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[....Ian....]

anyone watch?i watched a little from harrahs last nigth with no sound and only watched between hands. but i saw Jennifer bust in 2nd with an overpair to rivered trips.thoughts on the production?

[BeanGW]

Overall it was OK. As for the poker, one of the plays that surprised me the most was Phil Ivey going in w/9-5. He couldn't have possibly thought Bellande, the chip leader at the time I believe, was going to fold any two cards there, and it seemed like Phil could have waited until the next hand to get something even slightly better than 9-5. I think he must have been bored, not digging the short stack thing, and was ready to play in some cash games, But hey, he's Phil Ivey, so who am I to talk, right?As for the production, only thing I didn't like was that they kept Norman Chad. IMHO, he's an moron, who knows next to nothing about the game of poker, and more importantly he really annoys the censored outta me. It's like everytime I hear him talk I want to shove a rusty nail through my ear drum. :evil: Couldn't they have replaced him with Shanna Hiatt... mmmmmmm...Heck they could replace him with one of those dogs playing poker from the ESPN commercial, and it would be much more entertaining. I did enjoy the part where he said he was growing "fond of Bellande..." no wonder he has so many problems with Ex-wives... he prefers loud mouth dudes.

[krup24]

I thought it was excellent coverage by ESPN. Good final table over all. Unfortunately for Jennifer her QQ got smoked by 9-10 os. Oh well thats poker.

[HRFC]

....Ian.... said:

anyone watch?i watched a little from harrahs last nigth with no sound and only watched between hands.  but i saw Jennifer bust in 2nd with an overpair to rivered trips.thoughts on the production?

One question, when was that game played live? The date if someone has it.

[PhishForChips]

Agreed about Norman Chad. Tacky jokes, boring commentary and a useless personality. Its like they picked someone at the last minute and then realized, "oh shit, maybe this poker thing really is going to take off"Bellande made some really nice reads until the play on Lee with Lees made stt8t. Oops. Harmon played well and got lucky with her Q7 against Lees Q9 and then got hit by a reversal of fortune when her QQ got nailed on the river by Lees trips. That is poker.

[Cousin Merle]

I like Norman Chad. He is funny.That comment about growing fond of Bellande was very funny.

[Briguy]

Was Chad the moron who was giggling like a hyena every three seconds? Or was that a different poker show? I had to turn the channel on the hyena.

[lordchadwick]

I think he is funny and not so full of him self. And one thing I really like about him is he doesn't say "WIRED PAIR" ever three hands like another putz on TV.What the **** is a "WIRED" pair anyway? I have never been good with home improvement. :wink:

[Smokewagons]

HRFC said:

....Ian.... said:

anyone watch?i watched a little from harrahs last nigth with no sound and only watched between hands.  but i saw Jennifer bust in 2nd with an overpair to rivered trips.thoughts on the production?

One question, when was that game played live? The date if someone has it.

I was played on March 20-22

[Canuckickstan]

HRFC said:

....Ian.... said:

anyone watch?i watched a little from harrahs last nigth with no sound and only watched between hands.  but i saw Jennifer bust in 2nd with an overpair to rivered trips.thoughts on the production?

One question, when was that game played live? The date if someone has it.

Final table was way back on March 22nd. I remember "watching" it on Cardplayer, excited for hometown boy Doug Lee.

[DrunkAces]

That event happened like last October!!! According to the ESPN schedule this years main event wont be broadcast till October. I dont get it. There is all this hype around the WSOP now....newspaper articles, tv coverage, etc....WHY wait another 3 months to show the main event. By then the only ones who will care will be people like us. And we are not enough to get the ratings up...they need the avergae joe shmoe to watch because he heard about it on ESPN or saw it in his local sports page. Can anyone explain this??? I understand the need for a delay....but 3 months??

[DrunkAces]

You guys sure it was March...I could have sworn i saw something that said October. Oh well. Still too long!

[fryer98]

Smokewagons said:

I was played on March 20-22

You got plaaaaaaaaaaaaaayed! :roll: I only watched the last 45 minutes of it, but I thought it was decent. I think they show too much background of the players, but then again, it's nice to see a little about them.

[DrunkAces]

I liked the dog commercial....but are they going to play that all the freakin time. They must have played it at least 18 times last night alone.

[fryer98]

DrunkAces said:

Can anyone explain this???  I understand the need for a delay....but 3 months??

Lots and lots of editing to do is most of it. If you think the ratings would be a lot worse if it was on within a few weeks compared to in Oct, I think you are mistaken.Has anyone noticed all the other station's websites (ABC, si.com, NBC, etc.) are trying to spoil the drama for ESPN by having who won on their front page??

[Footballguru]

fryer98 said:

DrunkAces said:

Can anyone explain this???  I understand the need for a delay....but 3 months??

Lots and lots of editing to do is most of it. If you think the ratings would be a lot worse if it was on within a few weeks compared to in Oct, I think you are mistaken.Has anyone noticed all the other station's websites (ABC, si.com, NBC, etc.) are trying to spoil the drama for ESPN by having who won on their front page??

ABC owns ESPN, doubt they are trying to stop their ratings

[RMcFadden94]

I watched last night, and overall I thought it was a good show. However, I have forgotten how annoying Norman Chad is. He really bugs the hell out of me. They definitely need a better personality along side the Lon McEahorn guy (Not sure on spelling) to really liven things up. I was rooting for Jennifer Harmon. Bummer her QQ got busted. Didnt like the Doug Lee guy. I think he misplayed his KK earlier when Bellande was still in it. Looking forward to next week though, but definitely not looking forward to seeing more commercials for the re-runs of TILT. :evil:

[fryer98]

Footballguru said:

fryer98 said:

DrunkAces said:

Can anyone explain this???  I understand the need for a delay....but 3 months??

Lots and lots of editing to do is most of it. If you think the ratings would be a lot worse if it was on within a few weeks compared to in Oct, I think you are mistaken.Has anyone noticed all the other station's websites (ABC, si.com, NBC, etc.) are trying to spoil the drama for ESPN by having who won on their front page??

ABC owns ESPN, doubt they are trying to stop their ratings

Yea, I think of that after I sent it...it was CBSsportsline.

[CrAcKeDaCeS]

I don't think you can complain that any other network was trying to ruin it for ESPN, considering I saw multiple updates on Sportscenter and ESPNews during the main event; including them announcing the winner.Also, Joseph Hachem appeared on ESPN 2's Cold Pizza show a couple of days after the main event.I think ESPN knows that people will want to watch, no matter if they know who won or not.

[mattyfresh87]

Doug Lee is a garbage player who would've ended up losing if he didn't river trips on harman. As for Norman Chad, it makes me wanna change the channel every time he speaks. He says the corniest jokes and knows jack about the game. If he says the ex-wife joke one more time ..... I thought the coverage by ESPN was great tho, they did well for the first tournament and I'm excited to watch the other events.