THE WSOP BROADCAST

A good proof of the important media repercussion that the great poker tournaments are enjoying is the retransmission of the WSOP in the cable channel ESPN.

The broadcasted main event was followed by 2.1 million people, which give a clear idea of the big amount of people who has become interested in poker.

Those good results can be explained due to the fact that every day there are a growing number of individuals who learn how to play poker thanks to the facilities offered by the best online poker rooms, and therefore everyday there are also more people who enjoy watching the big tournaments with the objective of improving their technique.

THE PALYERS AT THE HIGH STAKES POKER

The sixth edition of the poker program which counts with more followers all around the world, High Stakes Poker, is already being filmed. As it had been previously said, in this edition there are more pro poker players than ever.

The seventeen players that will take part in this broadcasted poker tournaments are: Patrik Antonius, David Benyamine, Doyle Brunson, Tom Dwan, Eli Elezra, Antonio Esfandiari, Barry Greenstein, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Mike Matusow, Allan Meltzer, Daniel Negreanu, Lex Veldhuis, Sammy George, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Andreas Hoivold and Dennis Phillips.

The participation of all those big names means that the spectacle and the good game are guaranteed. So if you want to improve your poker technique, nothing better than paying good attention to this show, and of course practicing a lot at the best online poker rooms.

THE NEW HIGH STAKES POKER PRESENTER

One of the poker TV shows more popular at the moment, High Stakes Poker, broadcasted in the cable channel GSN, has announced that Kara Scott will be the new co-presenter of the program, and she will be in charge of conducting the participants interviews.

The program, which will be filmed at the Casino Golden Nuts and will start to be broadcasted on the 14th of February, expect to achieve a new audience record, and taking into consideration the great players that have already confirmed their participation in the program, the success is almost guaranteed.

Among the players that will take part in the challenge there are great poker stars as for instance: Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Patrick Antonius, Daniel Negreanu and Doyle Brunson among many others.

And while we wait to see the program, why not start improving our poker technique by practicing at the best online poker rooms?

THE BEST BROADCASTED TOURNAMENTS

The number of poker players has not stopped growing in the last years and the media become aware of this trend many years ago. That is why they started to broadcast the big poker competitions, but that was not all, as they also started to create their own poker programs where elite players took part in tournaments in front of the TV cameras.
One of the first programs of this kind was Late Night Poker, broadcasted by Channel 4 back in 1999. At the beginning no one could have guessed how popular this program would become. But the fact that they introduced a lot of cameras in the show that let the audience see the cards of each player soon attracted a lot of attention and of course many people started to follow the program. Moreover it resulted a great way for poker fans to improve their strategy too.
After the success of this program, many others started to appear, as for instance Poker Million, also broadcasted in the UK, started in the year 2.000. More recent is the program High Stakes Poker created and broadcasted in America since 2006, and that has become the most popular poker TV show, mainly due to the amount of poker start that attracts each season.
So, it seems that poker fans can be happier than ever, as they not only can watch a lot of poker programs on the TV, they can also play at any time they want thanks to the development of the online poker rooms.