WSOP Ratings Decline To Below Pre-November 9 Levels

Ratings for this year's WSOP Main Event final table declined 39% from last year to below pre-November Nine levels, barely edging out Beth Shak's appearance on Bravo's Millionaire Matchmaker an hour earlier. The 17 hour final table was edited down to just over two hours, running over its time slot for the second year in a row.

Year	Winner	Format	Rating	Viewers
2010	Duhamel	Nov. 9	1.1	1.563 M
2009	Cada	Nov. 9	1.8	2.199 M
2008	Eastgate	Nov. 9	1.9	2.364 M
2007	Yang	delayed	1.4	1.635 M

Reasons for the decline may include delaying the starting time till 10 PM from 9 PM in the past and the lack last-year's Phil Ivey star power. Viewership of the live stream was too low to have affected ratings.

Sources: TVByTheNumbers, Wicked Chops Poker, Pokerati, Fifth Street Journal.

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