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06-09-06, 03:55 PM
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Live Pay per View on the Main Event Final Table?
Anyone else hearing anything about this?
Seems like that would be a touch boring, could they even show the hole cards then? ???????
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06-09-06, 03:58 PM
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Absolutely not. UNLESS: It was tape delayed at least 5-10 minutes, and NO ONE (spectators too) was allowed to take a cell phone or any other communication device into the room AND no one was allowed in to the room after the broadcast started. Once you leave, you can't come back.
And yes, it would be boring. Just listen to the radio broadcast. |
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06-09-06, 04:13 PM
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Don't they boradcast Nascar "events" on raido? Wonder what that sounds like?
"Jethro pulls in for gas, Ernie goes real fast down the backstretch, JimBob turns left.........
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06-09-06, 08:38 PM
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From what I have heard, CardPlayer's live broadcast of the final table last year was extremely popular.
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06-13-06, 06:29 PM
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Copy/Paste from another site, wish I could verify the source. I am hearing more and more about this, it just might happen.
TP, if you make the final table are you buying it for us all? Televised poker has taken yet another step forward. On Friday, Harrah's Entertainment(NYSE: HET) and Stock Advisor rec Disney's (NYSE: DIS) ESPN announced an agreement to extend ESPN's coverage of Harrah's World Series of Poker (WSOP) through 2010. But more interestingly, the companies announced that, in addition to the regular coverage, this year's $10,000 buy-in Main Event will be telecast live on pay-per-view -- a first in poker television history. Three years ago, WPT Enterprises(Nasdaq: WPTE) spawned the worldwide poker craze with its World Poker Tour television show on Discovery Holding's (Nasdaq: DISCA) Travel Channel. Since then, ESPN has expanded its coverage of the World Series of Poker to include a couple dozen WSOP events in addition to the Main Event, as well as several WSOP Circuit Events from around the country. General Electric's (NYSE: GE) Bravo began airing Celebrity Poker Showdown, and its NBC division has recently aired the National Heads-Up Poker Championships. Fox Sports Network now has a few regular shows of its own, including its Poker Superstars tournaments. Sony Pictures Entertainment and LibertyMedia's (NYSE: LINTA) jointly-owned Game Show Network now airs High Stakes Poker. However, the one thing that all of the shows have in common is that they are edited, and viewers only get to see the big hands of tournaments that have already taken place. And in the case of the really big tournaments, many of the viewers also already know who wins. What a live pay-per-view event does is take reality poker shows to a new level, and there is no bigger or better tournament for such an occasion than the World Series of Poker Main Event, by far the biggest tournament in poker and the richest sport event in the world. Last year's tournament awarded nearly $53 million in prize money, with champion Jospeh Hachem taking home $7.5 million. Moreover, going PPV allows both Harrah's and Disney to further monetize the WSOP property, with a $24.95 retail price for what will be a 14-day Main Event.
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06-13-06, 06:40 PM
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Absolutely. But that's nothing. If I make the Final Table, I also plan to fly some friends/family out to watch in person. Oh, and the Dom will be flowing for the audience, courtesy of yours truly. I want to be the fan favorite, and I'm not above buying my fans.
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06-14-06, 09:47 AM
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I remember last year there was a live poker broadcast (I'm not sure if there was a live crowd or not). It was a one-off 6 person tourney - we got to see all the action (and inaction sometimes). The cards had embedded magnetic encoders so each card was known as it was dealt - including burn cards. I think it was held in Monte Carlo and it was definately live (there may have been a small delay I guess) - they even took breaks during commercials.
It was pretty cool, I'm surprised they haven't done it again - it was great fun to watch. It was not at all boring, even during a span where Devilfish stole the blinds 4 or 5 hands in a row... |
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06-14-06, 10:13 AM
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I believe you're right about it being Monte Carlo. It was some type of black-tie invitation thing that Ivey won I think. I had missed the original live broadcast but caught a rerun of it. I remember that they had a few technial glitches with the RFID tags (or whatever tech they use) but had the hole cams as a backup system.
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06-16-06, 11:18 PM
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From what I know, they broadcast the big cashgame at the bicycle on the internet with a 5 minute delay, so I dont see why they couldnt do it with the final table here. Although I have to say one of the greatest thing about the cardplayer audiostream was that you DIDNT know what they had, and listening to the pros debate the hand and what they thought the players had. Its one thing to have smartass announcers belittle every play, knowing everything. Seeing how a great players mind works without the revealed holecards is just...wow.
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