November 9, 201114 yr WTF. They only showed the last 3 guys tonight. Didn't air first 6 eliminations from Sunday. Weak. Sunday beginning at 3:30 pm, ESPN2 aired the play from 9 players down to 3 on a 15-minute delay with hole cards shown at the completion of each hand. It ended around 1:30 a.m. Last night beginning at 9:00 pm, ESPN aired the play from 3 players down to a winner on the same 15-minute delay. This just ended a couple hours ago. At some point in the future (no date announced yet), they are going to air the traditional 2-hour edited episode that shows the entire final table from 9 players down to the winner. The German dude beat out the Czech dude for the title, with Americans finishing 3rd-5th.
November 9, 201114 yr Author I tried watching as much as I could before getting too tired and falling asleep. Good to know the will show the edited 9. Seems ESPN used this season to experiment with their coverage. It was fine the last two years.
November 9, 201114 yr I tried watching as much as I could before getting too tired and falling asleep. Good to know the will show the edited 9. Seems ESPN used this season to experiment with their coverage. It was fine the last two years. The problem is that there are different parts of the audience who want different things. You have the majority who are casual fans and only have 2 hours/week to invest and want to see all the action they can in those two hours. Then you have hardcore fans who want to see every hand, because you get to see actual poker being played rather than just a bunch of all-in/call coinflip hands that result in either a double-up or an elimination. ESPN is trying to do more to cater to both groups, though if you didn't read any of the poker content on their website and just had your DVR set to tape all the episodes on ESPN, you ended up with a mixture of the live and edited play and probably didn't understand why.
November 14, 201114 yr i haven't watched very much of the WSOP this year but i don't like how they are waiting till after the hand to show the hole cards.
November 14, 201114 yr i haven't watched very much of the WSOP this year but i don't like how they are waiting till after the hand to show the hole cards. That is only for the almost-live coverage, which is always going to be a requirement of the gaming comission. The traditional edited episodes are still showing the hole cards at the beginning of the hand.
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