Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
As ESPN begins broadcasting the 2009 World Series of Poker, I will be going through my post from then as well as my notes to bring you my thoughts before/during/after the episode. You can find the entire 2009 WSOP ESPN Broadcast schedule here. Comments welcome.
Last night brought us the first ESPN broadcast of the 2009 World Series of Poker with the $40,000 No Limit Hold’em World Championship. It was the first “open” event of the WSOP and eased everyone into the series. 201 players player bought in creating the largest non-Main Event prizepool in history. It was one of the toughest fields you will ever see in a poker tournament.
I was interested to see what portions of the event ESPN would put on the air and was mildly surprised that none of the early action was shown other than cutaway shots. There was plenty of action before the final table which would have made for some great TV. I was specifically interested to see if they would show the bustout of Mike Matusow. He had a rough day between cards and coolers then busted out of the $40k and Omaha/8 tournaments within minutes.
Full Tilt pro Andy Black started his series well with a 19th place finished and Tony G was the final table bubble boy. Full Tilt was represented at the final table by Ted Forrest and eventual winner Vitaly Lunkin. Watching the replay last night brought up something I’ve seen several times over the last few years and cannot explain.
Why do others question the play of 5-time bracelet winner Ted Forrest? Noah “McLovin” Schwartz did just that on Forrest’s final hand of the table. Since I began covering live tournaments, many times I’ve seen players at the table with Forrest question and critique moves by the legend. Every where from the Borgata to the Rio I’ve seen this occur and can only surmise that he is mixing up his play enough to confuse others at the table.
Vitaly Lunkin was a quiet force at the final table, rarely going showing down his cards until play was 4 or 5-handed. Catching big pocket pairs heads up certainly didn’t hurt his chances. This was the first Full Tilt bracelet in the first open event of the series.
Next on the broadcast schedule is the World Series of Poker Champions Invitational. This freeroll brought together Main Event winners from past to battle for the inaugural Binion’s Cup and a sweet old red Corvette Stingray.
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One Response to “2009 World Series of Poker – $40,000 Championship Broadcast”
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concerned about FTP integrity Says:
August 3rd, 2009 at 11:53 amJust been watching a SNG and it is obvious that players (names redacted) were in collusion with each other
Their accounts should be locked and all players they have stolen money from should have monies refunded.
Edited by AlCantHang: It’s tough to tell from observing one SNG but the names were passed along for investigation.
