ESPN BLOWS it with this years schedule

[RollaJ]

They have about 34 events set to air, and 33 are holdem.
2 Omaha and 1 7cs event...... does anyone else thinks this sucks??
I really wish they'd show the Razz and more of the 8OB events

[Mason Hellmuth]

I would love to see more Omaha and 8/B events as well. But I can't blame ESPN for not showing them. Most people... normal people... would do anything to avoid watching Omaha.

[ismisus]

didn't you know Hold'Em = TV Poker. Also I imagine its tougher to watch/edit shows that involve more than 2 hole cards.

[RollaJ]

True but they show bowling and darts

[Kevmath]

I think there's 1 7CS, 2 PLO and 2 Limit holdem events. Razz's final day went over 17 hours. Think ESPN would've wanted to edit that stuff down? Unless someone can figure out how to make limit Omaha/8 or Stud/8 exciting, it'll never be on the air.

Kevin...

[Homer]

Why don't they just film every event and show the non-hold'em events after the main event?

[ismisus]

Why don't they just tape the final table of WSOP Me, and repeat it ad nauseam. Same ratings.

[nolanfan34]

I agree with your sentiments.

But - packaging an Omaha 8 final table into an hour, would be impossible. The game is too hard for a beginner to understand, the freakin' "Here's how you play Omaha 8 or better" would be like 5 minutes long.

And then someone would have to do the commentating. Who's going to do that, Norman Chad? I'd love to hear him and Lon try to explain which is the best low hand on a K8652 board.

Anyway, dream a little dream I say. Maybe someday. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[TheMetetron]

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which is the best low hand on a K8652 board.

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As the donkfest at MGM undoubtedly taught you, it's not A2 anymore. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[LLKOOLK1]

I think we need to face the fct that TV poker is not designed for people like us. It is made to appeal to the new poker following ESPN crowd. And we just have to deal with whatevr they give us. I would love to see some other events, but I just can't see 16 year old kids gettin a kick out of 7stud8/OB...kinda sucks, but I remeber a few years ago when I would wait to catch any poker broadcast at all. So ill make due with what I got.
-LL