by Emma
4. November 2008 04:47
The live poker event of the year is finally reaching its conclusion this week and is one of the prominent events to air on ESPN.
On November 11th, just a few hours after it concludes, the WSOP Main Event final table will air on ESPN.
The prestigious World Series Of Poker was surrounded by controversy this year with the announcment that the final table would be moved from the orginal scheduling of July to November (117 days later)
In a recent interview with a regular poker news site Doug White, Senior Director of Programming and Acquisition for ESPn made these comments:
White: Everyone has been buzzing about it and the controversy of moving it out of the summertime and into the fall has been high. We see that as good because it gets people talking about poker. The comments have been positive and we have some great stories about some of those who have made the final table. Ivan Demidov, for example, made the final table of the World Series of Poker Europe.
White: I came to ESPN at the back end of [the move of the WSOP final table] and took over late in the spring. I had some dealings with it and think it is positive for poker. It helps shake up the poker community.
White: The movement of the final table has definitely helped in terms of creating buzz.[and ratings] We also did some things scheduling-wise that have helped our cause. We aired all of the bracelet events up front and did all of the Main Event programming at the very end. It’s similar to the way most sports leagues air their seasons, with the regular games first and then a championship.
White is not willing to comment about the schedulling of the final table for WSOP 2009.
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