Gotta watch something to fill my time for four years waiting for the next Olympic Curling coverage to rivet me to the screen.

I still watch World Poker Tour episodes when I see them on.

I would watch it if it was still on and the coverage of the WSOP was the same as pre 2011

I do now that I can watch it on ESPN (for the World Series). I used to watch online but not anymore now but that may be because online play is banned now and I used to watch while I was playing.

This. End of TT

Do you understand it was edited right?

Not much of edited stuff nowadays. Live Stream ftw

Edited versions were so much better, get to see the best hands and all the drama. Now it's just so slow and boring.

I just got back into watching poker on TV. I didn't watch it for years nor was I even playing but now I'm back to doing both.

Do people just stare at each other for 8 minutes a hand? Are there any personalities?

The live streams aren't too bad, at least the WSOP ones anyway. I enjoyed the streams a lot and watched pretty much every hour of the WSOP ME via ESPN and PokerGo. Maybe I like it again because I didn't watch poker for several years so I enjoy it again.

Agreed

Agree here. Watching someone tank for 8 minutes is not my idea of fun. I'm not one for tanking a long time either but I also don't play high stakes, yet.

I dont think I even know a single person below 40 who owns a tv

Thank you for reminding me to cancel my post wsop pokergo sub

So what...it is the over-40 crowd with plenty of discretionary income you want deciding to take a flyer with a few thousand at their local casino anyhow.

Not every poker player is some basement dwelling kid who never sees the light of day because they are multi-tabling online. Lots of people make decent money live and want whatever devices may exist to get new money into those live environs...

I am under 40 and own a TV. I also know many other people under 40 who own a TV.

/coolstory

Also, this.

I downloaded "Pluto" on my Roku and they stream 24 hr WPT channel. I just leave it on when I'm home. Mike Sexton is a good host.

One thing not mentioned here is that you can learn a lot about a player's tendencies from watching them on TV! Sounds crazy huh? You see, the camera does not lie. It is a clear unfiltered look at what a player is doing and how they are acting. You can actually learn as much or more about them by watching how they play hands (betting patterns, how they move their chips, body language, etc.) then you can while sitting at the table with them. Once again the camera does not lie!

If you play in major tournaments you are likely at one time or another to be at the same table with some of these players. What you learned by watching them play on TV might actually be quite beneficial to you then. As an aside, did anyone else notice that in the old High Stakes Poker days, Daniel was very talkative when he was bluffing, semi-bluffing or didn't have a strong hand, and was more quiet when he had the goods. The other players picked up on this and beat him up pretty bad. I think he finally wised up.

I know some of you will scoff at me for saying this but that's fine. If you are serious about being the best player you can be and playing against the best players, then you should avail yourself of every opportunity to acquire knowledge about your opposition. I'm not a young man anymore and my best playing days are behind me, but I did okay at poker all my life by paying attention to everything that was available to assist me in being a better player. That included learning how some players will try to cheat or play angles. I've seen it all and then some. I actually got cold decked once in a major Los Angeles area casino, so sh-t happens for sure. One more not so good lesson was when a dealer at a major Vegas card room "helped" out the player to his immediate right. I'll let you figure that one out for yourself. It's not that hard.

I still enjoy a nice little 5-10 NL game from time to time and when I see these young hotshots constantly on the phone while they are not in a hand I love it even more. You can learn more in the hands you don't play then the ones you do. But you should already know that.

I got into poker partially from watching the Moneymaker wsop when I was 20. For about a year after that I watched wpt's and stuff then I just didn't care. Why do you want to watch people play donkaments? If I want to watch it'd be on a training site, watching cherry picked coinflip all-in's is pointless, I'm not an old woman so I don't give a **** about the "personalities" at the table.

I still enjoy watching Live at the Bike, some big cash games like the recent Triton's series and Andrew Neeme's vlog while eating or grinding, but I definitely don't have the same excitement than I had in the glory days of High Stakes Poker with GABE KAPLAN commenting !!!!
That guy WAS the show in itself, and in bonus you had all the top players at that time in a big and fun cash game... well, past is past

I do like me some Andrew Neeme vlog.

I used to watch poker on tv all the time 7/8 years ago, in the last 2 years I think ive maybe watched about 30mins worth, do they even show poker on tv in the uk anymore? I know ESPN did the main event final table but apart from that, do CH4 still show EPTs?

How many folks do you know? Are you in prison? Need more data LOL

I watch it and also have family (Over the age of 50), who still watch. None of them are on online forums or anything like that either, they just enjoy poker. Poker is still huge, there are a **** ton of older Americans who want to play casually, but obviously have no way of playing online. If it were ever legalized I think online would be bigger than Stars and Full TIlt back when it was "illegal".