[yeltzen]

Any news on this years ratings for the WSOP? I haven't watched a minute of it other than the Harrah's AC episode. Just curious as to whether or not people are tired of watching idiots do all they can to get their 15 minutes of obnoxious fame.

[Kalimba]

If ESPN has taught its viewers anything, it's that you don't have to watch the WSOP shows the first time they air, because they run them again and again and over and over and again and again and...

[KYBill]

Originally Posted by yeltzen

Any news on this years ratings for the WSOP? I haven't watched a minute of it other than the Harrah's AC episode. Just curious as to whether or not people are tired of watching idiots do all they can to get their 15 minutes of obnoxious fame.

The only turn off for me with the wsop is the idiot who thinks if he acts like an ass on tv he will be the next big thing in poker !b

[Spaceman Spiff]

Like the guy in the limit hold 'em event? What a tool.

I've caught most of them, but for whatever reason, the circuit events just weren't as exciting for me to watch. I'm looking forward to the WSOP events though, although I think I'm most excited about seeing the non-NLHE events. I don't know if it's a sign of the impending "crash", but there's only so much Hold 'Em I can watch nowadays. I still love playing, but seeing other games is more interesting to me.

[yeltzen]

Originally Posted by Kalimba

If ESPN has taught its viewers anything, it's that you don't have to watch the WSOP shows the first time they air, because they run them again and again and over and over and again and again and...

lol very good point.

[KYBill]

I heard on espn radio that poker was the third most watched sporting event on tv , football and nascar were 1 and 2.

[yeltzen]

Originally Posted by KYBill

The only turn off for me with the wsop is the idiot who thinks if he acts like an ass on tv he will be the next big thing in poker !b

But it always works! Look at that chump that was saying EXCELLENT LAYDOWN every 2 seconds. Now everyone is saying that and people are talking about him. It's just like football. T.O. acts like a complete snatch and now he has media helicopters flying over his house to see what he'll do next.

[yeltzen]

Originally Posted by Spaceman Spiff

I'm looking forward to the WSOP events though, although I think I'm most excited about seeing the non-NLHE events. I don't know if it's a sign of the impending "crash", but there's only so much Hold 'Em I can watch nowadays.

I agree with this. I don't think NLHE will ever crash again since there's always kids turning 16, 17, 18 every year who want to buy rice burners and show everyone how tough they are by going ALL IN. But seriously, I can only watch AQ go against JJ so many times. Or AA against J10s. Or AK against QQ. Or 1010 against 66, etc. It just gets really boring. There's no real skill on display; just a bunch of people flinging their chips into the pot to see who gets lucky in the 500th race of the night. I don't mind it as much when I play myself, since Hold'em is the only game you can make decent money at right now (I wonder if most people even know there are other forms of poker) so I'm willing to suffer for it.

My main reason for not watching any of this is that I hate ESPN and WPT's attempt to make these people celebrities (even though it's probably the main reason people want to play in the events). They're freaking poker players. That's like making a golf player a celebrity. It works for Tiger, but in general, these people are just playing a game they enjoy. Some schmuck that wins a $1 satellite and then wins the WSOP main event isn't a celebrity. He is to the gold-digging whores who want his money, but he's not a celebrity to the public.

[Frankenswat]

I love J.R. Bellande. He is the man. Excellent laydown. A/J or better and I'm comin. Boy, you guys are making some excellent laydowns today.

[SpeakEasy]

I was on ESPN last night, but I wasn't acting like an ass.