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Poker has been appearing on television somewhat regularly since the late-1970s. In the United States, CBS started airing the final table of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event as an annual one-hour show around this time and later by ESPN, which were casino-produced shows produced under a time-buy arrangement for sports omnibus programming such as the CBS Sports Spectacular.
In 2002, ESPN reached out to McEachern, who was working as a mortgage banker at the time, to cover poker. [1] [5] [6] He was brought back in 2003 alongside Norman Chad for the 2003 World Series of Poker. [1] [5] [6] The tournament was won by Chris Moneymaker and led to the Moneymaker effect and a corresponding surge in poker's popularity. [8]
Since becoming ESPN's poker analyst, Chad has also participated in 85 World Series of Poker events himself, cashing 13 times. In both 2009 and 2011, he finished in the money of the $1,500 Stud 8 or better event.
Bernard Lee (born May 16, 1970) is a professional poker player who first came to prominence by finishing 13th in the 2005 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. [1] Since then, Lee has enjoyed some success in other poker tournaments. In October 2008, Lee won the $600 No-Limit Hold’em Shoot-out event at the World Poker Finals. [2]
The November Nine was the name used to refer to the final nine contestants, or final table, at the Main Event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) from 2008 to 2016. The winner of the WSOP Main Event is considered to be the World Champion of Poker. [1] Prior to 2008, the entire Main Event was played without interruption.
David Williams (another pro poker player, and runner-up to Greg Raymer in the 2004 WSOP championship) Lon McEachern and Norman Chad (commentators who cover the WSOP in real life and its fictional counterpart, the "World Championship of Poker", in the Tilt series) Daniel Negreanu (professional poker player and 2004 Card Player Magazine Player of ...
ESPN Classic was a subscription television network that launched in 1995 as Classic Sports Network, founded by Brian Bedol and Steve Greenberg. ESPN Inc. purchased Classic Sports Network in 1997 for $175 million, [52] rebranding the channel as "ESPN Classic" in 1998. The channel broadcast notable archived sporting events (originally including ...
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of poker tournaments [1] held annually in Paradise, Nevada, and since 2004, sponsored by Caesars Entertainment.It dates its origins to 1970, when Benny Binion invited seven of the best-known poker players to the Horseshoe Casino for a single tournament, with a set start and stop time, and a winner determined by a secret ballot of the seven players.