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Re: Harrah’s Says Don’t Believe the Hype

by , Apr 9, 2008 | 9:04 am

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Check it out — Cali Jen’s article on PokerWorks about the WSOP final table that may or may not be delayed, complete with documented references.


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3 Comments to “Re: Harrah’s Says Don’t Believe the Hype”


  1. Kevin Mathers     says:
    April 9th, 2008 at 7:06pm

    If you listen to Jeffrey Pollack’s interviews on WSOP radio or Gary Wise’s show this week, I think you need to move the needle over to the yes side for 2008.


  2. olivert     says:
    April 10th, 2008 at 4:56am

    It is my opinion that Mr. Pollack has no choice but to shake up the TV presentation of the 2008 WSOP Main Event radically if the WSOP wants to retain ESPN’s rights fee and Miller Brewing’s sponsorship fee.

    The word should be out at the ad agencies on Madison Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard by now: WSOP’s biggest competitor in the U.S. now caters to the 50-and-older crowd with its TV product. One major play-for-free online poker room pulled some of its marketing dollars from that competitor’s TV product this week.

    It’ll be interesting to see how ESPN juggles the 32 hours of WSOP programming so that the proposed “plausibly live” WSOP Main Event Final Table can be moved up from mid-November to mid-October.


  3. olivert     says:
    April 10th, 2008 at 4:58am

    There were two ways Mr. Pollack could have answered the questions on radio this week: no, or no comment.

    Mr. Pollack chose to answer “no comment”.

    That’s all you need to know.