From that year on, a freezeout tournament has been held to decide who the World Champion is as the size of the Main Event, and events on the WSOP schedule have virtually grown each year. Jamie Gold won the biggest Main Event in 2006 when 8,773 players entered, while the 2019 WSOP would see a total of 90 WSOP bracelet events.
With the WSOP continually expanding, the coverage of events has also continued to grow. The WSOP Main Event was always aired episodically, and from 2008 to 2016 the final table was played on a delay so that viewers at home could watch all the episodes leading up to the completion of the final table in early November. From 2017 on, the November Nine concept was scratched and the final table played out as normal. Coinciding with the launch of PokerGO, the WSOP Main Event and many bracelet events were live-streamed so that players and fans could follow along with more coverage than ever before.
Consequently, with lengthy live-streams now available, WSOP Main Event episode totals were reduced with coverage starting later in the tournament instead of from the opening day like in years past. However, plenty of action from the WSOP Main Event is still available to be watched, and they can all be found on PokerGO now.
PokerGO is continuing to roll out WSOP footage from previous years with upcoming releases including WSOP bracelet events such as the Big One for One Drop and Ante Up for Africa. Also on the release calendar is the WSOP National Championship and WSOP Global Casino Championship, along with the WSOP Asia Pacific. There is also hope that some of the past WSOP Main Events will eventually be restored and available to watch on PokerGO.
Be sure to check out all the released episodes and new instalments that go live every Sunday and are must-watch for those who want to see what it's like to navigate through poker's biggest tournament.
Calum has been a part of the PokerNews team since September 2021 after working in the UK energy sector. He played his first hand of poker in 2017 and immediately fell in love with the game. Calum's proudest poker achievement is winning the only tournament he has ever played in Las Vegas, the prestigious $60 Flamingo evening event.
4 October 2019 (Las Vegas) - Episodes of the 2019 WSOP Main Event are airing weekly on ESPN and ESPN2. New episodes premiere Sunday nights through November 10, with previously-aired episodes rerunning through the end of the year.
Las Vegas, Nev. (October 14, 2016) -- ESPN will continue its coverage of the World Series of Poker Main Event Sunday, October 16 starting at 8:00 pm ET with episodes 11 and 12. There will be 14 episodes total leading up to the live November Ninefinal table. The final table will be filmed live at the Penn &Teller Theater in the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino starting Sunday,October 30 and shown on ESPN and ESPN2.
This week's two episodeswill be broadcasted on ESPN2. Originally this week's episodes were scheduled for ESPN at 8:30 pm ET, but have been moved to 8 pm ET on ESPN2 due to the WNBA playoffs. Episodes 11 and 12 will show the firsthalf of Day 7 and feature start of day chip leader Vojtech Ruzicka, Griffin Benger, first timers Michael Niwinski and Andrew Christoforou, and of course William Kassouf will be back with all of his speech play.
Description: The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a world-renowned series of poker tournaments held annually in Las Vegas. It consist of around 50 events, covering the majority of poker variants. The first WSOP was organized in 1970 with just 6 players. Today thousands of poker players register to play in WSOP events each year.
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