Comments on: WSOP Final Table Broadcast Airs on ESPN

By: greg

greg — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:56:12 +0000

i was obv pissed .I found espns contact info and sent them a scathing email. Unfortunately at the end a autoresponse said we value your input but due to high the high volume of emails we recieve daily there is no way we can read or respond to all submissions…what a joke Well who do they have to answer to … thats right no one

By: Bart

Bart — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:58:24 +0000

According to 2+2, Lon sent an email to the moderator in mid OCTOBER that it would run long…exactly how does ESPN not have time to fix the scheduled showing times with a MONTH to spare?

“Regarding the shows – very important for your 2+2′ers and DVR users: Due to us getting caught with our pants down last year with such a great heads-up match and little time to air it, the Final Table show will be longer than 2 hours! How much longer? We don’t know, but we will do 2 hours on 9 players -2, and the network has given us an open window for heads-up. Whatever the producers decide on site will be the length. So 2 hours plus the chosen heads-up hands. Don’t expect an extra hour but we are looking at some extra time so set your DVR’s accordingly.
Hope this helps the poker community. Enjoy.”

By: Stoyan

Stoyan — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:59:09 +0000

Yes, this was ridiculous. My TiVo cut the recording at 2hrs, I wend online to see when they’ll be re-airing it (since the guide data continued to say that the thursday and monday re-airs would also be 2hrs), and inadvertently saw who won…

At least I could watch the final on http://www.youtube.com/user/09WSOP, but the fun was already spoiled.

By: Nate

Nate — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:56:12 +0000

I experienced the same disappointment as everyone else here; mine actually stopped mid-hand with four people left, so I assume someone busted out in that hand. I sequestered myself as best as possible so not to hear who won, but I had to find out how to see the end so I searched the Internet for the schedule. I found a site that was dated in April, and just showed the announcement of the full schedule, and could see that it was supposed to be over on the 10th (not a two parter) and was schedued for two hours. As I was scratching my head, I noticed out of the corner of my eye a headline for another story on the webiste which, guess what, told me who the winner was. I am just unbelievably pissed off.

It was bad enough ESPN kept advertising during the earlier stages that Ivy was in the November 9, which really took away the tension whenever he was all-in before the final table, but now, even if I can watch the whole show, I already know who won, so the whole thing is ruined. The main event is really the most exciting thing on TV to me, I yell and applaud louder than any Super Bowl Sunday lunatic on the big hands, so this really is totally devasting. And its not like there was 2 and a half hours of solid play to squeeze in, there was a bunch of backgrounds, interviews, etc that could have been cut to fit it within the 2 hours. ESPN just sucks!

By: Jerry

Jerry — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:43:58 +0000

I went out of my way to avoid all poker media so I would be surprised by the results. 2:01 show stops. 2:02 I am searching the web to find the rest of the show. 2:02:10 I know who won but still can’t find the &$%^@ video of it. LAME!!

We have cell phones the size of your thumb, high definition TV, lasers, etc. but ESPN can’t update a schedule by 30 min for a show THEY created. Nice work ESPN!!

By: Connor

Connor — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:59:55 +0000

Are you going to re-air the final table or what? Put a video up something~~ You all were able to leak out who won and who made the table, but no warning that it ran over??
WOW
RE AIR IT at least

By: Jason Kauflin

Jason Kauflin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:21:34 +0000

For the 2nd year in a row, all of my poker buddies met to watch the final telecast. I made sure everything else was cancelled on my DVR for the night so there were no conflicts. I made sure there wasn’t more than the 2 hr block on ESPN, so we should have been fine.

We started watching at about 8:45pm. I even went as far as to NOT fast forward through the commercials so we wouldn’t know how much time was left so there would be some suspense to how much longer it would take to crown the champ. By the time we hit the end of the recording, it was around 10:45 and Sportscenter was already on.

When that thing cut off with 3 players left I was in a FUCKING STATE OF SHOCK. Ten guys sitting in a room…beers, snacks….and then that complete disappointment. My god, it was one of the worst things I have ever seen.

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:26:25 +0000

Way to go ESPN, just for that I hereby swear I will never EVER buy any Jack Link’s Beef Jerky…

By: Boooolsheeeeeeeeeeeet

Boooolsheeeeeeeeeeeet — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:25:43 +0000

For most events now on Tivo like races or games, the DVR will say “do you want to add 30 minutes on this broadcast”. Nice touch, TOO BAD IT DIDN’T COME UP FOR THIS EVENT! WAKE UP ESPN!

By: Art Manville

Art Manville — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:27:35 +0000

This was a travesty and I really don’t know how ESPN could screw up so bad. After months of watching and waiting for the final table, we get screwed out of the ending as our DVR cut off. The least they can do is show the entire replay ASAP.