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A Q&A WITH STEVE LIPSCOMB FOUNDER OF WPT ENTERPRISES Q. Why is Poker so hot ? Before the WORLD POKER TOUR® hit the airwaves in 2003 there was no real interest in televised poker. Poker had been broadcast for years, but the way it was produced, neither you nor I would want to watch it. The WORLD POKER TOUR literally reinvented the game as a televised spectator sport. Instead of three cameras incomprehensibly covering guys holding cards around an oval table, for the first time the WPT made the game “play live” – with seventeen cameras covering all the action, WPT cams that revealed the hole cards, explanatory graphics and commentary that finally made the game understandable in real time. Q. What is it that has captured the public’s fancy? We have managed to create and invent a viewing experience that makes you feel like you are sitting in that seat making million dollar decisions on every hand. You look at the cards when the players do. You track what all the other players have. You get that sinking feeling that you are about to make the biggest decision of your life – and you may be wrong. This is high stakes human drama. There is just no better reality television on the air today. You watch a close-up on a guy whose brain is overheating. His lip begins to quiver. Sweat runs down his brow -- because he is about to make or break a million dollars on the next card. People sit at the edge of their seats watching the WORLD POKER TOUR because this is the human condition at its extreme. A college professor of mine calls poker the Modern Greek Tragedy. I rather like that. I’ve seen people in bars watching our tournaments, yelling, “Oh no, don’t do it!” It’s like watching someone go over a cliff and you can’t stop them. Q&A With WPTE’s Steve Lipscomb |
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