WSOP final table approaching
Listen up poker fans, it’s that time of year again. Time for the World Series of Poker Final Table! The November Nine will soon sit down to determine who wins the much coveted WSOP Final Table bracelet and bragging rights pretty much for life.
Now, an introduction to the event for those of you who don’t follow the poker world. The World Series of Poker is one of the top rated poker tournaments in the world. It takes place in Las Vegas every summer and lasts for weeks with multiple events for players to enter. But the last three days or so are devoted to the Main Event. This is the big event where the world’s top players gather to see who is king of the hill. They fill the tables at the convention hall and players are eliminated over a series games until only nine remain. Then the Main Event takes a break. In November, those nine players, who’ve had plenty of time to rest and regain their playing strength, sit down and play poker to determine the winner. And every year in recent years, that final table has been a televised event.
This year the event will be shown “almost live.” Now, all this means is that there will be a 15 minute delay between the play and when viewers see what’s going on at the tables. The main reason for this “nearly live” format is that the announcers will be revealing the player’s hole cards as the announcers talk viewers through the play. The delay should ensure that no one knows the hole cards while the hand is live.
If you’ve never seen the top pros in the world play poker, you need to make time for the November Nine on November 6. Check Google for stations and schedules in your area.