Longest World Series of Poker Final Table

[TomCollins]

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A little off topic, but don't you think that after a long week of hard play(80+ hours) that ESPN & Harrah's could keep the final table going at a faster pace? 231 hands in 13.5 hours is ~17 hands an hour. Talk about a grind.

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They are taking breaks too. 1 hour dinner break, 15 minute breaks every 2 hours or so?

[TripKings]

Plus I forgot about the "breaks" whenever someone busted out. Still, a very long day for ~230 hands.

[four2flush]

ESPN made it look like there were only 2 or 3 hands when it went to HU. Does anyone know the approximate hand count or time it took from HU to final?

[B Dids]

IIRC it was less than 10.

I think ESPN made a HUGE mistake in not showing how long it took. Really took one of the more compelling elements of the story away from what happened.

The impression I get with their coverage is that they like to (to borrow a wrestling term) "kayefabe" it, and not acknowledge that they're not doing this live. Not discussing the passage of time seems to be part of that, but I don't think it works.

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ESPN made it look like there were only 2 or 3 hands when it went to HU. Does anyone know the approximate hand count or time it took from HU to final?

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HU was only 6 hands, so we got to see 1/3 of it.

[Toro]

A little commentary would have been great.

"We are now at Hand #43 and it's 2 A.M., not a lot of action since our last hand except for blind stealing and the chip counts are as follows(post a graphic)"

"This is a grueling final table, it's now 4 A.M. and we are at hand # . . ." etc

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The tournament began at 4PM in the afternoon and ended at around 6:45 AM. Don't you think it would have been great if ESPN had displayed the hour and time that most of the big hands were being played? [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

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What we needed was Kiefer Sutherland doing commentary along with a clock in the corner.