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OMG, yet another reason to hate ESPN...

SparkyOSU

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So the World Series of Poker has come down to the final table... after 1 month and 1 week of various poker game goodness there is only 9 left in the main event.

The final table has always been played on its own day, so last night when the final 9 were reached the tournament was delayed as usual so the final table can be played as its own spectacular event, enter the fucknuts of ESPN.

The final day has always been just that, the final day. But just so ESPN can show the final table live while it runs the rest of June's WSOP tournies, ESPN has delayed the tournament until... NOVEMBER!!!! 117 days AFTER the main event has been reduced to 9. You thought the BCS is bad????

Thats right folks, just because ESPN needs a way to raise ratings for their TAPED REPRODUCTION of the WSOP, they have taken and got the rights to delay the final event for 4 months. All nine players have to go and wait until Novemeber to play for the 9 million dollar payout, whats worse is 3 of the players are from overseas and have to leave the US and then regain entry into the US in November or forfit their seat and finish in 9th place regardless of their current chip count.

This thing has been played the same way for almost 60 years, until ESPN comes, commercializes it, market-izes it and then has the cajones to run it like they see fit...

DISGUST... I mean DISCUSS...
 
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SparkyOSU;1206913; said:
This thing has been played the same way for almost 60 years, until ESPN comes, commercializes it, market-izes it and then has the cajones to run it like they see fit...
Before ESPN, did any of these guys in the WSOP have TV deals? Movie deals? Instructional DVDs? Book deals? Video game sponsorship and cover appearance residuals? What was the pot for the WSOP Hold'em Finale before ESPN? 1M? 2M? Surely it wasn't 9M, right?

ESPN MADE these clowns famous. And wealthy.
 
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This thing has been played the same way for almost 60 years, until ESPN comes, commercializes it, market-izes it and then has the cajones to run it like they see fit...

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ESPN isn't forcing the WSOP to play by their rules. The WSOP has chosen to play by ESPN's rules, because ESPN has made its participants filthy rich and immensely popular. If waiting until November pisses you off, direct your anger at the right people...the WSOP.
 
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