Tournament Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
The ESPN family
The ESPN family of networks aired 36 hours of Main Event coverage leading up to the November Nine on a 30-minute delay, showing the hole cards of all players who voluntarily entered the pot once the hand ended.
The Main Event final table
The Main Event final table was broadcast on a 15-minute delay with the same policy regarding hole cards. The first day of the final table was aired on ESPN2 and the final day on ESPN, with both days also streamed on ESPN3 and WSOP.com. WSOP broadcasters[edit]This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. 1973 (special) - Jimmy Snyder 1978 (CBS) - Brent Musburger and Jimmy Snyder 1979 (CBS) - Frank Glieber and Jimmy Snyder 1981 (special) - Curt Gowdy 1983 (special) - Curt Gowdy and Bobby Baldwin 1987 (special) - Ted Robinson 1988 (ESPN) - Chris Marlowe 1989 (ESPN) - Chris Marlowe 1990 (ESPN) - Chris Marlowe 1991 (ESPN) - Chris Marlowe 1992 (ESPN) - Chris Marlowe 1993 (ESPN) - Dick Van Patten and Jim Albrecht 1994 (ESPN) - Dick Van Patten and Jim Albrecht 1995 (ESPN) - Dick Van Patten and Jim Albrecht 1996 - Was not televised 1997 (ESPN) - Gabe Kaplan and Jim Albrecht 1998 (ESPN) - Vince Van Patten and Jim Albrecht 1999 (The Discovery Channel) 2000 (The Discovery Channel) 2001 (The Discovery Channel) 2002 (ESPN) - Lon McEachern and Gabe Kaplan; (ESPN Latin America - Spanish) - Gabriela Hill 2003 (ESPN) - Lon McEachern and Norman Chad; (ESPN Latin America - Spanish) - Gabriela Hill 2004 (ESPN) - Lon McEachern and Norman Chad; (ESPN Deportes and ESPN Latin America - Spanish) - Gabriela Hill 2005 (ESPN) - Lon McEachern and Norman Chad; (ESPN Deportes and ESPN Latin America - Spanish) - Gabriela Hill and Andrés Agulla 2006 (ESPN) - Lon McEachern and Norman Chad; Phil Gordon and Ali Nejad in Main Event Pay-per-view; (ESPN Deportes and ESPN Latin America - Spanish) - Gabriela Hill and Andrés Agulla 2007 (ESPN) - Lon McEachern and Norman Chad; Phil Gordon and Ali Nejad in Main Event Pay-per-view; (ESPN Deportes and ESPN Latin America - Spanish) - Fernando Álvarez and Gabriela Hill 2008 (ESPN) - Lon McEachern and Norman Chad; (ESPN Deportes and ESPN Latin America - Spanish) - Fernando Álvarez and Gabriela Hill 2009 (ESPN) - Lon McEachern and Norman Chad; (ESPN Deportes and ESPN Latin America - Spanish) - Georgina Ruiz Sandoval and Fernando Álvarez 2010 (ESPN) - Lon McEachern and Norman Chad; (ESPN3) - James Hartigan and Adam Schoenfeld, Phil Hellmuth, Gavin Griffin, Bernard Lee, Jonathan Aguiar, Joseph Cheong; (ESPN Deportes and ESPN Latin America - Spanish) - Georgina Ruiz Sandoval and Fernando Álvarez 2011 (ESPN) - Lon McEachern, Norman Chad and Kara Scott; (ESPN2 & 3 LIVE) Lon McEachern, David Tuchman, Antonio Esfandiari, Norman Chad, Phil Hellmuth, Olivier Busquet, Johnny Chan, Vanessa Rousso 2012 (ESPN) - Lon McEachern, Norman Chad, Antonio Esfandiari, Kara Scott, and Olivier Busquet 2013 (ESPN) - Lon McEachern, Norman Chad, Antonio Esfandiari, Kara Scott, Marianela Pereyra and Phil Hellmuth