Fire Jack Effel Now!!!!

[FeliciaLee]

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[tourtdirector]

I would not Fire Jack Effel; I would suggest that he may be more capable as a dealer. After all he was a dealer a few years ago. Howard are you reading this.

[princessENE]

<font color="red"> </font> Obviously, you all are bitter because you were not selected to work this year’s WSOP.

For all of you idiots that call Jack Effel incompetent, let me give you a little insight to his poker knowledge and experience…….In 1997 he started working for Sams Town Tunica as a dealer, two months later he was promoted to a dual rate supervisor position. Late November 1997 he took a position at Horseshoe Bossier City as a Poker Shift Manager, and he remained working there in that position until January 2000. He then transferred to Horseshoe Tunica that same month, so that he could attend college. He took a position as a dual rate supervisor, and continued to work full time, and attend college full time! In December 2004 Jack graduated from OLE MISS with honors “Cum Laude”, and began running tournaments at Horseshoe Tunica.
In January 2005, Jack worked the WPO Event in Tunica. Upon the completion of the WPO, Jack was given the opportunity to travel with the WSOP Circuit, and after 4 successful events, he was appointed Assistant Tournament Director for the 2005 WSOP. After the 2005 WSOP, Jack continued to travel with the WSOP Circuit as Co-Director. In February 2006, Jack was promoted to Poker Room Manager at Horseshoe Tunica. In May 2006 Jack was appointed Corporate Director of Poker Operations for Harrah’s Entertainment, and he relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada. During Jacks tenure as Corp. Director of Poker Ops for HET, he also served as Co-Director for the 2006 WSOP, and at the completion of the 2006 WSOP, Jack was put in charge of all Tournament Operations for the 2007 WSOP.

So, for all of you A-HOLES!!!, who think Jack Effel isn’t experienced enough to run the largest Poker Tournament in the World, you better guess again, because he has more talent, and is more experienced than anyone else in the Business. Don’t hate Jack just because he is smart and talented, and has moved up the corporate ladder faster than you!

BTW, Jack has been a full-time employee of Horseshoe and Harrah's Entertainment for the past 10 years! Not a Temp!!!

[MJBuddy]

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<font color="red"> </font> Obviously, you all are bitter because you were not selected to work this year’s WSOP.

For all of you idiots that call Jack Effel incompetent, let me give you a little insight to his poker knowledge and experience…….In 1997 he started working for Sams Town Tunica as a dealer, two months later he was promoted to a dual rate supervisor position. Late November 1997 he took a position at Horseshoe Bossier City as a Poker Shift Manager, and he remained working there in that position until January 2000. He then transferred to Horseshoe Tunica that same month, so that he could attend college. He took a position as a dual rate supervisor, and continued to work full time, and attend college full time! In December 2004 Jack graduated from OLE MISS with honors “Cum Laude”, and began running tournaments at Horseshoe Tunica.
In January 2005, Jack worked the WPO Event in Tunica. Upon the completion of the WPO, Jack was given the opportunity to travel with the WSOP Circuit, and after 4 successful events, he was appointed Assistant Tournament Director for the 2005 WSOP. After the 2005 WSOP, Jack continued to travel with the WSOP Circuit as Co-Director. In February 2006, Jack was promoted to Poker Room Manager at Horseshoe Tunica. In May 2006 Jack was appointed Corporate Director of Poker Operation for Harrah’s Entertainment, and he relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada. During Jacks tenure as Corp. Director of Poker Ops for HET, he also served as Co-Director for the 2006 WSOP, and at the completion of the 2006 WSOP, Jack was put in charge of all Tournament Operations for the 2007 WSOP.

So, for all of you A-HOLES!!!, who think Jack Effel isn’t experienced enough to run the largest Poker Tournament in the World, you better guess again, because he has more talent, and is more experienced than anyone else in the Business. Don’t hate Jack just because he is smart and talented, and has moved up the corporate ladder faster than you!

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[SuperUberBob]

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<font color="red"> </font> Obviously, you all are bitter because you were not selected to work this year’s WSOP.


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Who would WANT to work at this year's WSOP?! It's a mess!

I don't care how qualified you are. If you suck at running the WSOP, then you suck at running the WSOP.

[princessENE]

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<font color="red"> </font> Obviously, you all are bitter because you were not selected to work this year’s WSOP.


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Who would WANT to work at this year's WSOP?! It's a mess!

I don't care how qualified you are. If you suck at running the WSOP, then you suck at running the WSOP.

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You should never judge someone unless you have walked a mile in their shoes!

Jack Effel is doing a great job, considering all of the circumstances he has had to over come this year!

[mhcmarty]

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Jack Effel is doing a great job, considering all of the circumstances he has had to over come this year!

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What specific cercumstances has Jack had to over come that couldn't have been foreseeable.

1. Registration issues
2. Tourney's being played in a tent
3. New card design

[El Diablo]

princess,

"no one was willing to change seats"

I don't understand how this is a problem. Why can't the tourney staff just tell people to change seats rather than have three friends sitting together next to each other?

"you have to do a manual re-draw, which really sucks!"

That sounds like just laziness. It seems like you should do a manual re-draw rather than not have the late entrants randomly seated.

[s33w33d]

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<font color="red"> </font> Obviously, you all are bitter because you were not selected to work this year’s WSOP.

For all of you idiots that call Jack Effel incompetent, let me give you a little insight to his poker knowledge and experience…….In 1997 he started working for Sams Town Tunica as a dealer, two months later he was promoted to a dual rate supervisor position. Late November 1997 he took a position at Horseshoe Bossier City as a Poker Shift Manager, and he remained working there in that position until January 2000. He then transferred to Horseshoe Tunica that same month, so that he could attend college. He took a position as a dual rate supervisor, and continued to work full time, and attend college full time! In December 2004 Jack graduated from OLE MISS with honors “Cum Laude”, and began running tournaments at Horseshoe Tunica.
In January 2005, Jack worked the WPO Event in Tunica. Upon the completion of the WPO, Jack was given the opportunity to travel with the WSOP Circuit, and after 4 successful events, he was appointed Assistant Tournament Director for the 2005 WSOP. After the 2005 WSOP, Jack continued to travel with the WSOP Circuit as Co-Director. In February 2006, Jack was promoted to Poker Room Manager at Horseshoe Tunica. In May 2006 Jack was appointed Corporate Director of Poker Operations for Harrah’s Entertainment, and he relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada. During Jacks tenure as Corp. Director of Poker Ops for HET, he also served as Co-Director for the 2006 WSOP, and at the completion of the 2006 WSOP, Jack was put in charge of all Tournament Operations for the 2007 WSOP.

So, for all of you A-HOLES!!!, who think Jack Effel isn’t experienced enough to run the largest Poker Tournament in the World, you better guess again, because he has more talent, and is more experienced than anyone else in the Business. Don’t hate Jack just because he is smart and talented, and has moved up the corporate ladder faster than you!

BTW, Jack has been a full-time employee of Horseshoe and Harrah's Entertainment for the past 10 years! Not a Temp!!!

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Obviously he has past experience. No one in this thread is questioning that.

That being said, there's way too much evidence of this event being a total disaster. Too many events? Maybe. Lack of proper infrastructure? Absolutely. Is that Jack Effel's fault? Not sure. Maybe it's the powers that be at Harrah's trying to milk it for more. He's certainly to some extent involved, and ultimately responsible.

The Main Event looks like a massive storm cloud to me at this point. Maybe Harrah's will get lucky and have only 5,000-6,000 players and not botch it. I doubt it.

The concern has gone from ensuring a good event for players to ensuring a good event for shareholders. The perfect event would be great for BOTH. At this rate it will be neither.

Of course, they could potentially learn from this and make 2008 the best event ever. We're poker players, we're much too skeptical to believe that at this point.

[LouKadeez]

Obviously, the Peter Principle come to life.