Conan O'Brien Makes a Joke about World Series of Poker Players
Written by
Teemu - Wednesday, August 31, 2016,
Live poker
Conan O’Brien, American late-night talk-show personality and comedian best known as the host of Late Night with Conan O’Brien, took to Twitter recently to make a joke about the players at the World Series of Poker.
ESPN and World Series of Poker announced the television schedule for the 2016 Main Event Championship last week, and it appears O'Brien might be watching the upcoming episodes as well - "Now that the olympics are over, I can get back to comparing my body to the athletes on World Series of Poker", O'Brien tweeted.
This was not the first time the comedian mentioned World Series of Poker in his Twitter, where he has over 21 million followers. In 2012, he might have been considering (jokingly or not) playing in the WSOP Main Event:
ESPN's coverage of the 2016 WSOP Main Event championship will begin on Sunday, Sept 11, and end with a 3-day live Final Table show starting on Sunday, Oct 30:
Sun, Sept 11 |
8:30 p.m. |
WSOP Main Event Championship – Episode 1 |
ESPN2 |
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10 p.m. |
WSOP Main Event Championship – Episode 2 |
ESPN2 |
Sun, Sept 18 |
10:30 p.m. |
WSOP Main Event Championship – Episode 3 |
ESPN2 |
Mon, Sept 19 |
12 a.m. |
WSOP Main Event Championship – Episode 4 |
ESPN2 |
Sun, Sept 25 |
8:30 p.m. |
WSOP Main Event Championship – Episode 5 |
ESPN2 |
|
10 p.m. |
WSOP Main Event Championship – Episode 6 |
ESPN2 |
Sun, Oct 2 |
8:30 p.m. |
WSOP Main Event Championship – Episode 7 |
ESPN |
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10 p.m. |
WSOP Main Event Championship – Episode 8 |
ESPN |
Sun, Oct 9 |
8:30 p.m. |
WSOP Main Event Championship – Episode 9 |
ESPN |
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10 p.m. |
WSOP Main Event Championship – Episode 10 |
ESPN |
Sun, Oct 16 |
8:30 p.m. |
WSOP Main Event Championship – Episode 11 |
ESPN |
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10 p.m. |
WSOP Main Event Championship – Episode 12 |
ESPN |
Sun, Oct 23 |
8:30 p.m. |
WSOP Main Event Championship – Episode 13 |
ESPN |
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10 p.m. |
WSOP Main Event Championship – Episode 14 |
ESPN |
Sun, Oct 30 |
8:30 p.m. |
2016 World Series of Poker: Final Table Live* |
ESPN |
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11 p.m. |
2016 World Series of Poker: Final Table Live* |
ESPN2 |
Mon, Oct 31 |
8 p.m. |
2016 World Series of Poker: Final Table Live* |
ESPN2 |
Tues, Nov 1 |
9 p.m. |
2016 World Series of Poker: Final Table Live* |
ESPN |
Sun, Nov 20 |
9 p.m. |
2016 World Series of Poker: Final Table Encore |
ESPN |