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Originally Posted by plog
When playing poker in tournaments this summer, can everyone mention to other casinos how great Chris is? Hopefully they will either step up their tournament management, or better yet, notice how good he is and hire him away from Caesar's who doesn't appreciate him.
Reading between the lines, it seems Chris is pulling off this tournament in spite of Caesar's, not because of them. Remember last year when twitter was the only place to get the structures and schedule? Now this year its on a google drive? My guess is that's what Chris had/has access too and is doing his best to get it to us. WSOP had a staff of graphic artists and admins to hammer out and post the structure sheets. I think Chris is doing this by himself with Excel and MS Paint.
Not a knock on Chris, a knock on Caesar's. If you could somehow leak the email/name of someone higher up that has power to give you more resources we would be more than happy to sing your praises and apply some pressure to help you out.
Knowing a few of the TDs in town, I can tell you they all use Excel and have scant resources when it comes to marketing. And every one of them pulls off whatever series they offer in spite of the powers that be in their domains. I don't believe the WSOP cares what goes on in other venues and would not be interested in sharing resources. And I'm pretty certain Caesars, overall, doesn't care what goes on poker-wise in non WSOP venues either. Poker is small potatoes.
The latest evidence... the PH poker room has been moved, once again, this time near the middle of the main gaming floor. This is a decent locale to stare at the Pleasure Pit girls, but is pretty abysmal for poker given how loud it is in the evenings. Frankly I'm surprised they are taking up such premium gaming real-estate. I would not be surprised if the poker room will once again be shuffled into some dark corner, or perhaps back into the middle of a restaurant line, in the not-too-distant future.
All that being said, Chris has a relative sweet set-up for his series up in the Mezzanine. My judgement of how Chris is doing will not be driven by his access to fancy websites or other marketing resources, but rather how big his guarantees and field sizes are. With that much space available, its Chris' skills at scheduling events that will be critical. On paper, it looks like he has improved over last year. Let's see if that's the case in reality this summer.
Last edited by akashenk; 03-28-2016 at 06:51 PM.
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