The schedule for this year's Main Event at the World Series of Poker, a no-limit, Texas Hold 'em tournament (buy-in, $10,000) to be held in Las Vegas at the Rio Hotel & Casino:
July 3: Main Event (6,358 participants last year) begins.
July 14: Field reduced to nine players.
Nov. 9: Final table play begins, cutting field to two.
Nov. 10: Final two meet for title.
Nov. 11: ESPN airs two-hour show on the final table. Telecast begins at 9 p.m. ET.
You've just made the final table in July in the Main Event at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. You're one of nine players with a shot at millions. You're hot.Now you have to wait until Nov. 9 for the next hand to be dealt.
No problem, says two-time Main Event champion Johnny Chan, who welcomes the WSOP's move to delay the final table to facilitate a Nov. 11 ESPN telecast within hours of the tournament's finish...
Read the complete USA Today story here
I would love to hear YOUR thoughts on this. Obviously, it's a good move financially but is it too commercial? Will it affect the outcome?
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