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Bob Chesterman, the producer who will be supervising this coverage, believes there are definite reasons on why people will tune in to see taped card games.He says that the plan is to cover the event as though it is plausibly live'.He draws a parallel between taped Olympic coverage and this series, covering the World Series of Poker.Though as against Olympic coverage that makes use of announcer's live calls, ESPN's poker announcers will view edited footage and call as if it was live.The tack being used by Bob, resembles the game plan of the Olympic broadcasting.Great Storytelling is what compels many viewers to watch events that have already taken place.ESPN would have definitely done its homework and the Olympic broadcasting formula is sure to work to their advantage, as envisaged in the first place.Usatoday.com reports:
Last year's poker finale drew 2.8% of cable TV households, making it a bigger draw than nearly everything else on ESPN except NFL games, postseason baseball and marquee college football and basketball.Next year, Chesterman will add a Skycam to hover above the poker action, and he expects the winner's prize money will be $10 million.
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