Wanna play poker?

[randys1]

http://www.pokernews.com/news/2015/11/joe-mckeehen-leads-final-six-in-wsop-main-event-23303.htm

Went from 9 to 6 last night, as I understand it tonight will go from 6 to 3, then tomorrow night is the winner.

This is a new format, I am not sure I like it, maybe.

Love poker.

[pokerfan]

1. They keep tweaking it to fix the latest problem

They've been doing the November Nine since 2008 but now they're trying to predict how long each session will last. Their fear is that if they play down to heads-up and then make that the finale, then it could be over in one hand. Well, guess what, ESPN? With three players, it could still be over in one hand! Playing from 9 to 6 and then 6 to 3 will hopefully avoid the fifteen hour (?) session they had a couple years ago. But here's the thing. It's tournament poker. You can't predict how long it's going to last. Which makes it ill-suited for "live" TV.

I wish they'd go back to simply playing the main event all the way out in July. You can then edit the film and produce something entertaining for the general ESPN audience. The poker junkies can follow it live via blogging or webcasts (no access to hole cards). The other advantage is that players have to finish in July. No more four months of coaching for the final table. Plus Harrah's doesn't get to hold tens of millions of dollars of prize money for four months.

[randys1]

2. Something I wasnt aware of is individual states making online poker legal, then what

happened on black friday or whatever it was called, a federal law but if so how can a state legalize it?

Why is it automatically illegal in one state but made legal in another?

[pokerfan]

3. It's complicated

I'm on my phone so it's difficult to give this topic the detail it demands. Wikipedia has a pretty good breakdown of the decisions and that's all they are, decisions and interpretations. I think change will come especially in light of online fantasy sports. How can that be legal and poker not?

[randys1]

4. It is in my best interest that it stay illegal, probably. I am pretty good but I am also

impatient and that is when I have been known to lose.