Venetian CEO Poker Tournament Main Event Furor

[stephenNUTS]

Maria/William,

When you first approached me about playing in the Atlantic City CEO Series at the Taj,with the hype of "my recent USPC FT television appearance at the TAJ" and living /playing poker in the NorthEast,I didn't think for one moment that this was anything more than another company taking a crack at the current competitive poker circuit,vs. the WPT and WSOP respectivally.When I pre-registered prior to your Main Event for $5000 you told me SPECIFICALLY that you had 150+ players/PRO's/CEO's pre-registered,(and just like I did the same with a credit card over the phone)and I was all gung ho for the event when I arrived.As a former CEO of a Wall Street hedgefund/broker dealer,I am quite familiar with the charity circuit as well,and this event was NEVER implied to me to be such an event!

The day the Main Event started(obviously knowing it was a two day event),I hopefully expected close to 200+ players at least to be quite honest.

Well when I took my seat and found out there was 38 ,,,,,,,,,,,,YES only 38 players signed up(and the ONLY PRO I saw was the fine gentleman and my friend Bill Edler at my table,who was also just as perplexed),I went looking for you and William,to NO AVAIL, and was absolutely LIVID,about being lied to,cheated,scammed,whatever.

Since hearing and obviously reading this fine print NOW ,I know for a fact that there are many players/PRO's that are NOT going to take this Venetian CEO Event fiasco in vein.I guess I was STUPID enough to even play/register in the event,without ever reading the standard fine print that any legitimate tournament constructs on their payout/structure sheets.

I "hope" you covered all your base's,as when it come's to CHARITABLE events.............the LAW is pretty damn serious if there was any fraud/deceptive intent here!

Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeez ......................something just wasn't right in my gut from my FIRST COMPLAINT going back to the TAJ a few months back.I am hearing some SCARY [censored] about this,and to be quite honest,am TRULY questioning the validity of this whole CEO series "fine print" crap,and will be the first to stand up for any players that were mis-led or "fine printed" into am obvious 20% Juice SCAM.

I donate a decent sum of monies to various charities of MY CHOICE each year,and in my opinion this whole CEO thing has had a "devious" underpinning" from the start.It should be one's own personal choice of a charity,and if not ,the entrants should be COMPLETLY informed of such BEFORE signing up for a Main Event that list's as $2500 + 100 entry fee.From what I am seeing/hearing the various prize pools were a JOKE,percentage wise!

I am disgusted!

~Stephen Feraca