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Originally Posted by PuraVida96
Do you have numbers on that? Curious as to what the viewership differences were for those shows. Was it because they weren't popular or because NLH was on a massive heater that they wanted to capitalize on and also much easier to explain to the general public.
I don't have the numbers and would be interested in them as well. I just imagine that this stigma that mixed games aren't sellable to the masses is why they have been sidelined. That being said, I'm not sure those numbers are really applicable in today's environment. Anecdotally, there does seem to be a stronger interest in mixed games today than in the past....however do the number of players actually playing mixed games bear that out?
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Originally Posted by PuraVida96
I like Lon, he's a iconic poker voice, but he doesn't need to be in the booth everyday. No reason they can't put together a mix of Lon, Tuchman, and guys like Jason Somerville to share the workload and rotate as play by play guys throughout the summer.
I've been on the "put Lon out to pasture" bandwagon ever since the horrible job he did during the live 2011 main event coverage. Still, he does have his strengths. He is quite likeable and his voice instantly gives credibility to an event because it's easily recognized even by casual poker fans. Also, he's a very good announcer. Listening to poker players talk is cool and all but I can't imagine it coming across that great without a professional announcer in the booth and that's what he is good at. Sure, he doesn't know a lot about poker but I wouldn't be surprised if he has worked on this aspect of his game because he seems less terrible than 2011.
BTW, I thought Lon in the booth with Doug Polk was gold. They seemed to have good chemistry...perhaps some unintentional when Doug was trolling him but still I found it enjoyable.
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Originally Posted by PuraVida96
Not that WSOP cares but it's kind of embarrassing that they have all these prestigious $10k World Championships for the different poker disciplines and nobody can see them.
One thing WSOP should have thought through more before doing this deal is how the prestige of an event is impacted by whether or not it is streamed or not. It blows my mind that they wouldn't stream a tournament with 18000+ runners and a $1,000,000 prize for first. It seems the Colossus would be the perfect tournament to stream on twitch because casual viewers that don't know anything about poker are going to want to see a dude win $1 million. Also, since it happens towards the beginning of the series it would help introduce new viewers to PokerGo and help them expand their subscription base.
So yeah, I agree. I'd broadcast final tables like the Colossus and days 1 and 2 of the One Drop free on twitch, and I'd add events such as the $10k players championships to the PokerGo platform. Does this mean potentially broadcasting a couple events at the same time? Perhaps, but I have to imagine this is quite doable.