2009 World Series of Poker
Tuesday Night is Main Event Poker Night on ESPN
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ESPN’s multiplatform coverage of the World Series of Poker presented by Jack Link’s Beef Jerky will culminate with same-day coverage Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 9 p.m. ET. Lon McEachern and Norman Chad will call the action, with an $8.5 million first-place prize awarded to the winner. While Maryland logger Darvin Moon has the chip lead, much of the poker world’s focus has been on Phil Ivey. Even though he has a much shorter stack, the seven-time WSOP bracelet winner is considered by many to be the best player on the planet.
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Just 18 players remain, and nine of them will be headed home when the Main Event continues at the World Series of Poker presented by Jack Link’s Beef Jerky on Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 9 p.m. on ESPN.
For most of the players, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be a finalist. Seven-time bracelet winner Phil Ivey; however, has come close three times before, and finally breaks through to a final table along with eight others. The tension is sure to be as high with a top prize of $8.5 million on the line when the November Nine convenes Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 9 p.m. for same-day coverage on ESPN.
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ESPN Inside Deal
ESPN.com's new 30-minute poker show, ESPN Inside Deal, welcomes another November Nine finalist, Joe Cada, and the 2004 WSOP Main Event champion Greg Raymer, on Tuesday, Oct. 20 at noon. The Inside Deal crew will ask how Cada is preparing for his main event experience and if Greg Raymer can offer him any pointers before the biggest night of his life. Fans can submit questions via e-mail at insidedeal@espn.com and can watch previous episodes of ESPN Inside Deal at http://espn.com/insidedeal.
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ESPN.com Provides Compressive World Series of Poker Coverage
The 2009 World Series of Poker boasts a record-setting 57 events. For the first time, poker fans will have the opportunity to talk daily with their favorite professional players as well as ESPN.com columnists Andrew Feldman, Gary Wise and Bernard Lee. ESPN.com’s SportsNation will host daily poker chats focusing on the action.
Fans can follow all the action with the Poker Edge podcast as poker pro Phil Gordon and Feldman provide exclusive interviews with bracelet winners and the biggest names in the game. Daily recaps, exclusive features and the return of ESPN’s Fantasy Poker League (featuring Daniel Negreanu, Howard Lederer, Gavin Smith, Mark Seif and Dennis Phillips) are part of the plan.
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World Series of Poker, presented by Jack Link’s Beef Jerky, on ESPN
The 2009 competition marks the 40th Annual World Series of Poker - the longest running and richest poker tournament in the world. ESPN’s season long coverage began Tuesday, July 28, at 8 p.m. with special $40,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament. The star-studded field of 201 entrants combined to create the biggest non-Main Event prize pool in World Series history, a staggering $7.7 million with nearly a $1.9 million winner’s share. Read more...
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ESPN360.com Provides Live Coverage of 2009
World Series of Poker® Events
For the first time ever, ESPN360.com will provide live coverage of 24 bracelet events from the 2008 World Series of Poker, and has also reached an agreement with Bluff Media to provide live streaming coverage of the 2009 World Series of Poker. In addition, ESPN360.com and ESPN Mobile TV will cover the World Series of Poker Europe. Read more...
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