Definitely seems like an interesting series. I didn't see the part where a "fresh-faced noob" could win their way into the $60M tourney. All I saw was where it would be made up of 6 players, each buying in for $10M. They said the first rich-guy-poker-player in it was to be announced yesterday and some big poker event in CA. My guess is that it's either Hellmuth or Doyle (with the whole "multiple WSOP bracelets" thing) but there are many other multiple bracelet winners - just not sure how many of them would have the $10M to pony up (thinking without backers here).
I liked how FSN used RFID in the cards at the FTP Invitational to read the cards without having to use the hole-cam. It was good they kept it there as a backup though as there were some problems. Now it looks like they're extending that tech to the chips themselves for instant chip counts. I believe some casinos in Vegas (Wynn??? That's what comes to mind) now has RFID in each chip and can track its history from game-to-game.
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