ESPN will begin its coverage of the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event by airing the first four episodes consecutively on February 1st at 6 p.m. ET. Each episode is one hour long, as is typical for ESPN’s poker coverage. After the first four episodes are shown ESPN2 will take over, rerunning the first two episodes. ESPN2 will then air two episodes on the 8th and 15th of February before showing the final two episodes on March 1st.
362 players competed in the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event, and now poker fans will be able to see exactly what happened instead of just reading about it.
The ESPN2 schedule for the broadcast is as follows:
February 1st
Episode 1 – 10 p.m. ET
Episode 2 – 11 p.m. ET
February 8th
Episode 3 – 10 p.m. ET
Episode 4 – 11 p.m. ET
February 15th
Episode 5 – 10 p.m. ET
Episode 6 – 11 p.m. ET
March 1st
Episode 7 – 10 p.m. ET
Episode 8 – 11 p.m. ET