World Series of Poker tournament appoint the new director
Harrah’s Entertainment director appointed Robert Daily, the manager of the poker room in the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas to the tournament director for the WSOP 2006 to between 25 June and 10 August in the Amazon region of Rio Pavilion Convention Centre.
The 62-year-old Daily, the third tournament director for the WSOP during three years.
“We (at Harrah’s Entertainment) have a very good experience during the last two years, and learned much. Therefore, we are the target, the best our guests during the 2006 World Series of Poker to offer,” said Daily. “There were many issues that we share with our players last year simple had. The problem of rest rooms and smoking, we will solve this year. ”
Daily is already 30 years in the casino gaming industry. Previously, he was a pilot for Air America, an airline, whose owner and operator the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the war in Vietnam.
“I am a very experienced poker person,” said Daily, “The pilot work is the work of the Tournament Director similar. You have many steps possible to predict, and the right decision under high pressure.”
Harrah’s also appointed the manager of the poker room of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas to Michael Mats assistant to the WSOP tournament director for 2006.
And Matt’s Daily ran last autumn two WSOP Circuit events and the WSOP tournament champion 2005 in Las Vegas.
The WSOP Director of the message traffic and for the operations Gary Thompson said that Harrah’s also additional auxiliary tournament directors for the 2006 WSOP will appoint to the workload of reasonable distribution.
“The tournament directors had during the 2005 WSOP 16 to 18 hours per day more than 40 days and they were working before the start of the main events completely exhausted,” said Thompson. “We have to work to organize so that our tournament directors at any time fresh and lively. You must always be able to correct decisions, often with hundreds, thousands or even millions of dollars are connected.”
“The tournament directors are divided into two work shifts divided,” said Daily.
Daily and Matts superseded the 2005 WSOP tournament director Johnny Grooms and assistant to the 2005 WSOP tournament director Jack Effel, both as a WSOP Circuit tournament director and as assistant director of the tournament immediately after the leadership of the WSOP Circuit events in the Grand Casino in Tunica, Mississippi, resigned in January are.
The resignation of Grooms and Effel followed immediately after the exit of the 2005 WSOP tournament director for operations Ken Lambert, in December 2005, Harrah’s Entertainment and left his job at the competing casino operator MGM Mirage began. Lambert is currently director of poker operations at Gold Strike Casino Resort in Tunica, Mississippi .
Thompson confirmed the fact that Harrah’s Entertainment with Grooms of new job reproached, with the new WSOP sales and partnership in the field of marketing with the super agency in this area, International Management Group (IMG), is connected. Effel has chosen, with Harrah’s to stay and the office manager of the poker room in the Horseshoe Casino in Tunica, Mississippi .
Thompson also stressed the fact that Harrah’s many positive changes during the WSOP of 2006, to the wishes and expectations of many players and journalists to satisfy it in 2005 pronounced:
1st To long queues at the recreational areas during breaks to reduce Harrah’s has the intention, mobile recreation areas to set up first class, with the air conditioners and carpet care. The tournament room is divided into several sections to the free time during breaks in different sections reasonable and practical.
2nd This year the smoking players have a great opportunity, a room specially equipped to test, instead of the air passages in the Rio Pavilion Convention Centre to soil.
3rd The lounges are the players with food and beverages supplied.
4th One of the restaurants in the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino, which is not far from the Amazon region, is at least 20 hours per day open.
5th Harrah’s has a proposal for the partners of the TV transmission gamest ESPN, the final two days of the WSOP 2006 events in one of the exhibition halls of the Rio All-Suites hotel with the style of theatre seats for the audience to organize.
6th The WSOP team of the media is a major objective of the needs of the ever growing Media contingents to satisfy.
The structure of the provisional bracelet events and the events with the $ 1000 and $ 1500 buy-in of the WSOP 2006 will maintain the model 2005.
Thompson also stressed the fact that Harrah’s in 2007 the time of the WSOP a little earlier (April-May) plan. These changes are with the wishes of the company ESPN, which broadcasts the WSOP in 2007 until the beginning of the 2007-2008 TV season in mid-September finish.