ESPN to Offer Expanded WSOP Coverage Online

ESPN to Offer Expanded WSOP Coverage Online
May 21st, 2009
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There’s been a little bit of grumbling at ESPN’s proposed television coverage for this year’s WSOP (detailed below), with a lot of fans complaining that the schedule seemed a bit thin. Perhaps in response to that feedback, or perhaps just as part of a plan they had all along, ESPN announced today a fairly ambitious schedule of online live coverage of WSOP final tables.

WSOP final table broadcasts can be seen either on ESPN360 or at BluffMagazine.com. In total, 24 bracelet events will get coverage. “We are proud to provide the culminating action of so many prominent events to a worldwide audience in real time,” WSOP commissioner Jeffrey Pollack said. “This online initiative will complement our spectacular television package on ESPN and deliver even more of this year’s milestone WSOP to fans who want the most immediate coverage possible.”
2009 WSOP ESPN360.com/Bluffmagazine.com Schedule
Event         Date         Outlet
Event 4: $1,000 no-limit hold ‘em         June2 2         ESPN360.com
Event 5: $1,500 pot-limit Omaha         June 3         Bluffmagazine.com
Event 7: $1,500 no-limit hold ‘em         June 4         Bluffmagazine.com
Event 10: $2,500 pot-limit Omaha/pot-limit hold ‘em         June 5         Bluffmagazine.com
Event 11: $2,000 no-limit hold ‘em         June 6         ESPN360.com
Event 15: $5,000 no-limit hold ‘em six-handed         June 8         ESPN360.com
Event 17: $1,000 no-limit ladies hold ‘em         June 9         Bluffmagazine.com
Event 19: $2,500 no-limit hold ‘em six-handed         June 10         ESPN360.com
Event 20: $1,500 pot-limit hold ‘em         June 11         Bluffmagazine.com
Event 22: $1,500 no-limit hold ‘em shootout         June 12         ESPN360.com
Event 24: $1,500 no-limit hold ‘em         June 13         Bluffmagazine.com
Event 29: $10,000 no-limit heads-up         June 15         ESPN360.com
Event 30: $2,500 pot-limit Omaha         June 16         Bluffmagazine.com
Event 33: $10,000 limit hold ‘em         June 17         ESPN360.com
Event 34: $1,500 no-limit hold ‘em         June 18         Bluffmagazine.com
Event 35: $5,000 pot-limit hold ‘em         June 19         ESPN360.com
Event 36: $2,000 no-limit hold ‘em         June 20         Bluffmagazine.com
Event 40: $10,000 pot-limit Omaha         June 22         ESPN360.com
Event 41: $5,000 no-limit hold ‘em shootout         June 23         ESPN360.com
Event 45: $10,000 pot-limit hold ‘em         June 25         Bluffmagazine.com
Event 47: $2,500 mixed hold ‘em         June 26         ESPN360.com
Event 51: $1,500 no-limit hold ‘em         June 29         Bluffmagazine.com
Event 49: $50,000 HORSE         June 30         ESPN360.com
Event 54: $1,500 no-limit hold ‘em         July 1         Bluffmagazine.com

The proposed TV schedule for ESPN:

July 28 — 8-10 p.m., ESPN
WSOP $40,000 Special Anniversary Tournament

August 4 — 8-10 p.m., ESPN
WSOP Champions Cup Invitational

August 11 — 8-10 p.m., ESPN
Ante Up For Africa Charity

August 18 to October 6 8-10 p.m., ESPN
WSOP main event episodes 7-22

October 13 to Nov. 3 — 9-11 p.m., ESPN
WSOP main event shows 23-30

November 10 — 9-11:30 p.m., ESPN
WSOP main event final table