WSOP Live Updates - Problems...

[Talking Poker]

As you may or may not know, Harrahs has seriously tightened up their requirements for getting Press Passes for the WSOP this year. I mean, even I was rejected!

For the past few years, there were a number of sources publishing live updates, chip counts, etc, throughout the Main Event (and most of the preliminary events). Unfortunately, that's all changed this year. It seems that Harrahs has given CardPlayer the EXCLUSIVE rights to live updates. Good luck with that, CardPlayer.

My friend BJ, formerly of CardPlayer, has a blog now and wrote an article about this very subject. It's definitely worth checking out, as is the rest of his blog:


Here is an interview with BJ, in case you'd like to learn more about him: