WSOP main event final table: No delay this year?
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A post at pokerati.com apparently quashes rumors — for now — that this year’s World Series of Poker main event final table could be delayed by months for the purpose of broadcasting on television it almost live.
Here’s the blog entry:
With all of the references to the possible changes to the 2008 WSOP main event final table, I asked Harrah’s for a confirmation, denial, or even a “no comment.”
I received an official statement from a “Harrah’e Entertainment, Inc. spokesperson.”
‘We have heard those rumors as well but we don’t stoke rumors. If there was news to announce we would certainly share it publicly. We announced the schedule back in December and nothing has changed to it – 55 bracelet events over 47 days from May 30 to July 16.’
The language could be purposefully vague (i.e. “nothing has changed to it” instead of something like “the schedule is not going to change”). It is pretty clear from published reports that Harrah’s officials have been discussing the idea of moving back the final table for TV purposes, but perhaps just not this year.
On a related note, here is an interesting blog post at Tao of Poker, featuring an interview with a poker reporter on the topic.
