"We used to not be able to watch the entire main at all. You putting up the funds for production?" asked Botez, a rhetorical question but a sound point about how expensive it is to air the WSOP. While most responses were in agreement with Botez, there were some solid points made by those who are on board with PokerGO charging poker fans to watch the WSOP Main Event. That is a huge blow to poker overall," PokerGO customer wrote. By limiting access to the final table, the game risks losing its cultural impact and relevance over time. "I’ve been a long time subscriber but I agree with this completely. No doubt total unpaywalling of tournaments & influencers (hi Botez sisters!) has been a big part of the surge in interest in chess," shared. "Meanwhile I'm watching chess tournaments streaming for free and the game has a far bigger place in my world than it used to. I'd have it on in the background (like i did the million $ cash games) but ain't going out of my way for their app etc," Drew Patchell wrote in response to Botez's tweet. Also can't possibly be making much more than the ad revenue from youtube or getting a unique sponsor for the event. But the pros and die-hards represent the tiniest fraction of the entire poker community, and many of the recreational poker playing segment - the largest segment by miles - likely won't be watching the Main Event final table beyond the free hour on YouTube. In fact, a large chunk of them likely already have a PokerGO subscription anyway. There's no doubt that many hardcore poker fans and players are fine with paying to view the Main Event. That differs greatly from the current broadcast deal that has the live-streamed coverage for much of the WSOP, including the Main Event, hidden behind a paywall, and the television coverage now on a network that isn't even available with most basic cable packages.Ĭheck out the latest episode of The Chad & Jesse Poker Show here! Does the Poker Community Agree with Botez? 2023 WSOP Main Stage The worldwide leader in sports played a crucial role in growing the game in the 2000s as the WSOP became readily available, for free, to millions of casual sports fans. Prior to PokerGO taking over the live-streaming duties for the Main Event, and CBS Sports Network airing edited versions of the tournament, ESPN handled the TV coverage. Now the biggest fights are getting just over 1 million PPV," she continued. "50 years ago, half the human population watched Boxing’s heavyweight title (Ali’s most viewed fight had 2 billion viewers). But Botez expressed concern for the long-term health of the game. The 2023 WSOP Main Event had a record 10,043 entrants, so the tournament has become far from irrelevant. "Paywalling the greatest spectacle of any sport will inevitably lead to a decrease in its relevance," Botez writes. Botez, however, didn't go that far, but she did take aim at the streaming service for putting the Super Bowl of poker behind a paywall. Some poker fans, especially the casual fans, have been critical of PokerGO for charging to view the World Series of Poker. Throughout the summer, PokerGO is the home for WSOP live-streams, but the final tables that don't take place on the PokerGO YouTube channel air exclusively on the app, which costs money ($14.99/month or $99.99 per year, though there are easy-to-find promo codes that will make it cheaper). So link does not change if you need to recreate the stream. If you only have one stream in your account, we recommend using a permanent URL, Open the stream from the “Manage Tab” on the leftĬlick Share arrow in the upper right and select embed in the dialog footer to get the embed HTML code, example:Īdd this into your website HTML, and open the website in anonymous browser window to check if the stream displays without error message. To embed into your website, stream privacy needs to be set to “unlisted” or “public” and a linked AdSense account seems to be required (?). “Live streaming” and “Embed live streams” need to be enabled in. How to stream your IP camera to Twitch Requirements Update: If you have trouble getting the “Embed live streams” feature activated in YouTube, you can try Twitch for live streaming instead. This is a collection of tips to embed your working YouTube Live stream into your website:
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