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Thursday, May 10, 2012
ESPN Unveils 2012 WSOP TV Schedule
Preeminent sports cable channel ESPN will once again be televising the World Series of Poker, providing viewers both hours of virtually live coverage as well as packaged taped episodes.
The schedule has three bracelet events, including the mainstay Main Event, airing over fifteen weeks. Its 2012 television coverage will begin on July 3rd with the first ever million dollar buy-in event, the Big One for One Drop. The final table of that event will be broadcast live at 3:00 PM Eastern. The entire three days of coverage will also be aired in three hour-long episodes.
The Main Event coverage begins on August 14th and will run two hours of coverage each week until October 23rd. On October 30th, the final able will air live with hole cards on ESPN with a fifteen-minute delay. Lon McEachern, Norman Chad, and Kara Scott will be back as the broadcasting team for the season.
The other televised event will be a new one, the WSOPC National Championship. That will be shown as two one hour episodes on August 7th.
While ESPN will not be showing as much live coverage from the Rio as last year, WSOP.com will provide a live stream of other bracelet events. They will use a two-camera setup with audio of the tournament director calling the action for most of the non-flop games, and a six-camera setup with commentary by David Tuchman and guests for Hold'em and Omaha games.
Here is the tentative television schedule:
**Programming presented virtually live (on a 15-minute delay)
Please note this schedule is subject to change.
The schedule has three bracelet events, including the mainstay Main Event, airing over fifteen weeks. Its 2012 television coverage will begin on July 3rd with the first ever million dollar buy-in event, the Big One for One Drop. The final table of that event will be broadcast live at 3:00 PM Eastern. The entire three days of coverage will also be aired in three hour-long episodes.
The Main Event coverage begins on August 14th and will run two hours of coverage each week until October 23rd. On October 30th, the final able will air live with hole cards on ESPN with a fifteen-minute delay. Lon McEachern, Norman Chad, and Kara Scott will be back as the broadcasting team for the season.
The other televised event will be a new one, the WSOPC National Championship. That will be shown as two one hour episodes on August 7th.
While ESPN will not be showing as much live coverage from the Rio as last year, WSOP.com will provide a live stream of other bracelet events. They will use a two-camera setup with audio of the tournament director calling the action for most of the non-flop games, and a six-camera setup with commentary by David Tuchman and guests for Hold'em and Omaha games.
Here is the tentative television schedule:
| Date | Time (ET) | Show | Network |
| **Tue, July 3 | 3 p.m. | 2012 World Series of Poker: The Big One for One Drop | ESPN3 |
| 8 p.m. | 2012 World Series of Poker: The Big One for One Drop | ESPN | |
| Tue, July 31 | 8 p.m. | 2012 World Series of Poker: The Big One for One Drop | ESPN |
| 9 p.m. | 2012 World Series of Poker: The Big One for One Drop | ESPN | |
| Tue, Aug 7 | 8 p.m. | 2012 World Series of Poker: WSOP National Championship | ESPN |
| 9 p.m. | 2012 World Series of Poker: WSOP National Championship | ESPN | |
| Tue, Aug 14 | 8 p.m. | 2012 World Series of Poker: Main Event | ESPN |
| 9 p.m. | 2012 World Series of Poker: Main Event | ESPN | |
| Tue, Aug 21 | 8 p.m. | 2012 World Series of Poker: Main Event | ESPN |
| 9 p.m. | 2012 World Series of Poker: Main Event | ESPN | |
| Tue, Aug 28 | 8 p.m. | 2012 World Series of Poker: Main Event | ESPN |
| 9 p.m. | 2012 World Series of Poker: Main Event | ESPN | |
| Wed, Sep 5 | 8 p.m. | 2012 World Series of Poker: Main Event | ESPN |
| 9 p.m. | 2012 World Series of Poker: Main Event | ESPN | |
| Tue, Sep 11 | 8 p.m. | 2012 World Series of Poker: Main Event | ESPN |
| 9 p.m. | 2012 World Series of Poker: Main Event | ESPN | |
| Tue, Sep 18 | 8 p.m. | 2012 World Series of Poker: Main Event | ESPN |
| 9 p.m. | 2012 World Series of Poker: Main Event | ESPN | |
| Tue, Sep 25 | 8 p.m. | 2012 World Series of Poker: Main Event | ESPN |
| 9 p.m. | 2012 World Series of Poker: Main Event | ESPN | |
| Tue, Oct 2 | 9 p.m. | 2012 World Series of Poker: Main Event | ESPN |
| 10 p.m. | 2012 World Series of Poker: Main Event | ESPN | |
| Tue, Oct 9 | 9 p.m. | 2012 World Series of Poker: Main Event | ESPN |
| 10 p.m. | 2012 World Series of Poker: Main Event | ESPN | |
| Tue, Oct 16 | 9 p.m. | 2012 World Series of Poker: Main Event | ESPN |
| 10 p.m. | 2012 World Series of Poker: Main Event | ESPN | |
| Tue, Oct 23 | 9 p.m. | 2012 World Series of Poker: Main Event | ESPN |
| 10 p.m. | 2012 World Series of Poker: Main Event | ESPN | |
| **Tue, Oct 30 | 9 p.m. | 2012 World Series of Poker: Main Event Final Table | ESPN |
Please note this schedule is subject to change.
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