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Originally Posted by Cerveza69
Yes...that was it. In the beginning it was funny to see someone pass out in the middle of a hand. But, then when the parameds were needed it wasn't funny anymore. And when she pulled her antics, it just became sad and disturbing. You guys handled the situation the best you could. All in all it was a good tournament. All of the players had fun.
Yes, it was pretty disturbing, especially when we had to have her escorted out by the cops. She essentially assaulted me and the other floors. That was Sept of 2007 actually, it was the last time I ran that event, I had run it from '04 to '07. That guy was obnoxious all night, and they wouldn't cut him off even after I asked the organizers and the bartenders/servers to.
I never did that event again (in real life I am an eye doctor, but occasionally run tournaments for the company that provides the poker equipment) because of all the BS associated with that event. We tried to run a fair, well run event (especially since 1st prize was a 10k ME seat), but the organizers and people involved constantly put me in uncomfortable situations regarding fairness and running a good poker event vs keeping big donators happy, so I never did it again after that year. Interestingly enough, the guy who won that tourney also won a 2nd ME seat at another charity event I did the week after that! And he was a terrible player who got lucky!