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Poker Prof posts the revised WSOP 2006 schedule. For those of you who don't have ESPN or live in a cave, the WSOP main event is a $10,000, multi-day no-limit Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament in which thousands of entrants test their luck and skill. It's one of the rare opportunities for the common (hu)man to find a way onto ESPN. While the main event will no doubt be the highlight of ESPN's coverage (which, oddly, comes an unacceptable three months after the event), this year's new $50,000 HORSE event (in which players compete in five different poker games) will actually be the most interesting competition.
The fact that ESPN broadcasts it three months late is a pretty good indicator of how much editing it must do to make a poker tourney entertaining (from a fan perspective). Besides editing out the umpteen number of games that involve almost no strategy, there's the commentary and the "what's in his hand?" graphics.
It would be awesome to play in WSOP, but I can't imagine non-family members watching the games live on-site.
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