Obviously, there's been some great coverage of the WSOP Main Event over the years. The easy answer is the 2003 coverage where the world watched an amateur from Tennessee turn the poker world upside down, but as obvious an answer as that might be, it's not my favorite year of coverage.
For me, 2005 was the year. I had been into poker heavily for about a year after first playing in my freshman year of college in 2004. The tournament had grown by leaps and bounds in the two years since Moneymaker, and I had never been more excited about the game. Something about the chip set was so nice that year with those late stage, high denomination beige chips in play. When the final 27 got moved to Binion's for the final time to witness Joe Hachem "turn 73 offsuit into $7.5 million dollars" and take home the last bracelet to ever be awarded at Binion's, it all felt very special to me.
The atmosphere that the ESPN crew was able to convey through the screen from those last couple days of the event was top notch.There have been some incredible coverage years for the Main Event in the years since Hachem to the title home to Australia, but for me, it's still the 2005 coverage that reigns supreme.
