WSOP Day 22 - Schmid wins Event #34

Mark Schmid was the sole bracelet winner on day 22 after beating over 3,100 players in Event #34: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em for $488k. Schmid plays online under the name PimpinDonks and is a well known SNG player. Another former banker (JP Morgan Chase) Schmid started playing poker online in 2005 and now makes videos at Sharkscopers, or did at least....

Schmid adds to the growing list of first time bracelet winners this year, and as we're yet to see a double bracelet winner in 2011, could this be the first year in over a decade that it doesn't happen?

Event #37: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship drew a field of 239 players including Mori Eskandani, the producer of poker TV shows such as Poker After Dark, High Stakes Poker and the NBC National Heads-Up Championship. Eskandani's Poker PROductions is also producing the WSOP shows for ESPN for the first time this year (they're responsible for the 'mothership' final table set) after a successful WSOPE series. Final tables are being broadcast on ESPN3.com and the main shows for the $50k player championship and the main event will be airing on ESPN and ESPN 2.

From Day 3 of the Main Event ESPN will be showing a live stream with hole cards on a slight delay. That should make for some great viewing and some interesting scenarios.

Let's hope Mori and his team can re-ignite some of that WSOP magic and bring poker closer to the world of sport where TV coverage is concerned.

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