Espn World Series Of Poker Commentators
Espn Poker Commentators

Without poker commentators, you probably wouldn’t have gotten into poker in the first place. Without the helpful advice, the memorable quotes and the handy analysis, the world’s best. Lon McEachern from ESPN. From there, McEachern became a freelance announcer at ESPN for a variety of events for much of the 1990’s. He covered MMA fights, martial arts, billiards, the X games, the Tour de France, skiing, kickboxing, and other events regular ESPN announcers didn’t want to cover. Meet Jamie Kerstetter! ESPN poker commentator, podcast host, social media influencer, brand rep, poker player & much more! Listen to her amazing entrepreneurial journey from lawyer to poker player to social influencer to ESPN commentator and more.

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12 Jul

Nick Schulman’s Main Event would appear to be over for the second time this year, his day three bustout as a player followed by an apparent day five removal from commentary duties…

Schulman’s PokerGO commentary alongside Ali Nejad was seemingly ended after this year’s $10k PLO8 champion stated on ESPN's broadcast:

“if you want to get better at poker, then don’t watch the Main Event”.

Twitter was soon alight with comments defending the popular pro’s comments, Tim Reilly explaining his views quite clearly…

Hundreds of similarly supportive tweets soon followed, most following the same template…

Amid the confusion surrounding Schulman’s removal, reports came in that perhaps his comments weren’t the reason at all, Daniel Negreanu claiming a simple ‘scheduling conflict’ was instead responsible…

As Twitter debated the issue, Negreanu claimed to have heard ‘straight from the horse’s mouth’ later adding:

'I know the whole story and it had nothing to do with the comment.' KidPoker explained: 'They needed Norm [Norman Chad] and Lon [McEachern] for the taped edited shows and no one told Nick in time so he was justifiably upset by that'.

According to CardsChat, ESPN poker commentator Chad backed up Negreanu’s version of events, stating that Schulman “was not removed from the PokerGo broadcast”.

Chad reportedly said:

'It’s a long story, and it has nothing to do with Nick or any personnel. It was a production decision.”

So, as day six dawns in the race to the $10million first prize in the prestigious Main Event, perhaps Nick Schulman will be calling the shots after all.

Espn World Series Of Poker Commentators

ESPN’s coverage of the 50^th annual World Series of Poker will begin Wednesday, July 3, with the Main Event and run through Tuesday, July 16, with the conclusion of the Final Table. As part of an ongoing partnership between ESPN and Poker Central, ESPN will telecast at least 40 hours of live WSOP coverage, plus an additional 90 hours of originally produced episodes. Poker Central’s direct-to-consumer OTT service PokerGO will offer exclusive WSOP Main Event coverage that is not broadcast during ESPN windows.

The core group of talent is back for another year: Lon McEachern as play-by-play and Norman Chad as analyst. Kara Scott returns as sideline reporter and break desk host. Over the course of the live two and a half week production, ESPN will have many of the biggest names in poker joining McEachern and Chad in the booth. The feature and secondary tables are equipped with RFID chip technology, interfaced with the graphics to reveal the players’ cards instantly. A third table, as well as the feature and secondary tables, are also equipped with the “hole card” cameras as a back-up. Additional RF cameras have been added to cover play in the outer rooms, where well over 6,000 participants are expected.

The Final Table (July 14-16) remains a three-day event with an inevitable marathon ending on Day 3. The planned broadcast schedule of the WSOP Main Event on ESPN/ESPN2 is as follows: Towers casino grass valley ca.

Network	Air Date (ET)	Start Time (ET)	Event
ESPN2	Wed 7/3/2019	8:30 PM	2019 World Series of Poker Main Event
ESPN2	Thu 7/4/2019	9:00 PM	2019 World Series of Poker Main Event
ESPN2	Fri 7/5/2019	8:00 PM	2019 World Series of Poker Main Event
ESPN2	Sat 7/6/2019	7:00 PM	2019 World Series of Poker Main Event
ESPN	Sun 7/7/2019	2:30 PM	2019 World Series of Poker Main Event
ESPN2	Mon 7/8/2019	10:00 PM	2019 World Series of Poker Main Event
ESPN	Tue 7/9/2019	7:00 PM	2019 World Series of Poker Main Event
ESPN	Wed 7/10/2019	8:00 PM	2019 World Series of Poker Main Event
ESPN2	Wed 7/10/2019	11:30 PM	2019 World Series of Poker Main Event
ESPN	Fri 7/12/2019	9:00 PM	2019 World Series of Poker Main Event
ESPN2	Fri 7/12/2019	11:00 PM	2019 World Series of Poker Main Event
ESPN2	Sun 7/14/2019	10:00 PM	2019 World Series of Poker Final Table
ESPN	Mon 7/15/2019	10:00 PM	2019 World Series of Poker Final Table
ESPN	Tue 7/16/2019	9:00 PM	2019 World Series of Poker Final Table

*The scheduling including dates, times, and specific events is subject to change. All events will be streamed on a 30-minute delay with hole cards shown per gaming regulations.

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