Paris NPL TV Event. May 13-22

[wins_pot]

What's the story on this event? Olivert? -BA

[shaniac]

Here is the info you are looking for. Let me know if you need cliff notes.

Please take note of the fact that this tournament does NOT in any way relate to the burgeoning Asian poker market or the impending death of the WPT, so Oliver Tse probably CAN'T help you.

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What's the story on this event? Olivert? -BA

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I actually made a TV final table and finished 2nd at one of the tournaments of the inaugural NPL at Caesars Palace last June. (I wrote about it in my final article as a poker writer for Poker Player newspaper last October before I had to quit.)

The NPL airs in the U.S. on INHD, which is a digital cable-exclusive high-definition channel, with only about 8 million household subscribers (about 7% of all U.S. TV households).

Even though the NPL aims to attract recreational players and journeyman pros, a number of brand name pros played at Caesars last June. The Grinder, for example, won one of the 10 NPL events. Andy Bloch also played a handful of events.

[mhcmarty]

How many entrants were they getting for these? It's hard to figure out when these shows air. I just end up stumbling across them when channel surfing at night.