There will be a noticeable change in the coverage at the 2015 World Series of Poker and where on the Internet the poker community finds that coverage, as the tournament series and PokerNews were unable to come to terms on a new contract to cover the 2015 WSOP, which means for the first time since 2007, PokerNews will not be the exclusive live reporting team at the WSOP.

PokerNews and the WSOP parting ways was a surprising development, as PokerNews has done a tremendous job covering the tournament over the years; a task that has more logistical problems than 1,000 unmarked boxes in a UPS warehouse.

Just as surprising was how it was announced, as PokerNews’s Matthew Parvis took to Twitter to inform the poker world.

That being said, maybe it’s not as surprising as it first appeared. Since the announcement that PokerNews was out as the exclusive live reporting team, several details of the deal between the WSOP and PokerNews have come to light, and it’s a far cry from how most people assumed the deal was structured.