My amazement comes at HET having picked Harrah's AC to host a MAJOR Circuit Event Tournament. This thing is designed to draw some major names in the poker world. There will be 4 of these big regional events throughout the US. Main events in these 4 super regionals will be $10k buy-in with guaranteed television coverage, which again, is supposed to draw the "sponsored" players who have to play televised events in order to use the sponsor money. ie, pokerstars, absolute, fulltilt. All tournaments will play by the same rules for the first time, and will not be subject to "local" rules. This thing is supposed to be a big deal, which begs the question...why Harrah'sAC vs Caesars AC??
Mr Harrah's must have a lot of confidence in Harrah's AC to pick them over Caesars AC for an event of this importance and visibility. That....or they are going to make another of those old, "This is your brain on drugs...." ads.
I have played circuit events at both Harrah's AC and Caesars AC before. If you have played both, you will understand my sheer amazement at having the regional event at Harrah's. The last Harrah's AC WSOP series a few months ago was so poorly advertised and attended it was an absolute disaster/joke.
If I was running Harrah's poker room, and I wanted to have ANY shot at keeping that position, I would send some floor people over to the Borgata next month to see how a real tournament series is run when they get the WPT events going over there. Personally, I don't think they have a prayer.
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Originally Posted by StackerBA
The circuit event in AC in December has always been at Harrah's. It's at Caesars in march normally.