The World Series of Poker final table is tonight at 9 on ESPN, immediately after a "Countdown To The Final Table" one-hour lead-in show. This is big news to all of us who spend a whole lot of time playing and watching poker (and talking to uninterested people about poker) instead of doing our actual work, because for the first time, the WSOP is running the event kinda, sorta, almost live. Previously, the Series wrapped in early July, and wouldn't be broadcast until the fall. Problem with that was, as with Mad Men, spoilers. The people who were really interested invariably found out the winner, via the evil of the internet.
So now, even though the rest of the World Series was played in July, the final table is being played in November, and being run live... ish.
"Ish," we say? Yes, "Ish."
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