Comments on: I Want My Tom TV! http://pokerati.com/2008/04/13/i-want-my-tom-tv/ Texas Hold'em and Las Vegas WSOP Poker Blog, now with PLO too! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Zero http://pokerati.com/2008/04/13/i-want-my-tom-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-145400 Zero Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:43:56 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=2865#comment-145400 "So did the near-live nature make it better to watch?" Yes. It did. Knowing it was going to be on TV the next day made it more tolerable. I didn't troll the internet looking for results or stories as to what happened, knowing I could see it all the next day. And even when I did know the outcome or some whacky story about what happened, I was typically more into watching the telecast because now I want to see it what the hub bub was all about. If I had to wait a week or several weeks before it came on, I would forget about it and not really care when it did come on TV. (which is why I don't make it a point to watch WSOP on TV so much anymore, its ultra old news by the time it gets all aired) “So did the near-live nature make it better to watch?”

Yes. It did. Knowing it was going to be on TV the next day made it more tolerable. I didn’t troll the internet looking for results or stories as to what happened, knowing I could see it all the next day.

And even when I did know the outcome or some whacky story about what happened, I was typically more into watching the telecast because now I want to see it what the hub bub was all about. If I had to wait a week or several weeks before it came on, I would forget about it and not really care when it did come on TV. (which is why I don’t make it a point to watch WSOP on TV so much anymore, its ultra old news by the time it gets all aired)

]]> By: Ed http://pokerati.com/2008/04/13/i-want-my-tom-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-145395 Ed Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:25:32 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=2865#comment-145395 not liking the early stages of the NBC heads up show. Lots of hands being shown with people i dont care to watch and not seeing ANY from the people I would like to watch. go figure. not liking the early stages of the NBC heads up show. Lots of hands being shown with people i dont care to watch and not seeing ANY from the people I would like to watch. go figure.

]]> By: DanM http://pokerati.com/2008/04/13/i-want-my-tom-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-145391 DanM Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:26:25 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=2865#comment-145391 So did the near-live nature make it better to watch? So did the near-live nature make it better to watch?

]]> By: Zero http://pokerati.com/2008/04/13/i-want-my-tom-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-145388 Zero Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:06:27 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=2865#comment-145388 Live Poker. This reminds me of a problem that my other hobby has, Motocross/Supercross racing. We have been bitching about having to wait a full week to see our races on TV. Last year they started showing the races typically on a one day tape delay...and even some races were live. The biggest difference between racing and poker is the length of the event. Supercross racing is typically 3 or so hours in real time....poker on the other hand. Impossible to be truly live, but I don't think it would be impossible to be on a one day tape delay. Live Poker. This reminds me of a problem that my other hobby has, Motocross/Supercross racing. We have been bitching about having to wait a full week to see our races on TV. Last year they started showing the races typically on a one day tape delay…and even some races were live.

The biggest difference between racing and poker is the length of the event. Supercross racing is typically 3 or so hours in real time….poker on the other hand. Impossible to be truly live, but I don’t think it would be impossible to be on a one day tape delay.

]]> By: Kevin Mathers http://pokerati.com/2008/04/13/i-want-my-tom-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-145385 Kevin Mathers Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:58:19 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=2865#comment-145385 They showed 2 hands, I'm sure if you go to www.nbcsports.com/poker you can watch the action. They showed 2 hands, I’m sure if you go to http://www.nbcsports.com/poker you can watch the action.

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