WSOP Main Event Final Table Rescheduled
The organization that runs the World Series of Poker announced last month that it is rescheduling the final table of the WSOP main event, normally held in mid-July of each year, to November instead. While the rest of the WSOP - all other events including all of the main event leading up to the final table - remains scheduled for the summer as it always is. The final table alone received the 4-month delay in order to fall in line with ESPN’s broadcasting of the competition.
You see, before now ESPN broadcast the entire WSOP after it had already occurred. So everyone knew the winner before they were able to view it themselves on TV (’cause, come on, word does get around). Now, no one but the 9 players at the final table themselves and those there to watch it live and in person, won’t know the results until it’s broadcast just 2 days later, immediately following ESPN’s broadcasting of every last hand leading up to it. This means, with one fell swoop, ESPN and the WSOP both obliterated the spoiler phenomenon from the WSOP main event and added true nail-biting suspense, just like any poker game - whether you’re watching it or playing it - is supposed to be.
So, the new schedule for the final table of the WSOP main event is as follows:
- Played November 9
- Televised November 11