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The Tournament Circuit

2009 September, 07

I recently had the pleasure of playing in the WPT Bratislava poker tournament. As many of you know, I have played a lot of tournaments in a variety of casinos in many different countries run by very different companies (EPT, WPT, WSOP, LAPT, APPT, etc.) After playing WPT Bratislava, I can say with a high degree of certainty that it was one of the best run tournaments (along with those at Bellagio) I’ve played thus far. What sets this tournament apart from the rest? Wel l for one the Sunshine Corp (the company that runs the tournament) has one of the best and most competent staffs – headed up by Steve, Charlie and Troy. They were extremely accommodating to the players every demand as well as devised the best structure of any tournament I’ve played thus far. They didn’t skip a single level and the slow style play really increased the edge for the better players. Aside from the exorbitant rake (400 euros on a 4,000 buy in) which they weren’t in control of and promised to lower next year, everything else was nearly perfect. It is because of this tournament, that I realized some changes that could be made to ALL tournaments to drastically improve things for the dealers, floors, players and directors.

Cheers,