Did they CHANGE the chip colors for TV?

gobboboy · #1 08-01-2007, 05:15 PM

After watching last night's PLO tournament on ESPN, I'm confused about the chip color denominations. It was a big complaint during the tournaments because all of the bigger chips were an orange variation. However, on the broadcast last night, the 5k's were a purple/pink thing and the 25k's were a baby blue. Did they change them for the broadcast or did they actually change the chips at the table? It makes no sense.

shaniac · #2 08-01-2007, 06:04 PM

There were different chip sets in play for different tournaments. I think six in total. I only got to play with two.

tipperdog · #3 08-01-2007, 08:43 PM

I guarantee they did not. It is certainly possible to digitally alter colors in post-production, but it's extremely expensive. NO WAY espn put up that kind of money to fix a marginal problem in post.

Turn Prophet · #4 08-01-2007, 08:59 PM

Yeah, Shane's right. Not sure if it was six different sets, but that seems about the right number from what I remember.

I guess they did it to help avoid swapping chips between events?

LennartZ · #5 08-01-2007, 09:36 PM

There were three chipsets:
One for the Hold'em events - the one with the orange variatons
One for the non - Hold'em events - The one you saw last episode
one for the 50K HORSE - this is a variation of the Hold'em chipset onley the higher chips were different (i believe 5K and up)

FatalError · #6 08-01-2007, 10:45 PM

this is partially correct

there was a chipset for a noon events, these were the same chips used for the main event, as already mentioned there was a 2nd set of 5k+ chips for the horse events

there was a chipset for the 5pm events, all the colors were different, this set also included 5$ chips for the small buyin mixed/stud events

the other chipsets were the satelite/2nd chance chips and sng chips which have been used prior to this year