ESPN coverage of 2010 WSOP starts July 27 with $50k Players Championship

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Published July 24th, 2010 in Poker News, WSOP

On July 27^th ESPN’s coverage of the 2010 World Series of Poker is set to begin with a star studded field in the $50,000 buy-in Players Championship tournament. The tournament will air in two parts -Part 1 at 8PM and Part 2 at 9PM.

Poker fans will have a chance to see all the top players in the game during the first hour, which covers the first four days of the tournament, with players like Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, and Doyle Brunson likely to be among the featured players.

Part 2 of the tournament broadcast will focus on the final table, which featured some of the biggest names in poker: 2006 Card Player POY Mike “The Grinder” Mizrachi; 2010 WSOP breakout performer Vladimir Schmelev; David Oppenheim; 4-time bracelet winner John Juanda; Robert Mizrachi; 2010 bracelet winner David Baker; High-Stakes pro and 3-time bracelet winner Daniel Alaei; Mickael Thuritz; and Nick Schulman.

Highlighting the action will be Mike “The Grinder” Mizrachi who picked up his first World Series of Poker bracelet in the tournament, which will likely be the main talking point during the coverage; but there are likely a number of storylines that will play out during the ESPN coverage -and many will likely be continued in future episodes as well-including “The Grinder’s” recent tax problems; the emergence of the Russian banker Schmelev; two Mizrachi brothers at the final table; and Juanda looking for bracelet #5 just for starters. Realistically, ESPN couldn’t have hoped for a better start to its 2010 WSOP coverage.

Calling the action as always will be Norman Chad and Lon McEachern, with new episodes airing every Tuesday at 8PM and 9PM until August 31^st, at which point the coverage will switch to the 9PM and 10PM time-slots on ESPN.

The first week will feature the Players Championship, while Week 2 -August 3^rd– will feature the Tournament of Champions before the Main Event coverage gets underway on August 10^th with the Main Event, which will run through the final table on November 9^th.

The complete schedule is as follows: