Two full crews were filming & interviewing contestants from start to finish, so they should have approx 40 hrs of tape to edit down to an exciting 45 mins, which will air on 2/20. It sounds like a lot, but I'm told that the WPT televises 1-2 of every 50 hands at the final table, which is why televised poker is a lot more exciting than real life poker. derby1592 reports that the ESPN crew was very happy with the electric atmosphere, which they thought was particularly loud & boistrous during the mandatory races. Whether it was because of where I was sitting, or because, as someone once told me, I look & act like I know what I'm doing even when I don't, I was the 1st long interview on day 1. The questions related to which handicapping products I use, & how I use my computer to handicap, so if it airs TGraph is going to get a televised endorsement, which may not be worth very much considering how I did. In addition, the guys who know me are going to get a good laugh, since derby1592 observed that I sounded like the ultimate high tech handicapper & that is more than decidedly not the case. The idea, I think, was to demonstrate that the game can be played & enjoyed on a variety of levels, particularly as the next person who was interviewed in depth was the youngest person ever to qualify, an attractive 21 yr old waitress who just took up the game a short time ago because of her boyfriend, & who got to make the trip because the person who finished ahead of her couldn't go. In consultation with her boyfriend, think baseball cap on backwards, she hit the 1st 4 races which she played, so the crew decided on a staged shot showing her intently studying the drf. However, the shot had to be delayed to give her boyfriend time to turn the page to a race which was actually part of the contest. It wasn't until the next day that I remembered that when I wrote the NTRA 2 yrs ago or so suggesting that they jump on the televised poker bandwagon as quickly as possible, I repeatedly emphasized that the popularity of their broadcasts was in large part due to the "david vs goliath" match-ups. I can see it now, "Let's check back after the 1st 4 races(or at any point, for that matter), & see how the "expert" is faring in comparison to the young waitress who uses nothing but a racing form & only started handicapping two weeks ago..."