Poker junkies can get their live WSOP fix via live streaming

Posted by pokerguru on May 28, 2009

If you are like me, you constantly hit the computer to see who has the live results of the tournaments that are going on. We often have to wait hours or even the next day to find out who has made the final table and how the hands are going. For the first time, this has changed as a large portion of the final tables will now be aired live on both Bluffmagazine and ESPN360.

This is great news for poker fanatics as the wait to see the live action is often delayed until well into the summer when all of the action is over. Unless you are in Vegas, you would not have the opportunity to see the hands as they are unfolding. Now instead of reading about them, you can actually see them live.

This is so much better than actually reading about the tournament the day after it happens. What we see on television is the edited down version. It is no secret that television has changed poker forever, and this may actually get some sanity back into the game. Seeing the grind of the table and the set up of a bluff as it happens is much better for poker than showing randomly selected hands.

While all of the events may not be shown, there is a significant portion that is already scheduled. Between the two sites, it looks like close to two dozen of the tournaments are going to get air time on the internet. Included in these are some of the biggest events of the series. The $10,000 Heads-Up event on June 15th will be shown on ESPN360.com and on June 30th, the $50,000 HORSE event will air on the same site.

The highlights for BluffMagazine.com would appear to be the $2,500 Mixed Pot Limit Omaha/Hold’em tourney on June 5th, the $1,000 Ladies NL Event on June 9th and the $10,000 Pot Limit Hold’em event on June 25th. For a complete rundown of the online schedule, you can go to either BluffMagazine.com or ESPN360.com and see all tournaments that will be aired.