A few thoughts on the WSOP Teleconference
Today the commissioners of the World Series of Poker held a teleconference. Unfortunately I was not given permission to listen to the conference first hand. Not that I’m bummed out about it or anything. From reading Cardplayer.com’s recap, nothing important or exciting was said. The recap can be read here.
One point that interested me was about how Harrah’s planned to handle the dealers. Harrah’s plans to train and certify 300 dealers for the WSOP, and the dealers will all be based in Las Vegas. Unless I have misinterpreted this news, it contradicts Casino College’s bet that they can get 100 of their dealers into the WSOP, since Casino College’s dealers will not even be considered. Not to mention that Casino College has locations in Arizona and California, among other states not named Nevada. What would happen to some poor sap who registered and paid money just for the chance to deal at the WSOP?
The other interesting point was that Harrah’s will not allow players to wear logos from US friendly poker sites, which makes sense because online poker rooms like Poker Stars and Full Tilt will be paying big bucks for advertising space. I wonder how Howard Lederer or Chris Ferguson will feel about this change, now that they can’t wear their customary Full Tilt Poker gear. Or what about Phil Hellmuth’s Ultimate Bet windbreaker and hat?
I for one will find the change unsettling at first, to not see Full Tilt and Poker Stars logos everywhere. I used to count how many players were representing all the different sites and always counted a high percentage for Full Tilt Poker. At least I can still count on Doyle to wears his Doyle’s Room cowboy hat, which, by the way, can be purchased for 294,001 Action Points, if one decided that they want to be like Doyle.
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