[tri-lam]

With the WSOP beginning, let be the first to plead with anyone in-the-know: Please don't spoil the WSOP for me! At least no spoilers in topic headlines. I doubt I will actually make it until the shows begin to air without knowing the champions name, but I can try.

I may have to crawl into a hole until fall to avoid WSOP news. Damn information age!

[VARoadstter]

Lol,

I went over to Las Vegas Vegas before I checked in here this morning just so I could find out how the first few events turned out. I had some friends (a dozen or so) playing in event #2. I never managed to win a sattelite so I stayed home hoping for the best.

I will honor your request and not tell you what I've heard.

[dad604]

Going to be hard not to know until it airs on TV.

[Limit Breaker]

I have sattellite feed. ESPN has so many channels. Why don't they show WSOP live or do 2 hour recaps everyday? Idiots!

[tomb1]

Originally Posted by Limit Breaker

I have sattellite feed. ESPN has so many channels. Why don't they show WSOP live or do 2 hour recaps everyday? Idiots!

No way they can show it live -- it's so f*ing boring! I went to the last WSOP circuit event in New Orleans 2 weeks ago. Even with the final table, there's about 9 hours of play they edit down for TV. With hundreds of tables, it would be impossible to show live.

Now recaps... that might be good. But I don't think they have enough cameras to cover all the good players until they get down to a small number of tables.

Maybe one of these years they'll have the stones to broadcast the final table live. Nah, that would kill their multi-part series to milk all the commercials they can sell.

[Q10 soooted]

Originally Posted by tomb1

Maybe one of these years they'll have the stones to broadcast the final table live. Nah, that would kill their multi-part series to milk all the commercials they can sell.

Ding ding ding! We have a winner! I'm sure they could produce a great program in a much shorter period of time, but why bother. The ratings were so good during their 18 replays a week after last years event that the execs must be drooling over the possibilities this time. They need all of the time after the even for their marketing team to write plotlines, stories, & create heros/goats.

[DEEJAY]

heck i watched last years wsop live on my computer so it is possible.

[Limit Breaker]

Originally Posted by DEEJAY

heck i watched last years wsop live on my computer so it is possible.

Where? Is there a live feed today, tomorrow, all tournament?

[w16227]

Originally Posted by Limit Breaker

Where? Is there a live feed today, tomorrow, all tournament?

lol - not today.

The oficial tournament is over. No chance for a live feed.

Many web sites had live updates throughout the tournament, and a few had a live hand for hand graphic for specific tables (final tables I believe). Kind of like railbirding an online sites tournament. No live camera feeds allowed. DEEJAY - correct me on this if I am wrong (the camera thing). I did not link to any "live tables" this year - just the cardplayer reports.

tri-lam, no worries. Even if I posted the winner, you still probably would not know who they were.

BTW - the events have been over for some time now - how could you not know who the winner is????

[panthershutch15]

Limit breaker's post was from June 7, 2005....

As for the live feed, I guess it is probably possible. I heard that it was in the past, but not sure about this year's.