...by the way, how do we put links and pictures in our posts here? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Kevmath · #8 07-10-2005, 12:12 AM

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cardplayer has a video update where the way they chose the ESPN table is explained.

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Now, this is exactly the sort of post that needs a link

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Since you asked for it: How ESPN picks the feature table

To put up an image, click on the image code, and paste the url in the window.

Kevin...

Kevroc · #9 07-10-2005, 12:18 AM

sorry bout that, half assed help by me... [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

pokergripes · #10 07-10-2005, 12:22 AM

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cardplayer has a video update where the way they chose the ESPN table is explained.

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Now, this is exactly the sort of post that needs a link

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Since you asked for it: How ESPN picks the feature table

To put up an image, click on the image code, and paste the url in the window.

Kevin...

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Thanks (for the link and the info) [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]