World Series of Poker Continues to Air on ESPN
ESPN will continue to show the rest of the world the exciting World Series of Poker tournament, the time slot of which is 9:00 p.m. EST on the said channel, and more and more poker fans are watching the WSOP as the number dwindles and the final November Nine battle it out at the felt table.
The WSOP started out with 6,494 participants, and now, there are only about 230 players left as more than 96% of them have been eliminated during the tournament.
The Prominent Players
The first hour of the coverage showed Joe Hachem as well as Peter Eastgate, who is the 2008 WSOP Main Event Champion. Joining these two was Bertrand «Elky» Grospellier, the man dubbed by both ESPN and Bluff as the world's top-ranked poker player. The first hour also showed Phil Ivey from Full Tilt as well as Dennis Phillips. Other big names that were featured during the first hour coverage included Tom Schneider, the 2007 WSOP Player of the Year and many more.
The second hour coverage showed Day 6, and it featured three big players, Eastgate, Hachem, and Ivey battling it out at the felt table and positioning themselves as one of the WSOP's November Nines.
In conjunction with showing the 2009 WSOP, the Inside Deal also returned last Tuesday. The hosts — Andrew Feldman, Laura Lane, and Bernard Lee — are working full time to bring poker fans and the rest of the poker world up to date with what is happening behind the prominent major tournament as well as giving them the latest poker news.
Inside Deals' special guest last Tuesday is one of the 2009 WSOP November Niners, Steven Begleiter. Begleiter, a Bear Stearns former executive, talked about his exhilarating journey through the WSOP Main Event field. He also discussed his corporate lifestyle and how this inadvertently had an effect on his poker career. Begleiter also imparted to the viewers his views on the future of WSOP and poker in general.
What to Expect from ESPN
If you want to be updated on the latest happenings in the 2009 WSOP as it leads to the final event, then you should definitely not miss any episode. Inside Deal promises to show more interviews from those fortunate enough to get into the November Nine as well as provide sneak previews of the final table.
Fans can expect building momentum from both the WSOP and the Inside Deal as ESPN brings them much closer to the final event.
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