Was the ISPT Created to Compete With the EPL?

[Fonzi]

The Epic Poker League has gained a good bit of attention in the past few months, both for good and bad reasons. *The prize pools have been huge, and the tournaments involve the biggest names in poker as well. *The bad reasons for all of the attention is the drama that has surrounded their first [...]

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[JoeShowdown]

Sucks that with all the mentions of Epic Poker that I missed the Oct 8 CBS premiere. I only found out about the schedule from an ad in Bluff Magazine. I wonder why they didn't advertise the tv schedule more. I read pokernews, bluff scramble, wicked chops, etc and listen to the 2plus2 pokercast and still didn't know that CBS already aired it. Also, watch a few CBS shows like CSI, Survivor, Amazing Race and NFL and never saw any ads for poker.

Is the episode available free online? I tried pokertube and cbssports but no luck. I'm sure the players on the final table are disappointed of all the epic hype only to realize that not many people knew the actual airdates. Exposure equals money for them when sponsorship deals come up.