PokerCentral Acquires WSOP Rights In Partnership With ESPN, November 9 Over - Poker News

Poker Central is excited to announce the acquisition of the global television and digital media rights to the World Series of Poker. An agreement has also been reached with ESPN to bring – for the first time – same day live coverage of the World Series of Poker from Day 1 of the Main Event until the winner is crowned.

End of an era

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05-15-2017 , 10:10 AM

JeffroSTL

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https://www.pokercentral.com/article...n-relationship

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05-15-2017 , 10:11 AM

JeffroSTL

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Live streaming of the Main from 1A forward on a 30 minute delay on both ESPN and Poker Central.

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05-15-2017 , 10:25 AM

restorativejustice

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Good.

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05-15-2017 , 10:25 AM

am_man

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Great news all around I think. I'm guessing the main event coverage pre final table will be without hole cards though?

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05-15-2017 , 10:26 AM

Cdub512

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Nice!!

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05-15-2017 , 10:28 AM

Shmoove

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No more November 9 and more live poker! Win win.

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05-15-2017 , 10:32 AM

Me2theEV

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So will it all be live coverage? No more Norm Chad and Lon?

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05-15-2017 , 10:32 AM

Stinky Stu

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Nice. I hate the November 9 concept.

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05-15-2017 , 10:36 AM

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Me2theEV

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I thought it took away from part of the grind/momentum/run like god factor.

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05-15-2017 , 10:41 AM

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Great news all around I think. I'm guessing the main event coverage pre final table will be without hole cards though?

Thirty minute delay so I'm guessing *with* hole cards. Would think Norm and Lon are included since it's an ESPN partnership.

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05-15-2017 , 10:54 AM

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12bigworm81

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Good move.

Hopefully they move the entire Series to February/March.

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05-15-2017 , 11:04 AM

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Clevername69

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Any idea why there's no day 3 on the schedule?

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05-15-2017 , 11:08 AM

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JeffroSTL

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Any idea why there's no day 3 on the schedule?

Probably an ESPN conflict. Guessing it's all PokerCentral for 3 (and 1c).

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05-15-2017 , 11:13 AM

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Thank goodness the whole waiting for 3 months sucked.

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05-15-2017 , 11:33 AM

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Pretty much inevitable, but still glad to see it. Of course watch - this will be the year that some hot female or mainstream interest figure makes the final table, where they might've actually benefited from the down time to build hype.

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05-15-2017 , 11:38 AM

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Great so it will be impossible to watch. Poker Central is notorious for making their shows literally impossible to find.

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05-15-2017 , 11:38 AM

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Good move.

Hopefully they move the entire Series to February/March.

WTF, no! Why would you want this? The WSOP gets soooo many more rec players by virtue of being in the summer.

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05-15-2017 , 11:47 AM

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So will it all be live coverage? No more Norm Chad and Lon?

The Poker Central Press release indicates that ESPN has committed to broadcasting 40 hours of live coverage plus 130 hours of original packaged shows every year. What exactly original packaged shows consist of, I couldn't tell you. I suppose it could be the live shows repackaged but my hope would be that they take additional content that was not originally broadcast on ESPN live.

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05-15-2017 , 11:48 AM

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Amazing that pokercentral has that kind of money.

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05-15-2017 , 11:50 AM

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Any idea why there's no day 3 on the schedule?

It clashes with X Games 2017 opening night.

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05-15-2017 , 11:51 AM

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Amazing that pokercentral has that kind of money.

I believe Cary Katz is the big money backing this deal.

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05-15-2017 , 11:54 AM

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Amazing that pokercentral has that kind of money.

I think you over estimate what ESPN was willing to contribute going forward. You miss the news of massive layoffs?

The arrangement with Poker Central is probably quite reasonable for both parties.

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05-15-2017 , 11:57 AM

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TomHimself

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no more november 9?

that is fantastic news

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05-15-2017 , 11:57 AM

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ASAP17

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Don't forget this is the last year for ESPN with the WSOP and all indications are they aren't renewing, great step to get it on twitch for the future. I'm sure it wasn't expensive at all for PokerCentral. Everyone wants the events live streamed and no one wants November 9 especially the players involved. Seems like a win win all around.

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