CPC on PPV, an audience of 3?
The Continental Poker Championship has scheduled their first PPV event (with Pokerati’s own Tom Schneider on commentary) at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, New York on Monday. Their first tournament, also at Turning Stone, drew 117 for a $2,000 buyin event back in July. Organizers were surely expecting similar numbers for their $1,500 3-day tournament, which started Saturday. Unfortunately, it looks like those final table participants may be waiting around for a while. According to a poster on 2+2 (post #666), they drew about 64. At 4:30 ET today, a player was eliminated in 30th. No word of if the final table is still to take place on Monday, but watch this space for any further updates if they become available.
Update: Play ended for the day around 8pm ET with 17 players left.
The final table starts at about noon ET today, Pokerpages will be providing live updates here.
DanM says:
January 17th, 2009 at 4:02pm
666 … the devil is back, and he wants us to know it.
DanM says:
January 17th, 2009 at 4:11pm
Is this the first CPC ever, or just the first on PPV?
Kevin Mathers says:
January 17th, 2009 at 4:17pm
First PPV, the first tournament was supposed to air here in the Syracuse area first in October, now scheduled for later this month.
DanM says:
January 17th, 2009 at 4:35pm
OK, so it still can be a good final table, I suppose. But we’ll have to see how the PPV works. I can imagine maybe paying a dollar for it on iTunes. (No offense, Tom, I’m sure your coverage is worth at least $2.)
Kevin Mathers says:
January 17th, 2009 at 4:39pm
It’s $14.95 and you get to see the hole cards. The other guy who runs the CPC and is the lead announcer on the broadcast, said this would be the 3rd major broadcast poker tournament series (after the WPT and WSOP). I think the Heartland Poker Tour would like a word with him.