ESPN's WSOP Coverage.

Credit needs to be given to ESPN's 2006 WSOP coverage. We watched the first 2 hour long episodes last night. I was
very impressed with how good the coverage was. They made the early levels interesting, even though the real drama took
place later on in the tournament. This years tournament is real special to my wife and I. We were in Vegas for the
opening day on the final event this year. I was disappointed that we weren't able to be "railbirds" on the start of day
one. I can't fault Harrah's on this, being there were more then enough actual players in the room. All they needed was
a few hundred extra people getting in the way. As it was the preliminary events we played in were nuts. Each day there
were 2 events going on, a final table from the previous day, satellites, and around 50 live tables. All these things
going on at once and tons of promotions going on in the hall ways. We had a blast at the Poker trade show that started
on day 1 of the main event. We got plenty of free poker related stuff to lug onto the plane, LOL. Back to ESPN's
coverage of the main event. I look forward to the next 5 tuesday nights to see how they unfold the story of the 2006
WSOP. Of course we all know how the story ends, but it will still be fun to hear the side stories of the tournament
that ESPN chooses to tell us. I also look forward to more coverage of Daniel Negreanu. He is very entertaining to
watch play. It's a shame that Mike Matasow and Phil Hellmouth both got knocked out, in last nights coverage. Anyway
look for some more WSOP posts from me soon. Good Luck at the tables. Tony