iTunes WSOP 2005 Missing Episode

[lwestatbus]

I just bought an iPod Touch (an iPhone without the phone) and wanted to load it up with some selected poker episodes for those times waiting in lines, etc. I went to get the final table of the 2005 ME (one of the finest poker shows ever aired IMHO) only to find that "Episode 11", the first half of the final table is missing. This was Mike the Mouth's exit as well as three other players. Many people commented on the missing episode on the iTunes store.

Does anyone know how to obtain this episode in a version that will make it onto an iPod/iPhone? I actually have the MP4 versions of the episode and have created a DVD from them but iTunes doesn't seem to have the features to import from a DVD like it will from a CD.

[HalfSugar]

As long as the episodes you can get feature Scott Lazar's epic FT meltdown, that probably makes up for seeing Matusow lose his 60/40 shot.

[lwestatbus]

I was able to do a work-around. I had the original .mpg files captured off the DVR of both final table episodes. I used Easy Media Creator to clip out the commercials and create an .mp4 of the first half and was able to load this onto my iPod. The quality is definitely lower than on the iTunes second half (Episode 12) and I get the ESPN scroll bar of six year old score updates but it is definitely watchable.

I invested in the 64GB iPod so I could load it up with both music and videos with the videos intended to be waiting room distractions that I could start anywhere and watch for any length of time.

I'm investing in another DVR for the house so this year's WSOP events won't be competing with my wife's Dancing With the Stars episodes for DVR hard disk space.