I understand the impulse to hunt for storylines, but the PPC field is not a bunch of scarved-up Euros tank-checking down every street. It's the best of the best battling it out with color and flair and fun! Infuriating that the @WSOP don't see what they have.
WSOP has two flagship tournaments: the ME and the PPC. Choosing to stream a $1.5k NLHE over the PPC shows a fundamental lack of confidence in the product. Prioritizing a sideshow over the pinnacle of poker competition @WSOP@jeffplatt@harrington25
Will the 20th (?) night of NLHE coverage get more views than a mixed game event? Yes, I'm sure. Will the viewing public ever gain an appreciation for the purest expression of poker skill the tournament scene offers if @WSOP insists on force-feeding us NLHE slop every night? No.
@WSOP@jeffplatt I imagine @harrington25 didn't make many fans with the public or the production team last night but he's right. Pick a game and commit. Imagine if they cut from the NBA finals to a regular season Yankees game. A compromise that makes no one happy
@BetOnDrew Trying to understand the mindset of someone who turns off a broadcast because the commentator is being disrespectful to a production team that is making idiotic decisions and deserves our scorn 🤔
@Tim__Duckworth@WSOP@philivey Ivey still lacking a hold’em bracelet. The only guy who has a bracelet in hold’em, Omaha, stud, draw, and a mixed format is @NickSchulman! I know he wants to be known as a two-card guy but his versatility is exceptional!
@RayDunne975 The fWAR rank among position players of those players at the time they hit their 20th HR:
Ryan Howard - 82nd
Aaron Judge - 1st
Barry Bonds - 3rd
Kyle Schwarber - 20th