The current situation with 100 sponsors and partners, and the live streaming still being pay-per-view (PPV), raises many questions about the future growth of poker. It’s nonsense! I think the sponsors will change next year. Let’s consider the impossibility of watching the WSOP Main Event final table live streaming for free, as it's only available for a fee. This decision to offer only a paid option clearly reflects the commercial priorities behind the event. While I understand the need to monetize and support production costs, I believe this decision could alienate a significant portion of the audience. Poker is a sport that needs visibility to grow. Allowing free access to the live streaming of the final table could attract new enthusiasts and keep the existing ones engaged. Sponsors should consider the long-term impact of this decision: the accessibility and popularity of the game could significantly increase with free broadcasting. Next year, I expect sponsors to reflect on these dynamics and consider more inclusive solutions for broadcasting key events. A hybrid model, offering both free and premium options, could be the right path to take. This way, a broader audience base could be ensured while still meeting monetization needs. My 2 cents
Would much rather Ali and Nick, their analysis is much better. Lon and Norm only their because they appeal to the ‘casual’ viewer with their ‘humour’. Lon’s analysis in particular is terrible, and he misses a lot of what’s going on
you'd think they would of learned basic NLHE strategy at this point, they are terrible and people paying to watch deserve commentators who has a rough idea how to play the game. TT v QK on ATJ flop and they were talking about states in America for the entirety of the hand.
Honestly, in what other sport is there a paywall to watch the main event like there is in poker? A few years ago, chess saw a surge in popularity, and since then, the game has only grown more popular because all events are broadcast for free to all viewers. It is unclear who is responsible for this paywall, but it’s time to end this nonsense and start promoting the game in a way that increases its popularity.
25:10 must have been an interesting conversation that Lon, Norman, & Maria were having to not notice immediately the massive cooler flop. They just noticed the window “10” and carried on for a few more seconds, then it was like “Oh, crap!”
There was a worse example when Alex and Kristen Foxen had aces vs queens blind on blind action with a queen on the flop I believe but either way it was grossly underwhelmed the way he called the action like excuse me this is a massive cooler in this spot and you’re not giving it any energy
legitimately painful to watch the lack of awareness. all three of them were silent about it for almost 15 seconds other than Lon's mentioning the 10 after a few seconds and getting completely ignored lol.
Props to Sagle for not running to the rail every time there was an all in by someone like everyone else did. It's weird to see a table of 7 but only one person sitting there every flop.
They probably just wanted to stretch their legs. They've been sitting at a table all day long for NINE DAYS. The only one happy to just keep sitting was the old guy.
It has been a great Main Event from what I have seen. I do have to say, if there is 1 WSOP event that should be available for ALL to view without a paywall it is the Main Event! its kinda sad.
I genuinely hope that something can be done to allow WSOP and poker as a whole to grow in the USA. Paywalled Main Event is absolutely atrocious. We need smarter, less greedy, more open minded thinkers to bring Poker to the mainstream. I hope PokerGO will see the apparent feedback from the community and make changes, or that WSOP will do so. This is all on top of the fact its next to impossible to play Poker online for real money in almost every state because of the casino greed and big lobbyists.
Gotta show some love to the “48 year old” Sagle laddering with the best of them. Honestly shouldn’t have three bet the turn with his KQ when he flopped a boat but otherwise well done sir
Tamayo wins the best suckout award Angelov wins the best celebration award Gonzalez wins best expressions award Sagle wins best ladder award Astedt wins best play award Kim wins best punt award Griff wins the best runner award And the other two literally only played 1 or 2 hands each so we won’t even mention them..
Idk if anyone will ever top Joe McKeehan’s run. He led wire to wire and knocked out 8 of his final 10 opponents iirc. But yeah Lena is definitely mashing.
It happens I’m sure Astedt was happy to see Kim push all in with K6 suited. There’s no rules in poker to how someone should play. I’m sure the guy with 66 was happy to see K6 call til the flop came
Poker fans online: *express how they would love to see more of the main event for free on UA-cam PokerGo: *cuts down the preview of the final day of the biggest poker event of the year to 20mins instead of 60 Well played capitalism.
Such a scummy move. They cut the preview to 20 minutes without giving any heads up and then instantly turned comments off because they knew exactly what they were doing. What a company. Hope people mass unsubscribe
This is probably the best final 3 ever. The stacks are equal which usually never happens so my guess is it will take awhile for them to finish. I don’t see anyone punting off their stack so unless there’s so aces vs kings set up hands this final 3 is going to take awhile.
Long gone are the days of ESPN covering the main like it was the Superbowl. Now, like everything else, it's pay to watch. I'll just continue to watch the highlights for free.
I agree with the people below talking about the pay wall. I’m a practicalist. How can WSOP profit off the stream, while also exposing the game to millions. I was watching Phil Ivey videos a month ago. I just so happen to spoof the algorithm that led to this channel and it was one of the games with Phil and Daniel. I was hooked and wanted more. I was able to afford the monthly. A lot of people are not, and that bug would’ve died, and boom, you just lost a would be customer. Instead I would do a Patreon with exclusive behind the scenes content and interviews. You see that dude with the suit that was interviewing people . Sometimes you cut from the action to show his spots. That whole thing would be on Patreon, and I would have like a poker tips from the pros section where people can go from 10$ a month to 25$ a month just from more content. That’s how you do it. The NBA would never put the NBA finals behind a pay wall. Or maybe, someone like ESPN or Netflix needs to buy WSOP. They have a game, a streaming platform, hmm now I’m curious
Glad I read the comments first about the paywall. When I lived in downtown Vegas in the 80's, we could watch this event at the Horseshoe. Free. I've been a fan for a very long time. But I am NOT paying for it. Don't be ridiculous!
Nah..... The production is top notch, you guys crazy... 20$ to watch over 100 hour of content during the main event is cheap... It cost alot of money to produce and nothing is done for free.
I've just started getting into Poker the last couple of months and going down all of these rabbit holes. I look up WSOP 2024 because I figured it would be cool to see what the game looks like outside of "Tony G vs Phil Hellmuth" compilations. Kinda bummed with how difficult it is to navigate following this game as someone who is trying to be a fan.
So much better when it was on ESPN, watched it every Wednesday night. Stay up all night to watch the November 9-I’ve only watched ia bit on poker go, poker go needs to go bring it back to ESPN
The fact you don’t get to see the raw feelings when they get coolered or lose big hands. No point even watching these clips if you’re not able to see the full show… like these guys are playing for millions! I used to be able to watch every episode and every moment of the hands. I’m barely even sweating with the players anymore
In one piece they did, the interviewer guy went through how each of the final table players is tied to previous years final tables. I forget which players it was, but he specifically referenced that two of this years FT players were introduced to poker through the 2011 and 2012 ME coverage. Now it's behind a paywall. Go figure.
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not letting the ppl watch this only gives less exposure to everyone and ppl who would join poker…
I watched it
Just forget 2 big macs per month
@@James-jx4ud You paid to watch it?
@@drogontargaryen3428 yeah, the team that works hard to put all the production together was worth my money
Facts I'll never pay to watch poker I love the game but it's more important things to pay for imo
The fact that the literal Main Event Final is paywalled is such an atrocity.
Isn't it an hour preview again today?
@@bekeneel haah yeah bait ppl into paying aswell, such greedy ppl its insane
I think it’s funny. Like how much do you have to hate success to run their business model.
Pheasants.!
Tom Petty; 'The Last DJ' - '...and the boys upstairs want to see how much you'll pay for what you used to get for free.'
@@tonym2513 You calling us birds?
The current situation with 100 sponsors and partners, and the live streaming still being pay-per-view (PPV), raises many questions about the future growth of poker. It’s nonsense! I think the sponsors will change next year.
Let’s consider the impossibility of watching the WSOP Main Event final table live streaming for free, as it's only available for a fee. This decision to offer only a paid option clearly reflects the commercial priorities behind the event. While I understand the need to monetize and support production costs, I believe this decision could alienate a significant portion of the audience.
Poker is a sport that needs visibility to grow. Allowing free access to the live streaming of the final table could attract new enthusiasts and keep the existing ones engaged. Sponsors should consider the long-term impact of this decision: the accessibility and popularity of the game could significantly increase with free broadcasting.
Next year, I expect sponsors to reflect on these dynamics and consider more inclusive solutions for broadcasting key events. A hybrid model, offering both free and premium options, could be the right path to take. This way, a broader audience base could be ensured while still meeting monetization needs.
My 2 cents
Very well said
except--watching the highlights hours later is fine with about 80% of fans. The game is SLOW. They need shot clocks here too.
I didn’t read most of that.
But, didn’t they stop streaming because of people cheating?
@@michaelbeerbados3291 who are these 80% of fans you talk about? that is a huge generalization that is not even remotely true.
The commercial priorities behind the event? Without those there is no event, you have to pay for production somehow.
No one has done more to hurt poker than PokerGo. What a garbage business idea
As opposed to what? No one streaming anything. 😂
I couldn't agree more
@brandonf4196 Triton stream is 100x better and its free.
Comment deleted by PG. T.riton smokes pokergo everyday of the week and twice on a sunday.
Is that negraneus company?
I am SOOOOOOOO happy that Lon and Norm are still doing this 20 years later. I remember watching them in 2003 and just loving their ridiculous banter.
Would much rather Ali and Nick, their analysis is much better. Lon and Norm only their because they appeal to the ‘casual’ viewer with their ‘humour’. Lon’s analysis in particular is terrible, and he misses a lot of what’s going on
Gabe Kaplan and AJ Benza are light years ahead of those two
you'd think they would of learned basic NLHE strategy at this point, they are terrible and people paying to watch deserve commentators who has a rough idea how to play the game. TT v QK on ATJ flop and they were talking about states in America for the entirety of the hand.
Agree 100% with everything you said. Lon's analysis is so bad it makes the production look terrible. @JimmySands-pd7xt
@@JimmySands-pd7xtAli and Nick put me to sleep. Least favorite pair by far
this event would've been sick if it wasn't behind a paywall
Honestly, in what other sport is there a paywall to watch the main event like there is in poker? A few years ago, chess saw a surge in popularity, and since then, the game has only grown more popular because all events are broadcast for free to all viewers. It is unclear who is responsible for this paywall, but it’s time to end this nonsense and start promoting the game in a way that increases its popularity.
One day the Superbowl will be PPV.
@@encirclestudio There is a HUGE difference, because there is a lot of broadcast and a lot of TV firms are broadcasting this.
@@encirclestudiocompletely agree b/c it’s a HUGE money maker that fans will pay for for sure
Track and field, which is why that sport is also dying
poker aint a sport
for the company, it earn some, but for the poker industry you’re stopping new comer playing this game
INSANE with how many sponsors their is, the stream still had a paywall to watch the stream. Don't kill poker
Interesting how only wht ppl use that word "paywall......✍️🏽Interesting
@@baperacks-com6801 What word do iggers use then??
If I paid to watch poker, my wife would kill me
You’re not watching it because your wife won’t let you. Yikes
Why is she paying? Or she’s a control freak of you and you’re just letting her to do so?
Shame on you 😂😂😂
Weak modern feminine man right here. No respect from his woman, like 90% of modern men.
It's 20 bucks are you that broke?
25:10 must have been an interesting conversation that Lon, Norman, & Maria were having to not notice immediately the massive cooler flop. They just noticed the window “10” and carried on for a few more seconds, then it was like “Oh, crap!”
That was pretty annoying during the stream too. They didn't a few times and missed the beginning of some key hands.
There was a worse example when Alex and Kristen Foxen had aces vs queens blind on blind action with a queen on the flop I believe but either way it was grossly underwhelmed the way he called the action like excuse me this is a massive cooler in this spot and you’re not giving it any energy
Lon always misses things, and his analysis is very poor
legitimately painful to watch the lack of awareness. all three of them were silent about it for almost 15 seconds other than Lon's mentioning the 10 after a few seconds and getting completely ignored lol.
Props to Sagle for not running to the rail every time there was an all in by someone like everyone else did. It's weird to see a table of 7 but only one person sitting there every flop.
I agree I don't see why everyone needs to do that too many sheep out there.
They probably just wanted to stretch their legs. They've been sitting at a table all day long for NINE DAYS.
The only one happy to just keep sitting was the old guy.
Lol he had nothing to discuss with anybody..The man was card dead.
@@joeled7660 uhm no.
i liked it MUCH BETTER when lon and norman did this with ESPN
It has been a great Main Event from what I have seen. I do have to say, if there is 1 WSOP event that should be available for ALL to view without a paywall it is the Main Event! its kinda sad.
I genuinely hope that something can be done to allow WSOP and poker as a whole to grow in the USA. Paywalled Main Event is absolutely atrocious. We need smarter, less greedy, more open minded thinkers to bring Poker to the mainstream. I hope PokerGO will see the apparent feedback from the community and make changes, or that WSOP will do so. This is all on top of the fact its next to impossible to play Poker online for real money in almost every state because of the casino greed and big lobbyists.
The JJ v AQ hand for 130m feels like a pivotal moment.
22:24 holy cow.. this guy on the rail having a heart attack. I'm guessing he staked this guy and in for a nice cut.
Thanks for giving us these previews! Last year I had PokerGo. This year I don't and wish I did! Ugh !
Tonka on lenas rail is hilarious
Was thinking he may have bought some action off Lena lol
@@hoochnitup wouldn't think so. He looks look more nervous than lena when lena all in
Gotta show some love to the “48 year old” Sagle laddering with the best of them. Honestly shouldn’t have three bet the turn with his KQ when he flopped a boat but otherwise well done sir
The lack of commentator reaction to flopping set vs straight kills me. Like I shouted out loud.
Yeah that threw me off too lol.
21:00 Dominated all in pre with one card to come. Sometimes it is your destiny.
Lena getting 1st unless he gets coolered
Or 2nd, often need luck in the end to win some flips.
Lena GOAT
I would like to amend my previous statement.
I have some bad news.
@@viscountalpha surprised they gave the win to another unknown Asian seems like it happens every other year now
Tamayo wins the best suckout award
Angelov wins the best celebration award
Gonzalez wins best expressions award
Sagle wins best ladder award
Astedt wins best play award
Kim wins best punt award
Griff wins the best runner award
And the other two literally only played 1 or 2 hands each so we won’t even mention them..
Build a wall around the main event but can’t build one around the border
I’m so happy we still get to hear the best commentary duo of all time
Jesus Christ Astedt was just an assassin at this table. If he wins it may go down as the most dominant main event victory of all time.
Idk if anyone will ever top Joe McKeehan’s run. He led wire to wire and knocked out 8 of his final 10 opponents iirc.
But yeah Lena is definitely mashing.
@@dynamitenight8557Jamie gold was snapping people off too
He was lucky. Made multiple bad plays including the shove into the nuts and the last hand calling with A3 is terrible. He's always a 2-1 dog at least
@@dynamitenight8557yes but he got the hands to do it…lena hasn’t been on almost any highlights except the TT vs K6s….silently grows the stack so gold
@@dynamitenight8557jamie gold talked people into doing what he wanted, will alwsys be the most dominant wire to wire main event hands down
Lrna is just on absolutely another level, i will never understand this coldcall from sb VS CL in this position with this stacks with his hand?!
Love Maria Ho as commentator
Imagine sitting there for 10 days n some sausage calls your all in with k6 off lol fumin
It happens I’m sure Astedt was happy to see Kim push all in with K6 suited. There’s no rules in poker to how someone should play. I’m sure the guy with 66 was happy to see K6 call til the flop came
K6 is a call
I’m perplexed why I’ve been seeing calls and raises with hands like k6 and j6. Off suit at that. I don’t get it at all
@@christina9238 From the BB your range is a lot wider
@@nosteinnogate7305 no chance
This COMEDYntary duo is the best in all media
Poker fans online: *express how they would love to see more of the main event for free on UA-cam
PokerGo: *cuts down the preview of the final day of the biggest poker event of the year to 20mins instead of 60
Well played capitalism.
so many dirty turns and rivers in this year's main event.
Absolute bloodbath!
Such a scummy move. They cut the preview to 20 minutes without giving any heads up and then instantly turned comments off because they knew exactly what they were doing. What a company. Hope people mass unsubscribe
On top of that the first 10 mins were intros..
Watch 1 hour preview, watch the next day recap, give PokerGo no money. Max EV.
Twitch/kick free stream
Serock didn’t knockout Foxen,she did that to herself lol
Tamayo all the way🙏🏾✌🏾🐜
Lena900🐐🐐
Listen to the people, stop Pay-Walling the final
Let us watch Poker
Very nice call with Nutflush
Lon and Norman are GOATed
This is probably the best final 3 ever. The stacks are equal which usually never happens so my guess is it will take awhile for them to finish. I don’t see anyone punting off their stack so unless there’s so aces vs kings set up hands this final 3 is going to take awhile.
Lena 900 is the winner for sure !! This guy is a Bea$t
This is an awesome Main Event Final! I'm more eager to play poker today at Hugewin casino.
🇧🇬 Айде наште, супер сте, да се почерпите хубаво.
I've never heard of Astedt until this tournament, and he is for sure an absolute crusher.
YOu don't like online poker? lol. His nickname is pretty famous & he's def 1 of the best online MTT players ever.
@@bekeneelthee best
Have u been living under a rock
@@bekeneel it’s not that I don’t like, I just don’t play or watch it personally.
Im poker community (at least online) every1 recognize him, even micro stakes players. This guy is living legend
What happened to Norman Chad? He was the funniest guy ever
Long gone are the days of ESPN covering the main like it was the Superbowl. Now, like everything else, it's pay to watch. I'll just continue to watch the highlights for free.
I agree with the people below talking about the pay wall. I’m a practicalist. How can WSOP profit off the stream, while also exposing the game to millions. I was watching Phil Ivey videos a month ago. I just so happen to spoof the algorithm that led to this channel and it was one of the games with Phil and Daniel. I was hooked and wanted more. I was able to afford the monthly. A lot of people are not, and that bug would’ve died, and boom, you just lost a would be customer. Instead I would do a Patreon with exclusive behind the scenes content and interviews. You see that dude with the suit that was interviewing people . Sometimes you cut from the action to show his spots. That whole thing would be on Patreon, and I would have like a poker tips from the pros section where people can go from 10$ a month to 25$ a month just from more content. That’s how you do it. The NBA would never put the NBA finals behind a pay wall. Or maybe, someone like ESPN or Netflix needs to buy WSOP. They have a game, a streaming platform, hmm now I’m curious
20min final day Stream when they bait you with 1h free preview what a shame
I'm so EXCITED!!! 🎉❤🎉
That 33 hand was soooo sick.
Edit. After watching all, last hand was much more sick. 😮
Tamayo survivor-man ing it to the final 3. Saved by the bell!
@13:58 "Serock on ice"😆 well said Maria Ho, Lon should be taking notes.
Kim raised 7.2 milli Astedt only raised to 18 mil or 6.2 mil
Noticed that too. Should have been 19 million. How does that not get caught
@@beforelandx the dealer mentioned it to him once the shove was announced. He said sth like "has to be one more".
I used to have PokerGo. Then they show up to but NOT the MAIN FT!!! Never got since
Well done 👍
Glad I read the comments first about the paywall. When I lived in downtown Vegas in the 80's, we could watch this event at the Horseshoe. Free. I've been a fan for a very long time. But I am NOT paying for it. Don't be ridiculous!
main event should at least be on DAZN
Griff is having the time of his life. haha
Nah..... The production is top notch, you guys crazy... 20$ to watch over 100 hour of content during the main event is cheap... It cost alot of money to produce and nothing is done for free.
I've just started getting into Poker the last couple of months and going down all of these rabbit holes. I look up WSOP 2024 because I figured it would be cool to see what the game looks like outside of "Tony G vs Phil Hellmuth" compilations. Kinda bummed with how difficult it is to navigate following this game as someone who is trying to be a fan.
TAMAYO WILL WIN IT ALL I PREDICTED IT SINCE DAY 7 HE IS SURVIVING WITH AA KK IN A SHORT STACK DAY 7 AND 8 YOU KNOW ITS FOR YOU😁😁😁
So much better when it was on ESPN, watched it every Wednesday night. Stay up all night to watch the November 9-I’ve only watched ia bit on poker go, poker go needs to go bring it back to ESPN
Astedt out in 3rd place. Tamayo leading
“They put serock (ciroc) on ice” Maria got a bracelet in puns
Hi,I would like to ask, if I am passively allin when I am not at my seat in an MTT game, can I participate in the card competition?
@17:20 matching the raise amount would've made it 19 million, right?
Correct 19M is minimum.
The fact you don’t get to see the raw feelings when they get coolered or lose big hands. No point even watching these clips if you’re not able to see the full show… like these guys are playing for millions! I used to be able to watch every episode and every moment of the hands. I’m barely even sweating with the players anymore
The ace on the river for Latinois is just rubbing salt into the wound
Yeah, and I think his girlfriend wasn't very familiar with the rules, she was hoping that Ace might mean something 😔
Tonka is more exited then any one
"Griff" looks like Quagmire (let that sink in)
4RA ke live games bohot engaging hain, real-time excitement milta hai
Didn't recognise Serock, with sleeves...
Griff hit more sets than I did my whole life
Bhai 4ra ke variety of games se kabhi bore nahi hote, hamesha kuch naya khelne ko milta hai
Wow what a nasty run out for Sagle
Joe McKeehan was going crazy at the end haha
Ce jeux de fou 😮
Everyones mad about the paywall (and rightfully so). I cant get over the fact that there were TWELVE ad breaks over the course of this video.
Astedt reminds me of Nathan from South Park. Wonder if Mimsy is on his rail.
41:27 Kickers Offenbach in the back?? Wtf 🤣🤣🤣
Qui est Latinois ?? Gg la Bretagne !
Some of these hands are "wtf are they doing!?!?!" hands .. 💀 😂😅 fck icm
They're playing like online noobs. All in on a5 off suit and gets lucky af
who won the main event seats that were giving away?
I like how all of the bulgarians are yelling "ДОВИЖДАНЕ" which means "BYE BYE"
9:51 Guy on Latinois rail thinks he’s won then gets told otherwise 😂
In one piece they did, the interviewer guy went through how each of the final table players is tied to previous years final tables. I forget which players it was, but he specifically referenced that two of this years FT players were introduced to poker through the 2011 and 2012 ME coverage. Now it's behind a paywall. Go figure.
25:40
Kansas City is not the capital in any state!🤪
what headphones does serock have at 11:35
I want either Tamayo (he's from Houston-area) or Griff (the only "amateur") to win.
Maria's commentary is unbearable, like why do you have to make a voice like the world is about to crash.
Feel like she trying to announce ASMR
Bhai 4rabet pe deposit karne ka process itna smooth hai, aur variety bhi bohot hai
14:00 mario ho underrated for this
Mujhe 4rabet pe slots games bhi bohot pasand hain, pura maza aata hai khelne me
Am I trippin' or did Latinois, the fist elimination, not get eliminated that hand??? @ 9:51
What a dump shove by Kim!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No one in the world shove with K6 suited in final table with 53millions chip!
My early call for favourite commentary line...
"Let's go, let's go, let's go... for team... Wizargdo???" [silent confusion] 🤣
record amount of participants and only 10M? Jamie Gold got 12M in 2006
It feels like the same video is just getting re-uploaded/featured 😤.