Welcome Back

Tueday night marks the return of World Series of Poker coverage to ESPN. They'll start with a few weeks of bracelet events. Then in late August they start with coverage of the Main Event with the Final Table on October 9th. Then three weeks (6 hours) of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E event, and by Halloween it's wait until next year.

The best part of this is it means the return of the best announcing team in poker, and probably any sport (or game) on TV. Lon McEachern & Norman Chad.



I love Norman Chad and wish he would still do guest spots on PTI.
I love Chad's gimmicks about all his ex-wives, plus his lines like "he just flopped a full house and he looks like he's waiting for a bus!"

When David Williams's mother thanked Jesus for a river card Chad said "why is she thanking Chris Ferguson?"

He always has something funny to say about the hand or the players, but what I like most about him is the way he analyzes the action. Unlike the WPT announcers who think every hand is the dramatic end of the world and every player is great, Chad calls out bad plays and often calls people to task for displays of poor ettiquette. And every year he awards the Flushies.

One side note about Norman Chad:
When Mrs. Poop was pregnant the first time, we told Poop On Me that baby was going to be named Norman Chad because it fit the letters she thought we would be using. She immediately said "that's a stupid name," proving why we don't want people to know our name selections. When we got pregnant the second time, and avoided the predicted miscarriage I left a message for Poop On Me that said "Hi Aunt Poop On Me, it's Norman Chad. I've been here the whole time. I'll see you in about 8 months. " That was nice.