Poker

ESPN’s weekly packaged shows highlighting the 2011 World Series of Poker (WSOP) presented by Jack Link’s Beef Jerky continue this week with the first two hours of Main Event telecasts on Tuesday, Aug. 16. At 8 p.m., the action picks up on Day 3 of the competition as the field of nearly 7,000 players – [...]

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CBS Television Network and Discovery Communications’ upcoming Velocity Network and will feature 20 hours of original programming in its inaugural season the new professional poker league launching next month in Las Vegas ‘Epic Poker League.’ CBS Sports will air seven hours of original Epic Poker League programs and Velocity by Discovery will air 13 additional [...]

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ESPN will air a pair of World Series of Poker Heads Up No Limit Hold ’em Championship semifinals on Tuesday, August 2, beginning at 8 p.m. as part of its weekly WSOP telecasts leading up to the “November Nine” main event finale on Tuesday, Nov. 8. Yevgeniy Timoshenko faces two-time bracelet-winner Eric Froehlich followed by [...]

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ESPN’s first-ever daily live coverage of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event coverage from July 14-19 was up double digits over every daypart on ESPN2 compared to July 2010, according to Nielsen. The 10 telecasts on ESPN2 averaged a 0.4 household coverage rating, 351,000 households and 415,000 viewers. The biggest daypart gains were [...]

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World Series of Poker on ESPN continues on Tuesday, July 26, with WSOP “Grudge Matches” on ESPN at 8:00 PM, the first of ESPN’s weekly Tuesday night shows leading up to the WSOP Main Event final table November 8. The telecast will relive two of the most famous heads-up duels in the WSOP’s 42-year history [...]

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ESPN will conclude its six days of live coverage of the 2011 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Tuesday, July 19, from the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. After starting with a field of 6,865 players – the third-most ever – Tuesday’s competition will reveal the “November Nine” who will [...]

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ESPN begins 2011 World Series of Poker (WSOP) on Thursday, July 14, from the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. For the first time, poker’s marquee event will feature ‘live’ unedited hole cards on a 30-minute delay and an unprecedented 40 hours of coverage in high definition on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN3.com. From [...]

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2011 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event coverage begins on ESPN on Thursday, July 14, from the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. For the first time, ESPN’s presentation of poker’s marquee event will feature ‘live’ unedited hole cards on a 30-minute delay and unprecedented 40 hours of coverage in high [...]

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Federated Sports and Gaming announced its new professional poker league – Epic Poker League. With ambitious objectives including nationally televised events, interactive digital programming and social media games, Epic Poker is positioned to become synonymous with excellence and innovation within the poker entertainment industry. The league’s website, www.epicpoker.com, will launch in full prior to the [...]

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ESPN3.com will televise the $50,000 Poker Players Championship on Wednesday, July 6, from 6 p.m. – 5 a.m. at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lon McEachern and David Tuchman will handle the play-by-play with a rotation of analysts – Olivier Busquet, Brandon Adams and Haralabos “Bob” Voulgaris – and sideline [...]

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