The World Series of Poker (WSOP) has announced that their 2019 main event will see start-to- finish coverage from July 3 – 16 on ESPN and Poker Central. ESPN will televise around 40 hours of live coverage, plus another 90 hours of originally-produced episodes. In addition, Poker Central’s streaming service PokerGO will bring exclusive WSOP main event coverage. Poker Central has also planned to live-stream many other events of the 50th annual WSOP on its PokerGo app. A schedule is not available yet, but we can expect to watch the live-streaming of numerous final tables.
Both ESPN and Poker Central have played a key role in expanding the reach of WSOP. Talking about the same, executive director, World Series of Poker – Ty Stewart said, “Significant video coverage is one of our key cornerstones. We’re grateful to Poker Central and ESPN for continuing to expand the reach of WSOP to today’s platforms and fueling the interest of tomorrow’s champions.”
“For the third straight year, Poker Central and ESPN will deliver expansive coverage of the WSOP Main Event to a continually growing audience across multiple platforms,” said JR McCabe, Poker Central’s Chief Digital Officer. “We again look forward to bringing poker’s pinnacle event to fans around the world.”
“ESPN’s established relationship with the World Series of Poker and Poker Central always brings our audience the top content from this event,” said Rob Temple, senior vice president of programming and acquisitions, ESPN. “It is a consistent hit for ESPN and we take pride in the extensive broadcast coverage we provide the fans from this exciting, fan-favorite tournament.”
Given below is the broadcast schedule of the WSOP Main Event on ESPN/ESPN2:
Date | Time | Network | Event |
7/3/19 | 8:30 PM – 2:00 AM ET | ESPN2 | WSOP Main Event Day 1A |
7/4/19 | 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM ET | ESPN2 | WSOP Main Event Day 1B |
7/5/19 | 8:00 PM – 12:30 AM ET | ESPN2 | WSOP Main Event Day 1C |
7/6/19 | 6:00 PM – 10:30 PM ET | ESPN2 | WSOP Main Event Day 2AB |
7/7/19 | 2:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET | ESPN | WSOP Main Event Day 2C |
7/8/19 | 10:00 PM – 2:00 AM ET | ESPN2 | WSOP Main Event Day 3 |
7/9/19 | 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM ET | ESPN | WSOP Main Event Day 4 |
7/10/19 | 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM ET | ESPN | WSOP Main Event Day 5 |
7/11/19 | 12:30 AM – 2:00 AM ET | ESPN2 | WSOP Main Event Day 6 |
7/12/19 | 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM ET | ESPN | WSOP Main Event Day 7 |
7/12/19 | 11:00 PM – 2:00 AM ET | ESPN2 | WSOP Main Event Day 7 (Play to Final Table) |
7/14/19 | 10:00 PM – TBD ET | ESPN2 | WSOP Main Event Day 8 (Nine to Six Players) |
7/15/19 | 10:00 PM – TBD ET | ESPN | WSOP Main Event Day 9 (Six to Three Players) |
7/16/19 | 9:00 PM – TBD ET | ESPN | WSOP Main Event Day 10 (Three Players to Winner) |
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