Critique My Coverage - Event #22 Final Table ($5,000 NLHE)

BJ Nemeth · #1 06-15-2007, 05:19 PM

I am the PokerNews reporter that has been assigned to cover the final table for Event #22 ($5,000 No-Limit Hold'em). This event will be webcast from the Bluff Sequesterium on a one-hour delay, and my coverage will also be on a one-hour delay. Here's the lineup of players:

Seat 1 - William McMahon - 524,000
Seat 2 - Tex Barch - 709,000
Seat 3 - Michael Binger - 240,000
Seat 4 - Jan Sorensen - 349,000
Seat 5 - Stuart Fox - 718,000
Seat 6 - Maciek 'Michael' Gracz - 534,000
Seat 7 - Karga Holt - 1,211,000
Seat 8 - James Mackey - 1,074,000
Seat 9 - Nick Schulman - 1,045,000

I am starting this thread so people that are following the coverage can critique me. You're not commenting on the play, of course, just how I'm reporting on it.

Try to be constructive, and try to stay away from the most obvious things (we want chip counts after every hand, etc.). Complete hand-by-hand coverage of this event is impossible under the circumstances, but I still do everything possible to keep an accurate count of the hand numbers by tracking the button and a few other tricks. (I feel that hand numbers give a more valuable context than the time between posts.)

What do you like about my coverage? What don't you like about it? Tell me here, and I promise to read this thread late tonight (I won't be checking during the event) and respond as much as time allows.

Feel free to point out any errors. Actually, I expect you to.

I'm particularly interested in comments from anyone who is watching the webcast while reading my coverage. Any insight you can provide will be valuable. Keep in mind that you are seeing more of the action than I am (ironic, since I'm the "official" reporter), but those are the circumstances I'm forced to deal with. So try to avoid comments like "I could do a better job than this, and I'm at work!" I'm at work too ... and you wouldn't be able to watch as much if we switched places.

Having said that, don't worry too much about my feelings.

chicken10der · #2 06-15-2007, 06:09 PM

This final table features the return of 'Live at the Bike's Bart Hanson to the booth, as he will be providing color for the worldseriesofpoker.com coverage (which streams live for free)

http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/me.../livevideo.asp

I don't know if there will be video or not. The audio is going right now.

okterrific · #3 06-15-2007, 06:23 PM

Its cool that its free but is anyone else getting choppy video/audio?

Dont want to complain b/c its free im just wondering.

StepBangin · #4 06-15-2007, 06:25 PM

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This final table features the return of 'Live at the Bike's Bart Hanson to the booth, as he will be providing color for the worldseriesofpoker.com coverage (which streams live for free)

http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/me.../livevideo.asp

I don't know if there will be video or not. The audio is going right now.

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There is video. Why is it free?

StepBangin · #5 06-15-2007, 06:27 PM

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Its cool that its free but is anyone else getting choppy video/audio?

Dont want to complain b/c its free im just wondering.

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Mine is very clear and smooth

chicken10der · #6 06-15-2007, 06:38 PM

I get the audio with no problems, but I have no video with either IE or Firefox for some reason.

okterrific · #7 06-15-2007, 06:42 PM

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I get the audio with no problems, but I have no video with either IE or Firefox for some reason.

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Yeah audio is 100% but i am getting some video but it keeps buffering (using IE). I can live with it for free but if i was paying $50 id be annoyed.

Loving Hanson hope he gets a F/T job.

edit: is that woman in the yellow shirt in the background the person from the Terrance "remember your not Johnny Chan" Chan / Playboy mansion story?

GTL · #8 06-15-2007, 06:44 PM

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I get the audio with no problems, but I have no video with either IE or Firefox for some reason.

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Yeah audio is 100% but i am getting some video but it keeps buffering (using IE). I can live with it for free but if i was paying $50 id be annoyed.

Loving Hanson hope he gets a F/T job.

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both are working fine for me in firefox. hopefully i don't run into any problems. it is amazing how much better bart is that the other guys doing live commentary.

edit - video just got choppy for me after i posted. i don't think it has anything to do with the browser. probably just a stream issue.

chicken10der · #9 06-15-2007, 06:53 PM

So weird. I deal with digital media all the time, and I can't even get choppy video - just a black screen with audio. Trying all kinds of 'fixes' but nothing works.

deluz35 · #10 06-15-2007, 06:56 PM

Perfect video! I am using Firefox. It is a real treat to watch. Really like Bart Hanson's commentary. Miles ahead of the other guys I've heard on Bluff radio, who add nothing.

Just saw Schulman with a brutal suckout. LOL luckaments