The World Series of Poker is going through change
The World Series of Poker is going through change, but don’t expect that to include the November Nine anytime soon.
"We have not had any discussions with Caesars about changing the format," said Doug White, ESPN’s director of programming during a conference call Wednesday to promote this weekend’s start of the World Series of Poker finals.
The nine remaining players will return to the Main Table this Sunday at 12:30 p.m. PT with ESPN to show the entire day’s play on a 15-minute delay. The field will be reduced from nine players to three with the trio to fight it out for the $8.7 million top prize Tuesday at 6 p.m. PT.
"There is no concern about the 15-minute delay," said Dan Gati, ESPN’s producer for the marathon WSOP telecast which will be aired continuously until play ends. "We think it should make the presentation more exciting."
The Sunday telecast will be co-hosted by Lon McEachern and poker pro Antonio Esfandari. Tuesday’s final three airing has McEachern joined by regular co-host Norman Chad, with Esfandari providing expert analysis.
Boehner boasts of changing debate in Washington
House Speaker John Boehner, looking confident and even relaxed, sounded very much like someone ready to compromise on the biggest fiscal issues of the day."I do think there's room for revenues, but there clearly is a limit to revenues that may be available," the Ohio Republican said Thursday in an interview with a small group of reporters. He would not detail exactly what revenue-raising he was talking about, but he and other GOP leaders have been adamant that taxes should not go up. Some Republicans regard ending certain subsidies, or anticipating more economic growth, as ways to help boost revenue.
Boehner, 61, was looking back, and forward, one year after Republicans won control of the House of Representatives, boosting him into the speaker's chair. The GOP has a 242-192 House majority, their biggest margin in 62 years.
They were elected largely on pledges to dramatically cut spending, keep taxes low, and ease regulatory burdens.
While the 112th Congress has served only 10 months, it has succeeded on one level, Boehner said. "We've changed the debate here," he said. "We're not talking about spending more money.
