Fire Jack Effel Now!!!!

[LouKadeez]

The tent
The registration chaos
The One on One, mercifully described as clusterF ***
The inept personnel, for which he was directly responsible
The obviously faulty planning

Let's not wait for more disasters....The guy is clearly in over his head....FIRE HIM NOW

[MrFizzbin]

Actually I believe Mr Pollock should probably be the first one off the gangplank. If the ship is sinking blame the Captain not the crew....

Jack is actually a solid guy that does a good job, if there are bad decisions made they were probably made well above his pay grade.

[toutatis70]

Whoever's Idea to turn the W.S.O.P into DONKEMENTS by changing the blind structure must go now. That's like making the golfers play last weeks U.S. open use only 3 clubs.

[MJBuddy]

Blame probably falls with most pros' insights and suggestions to the heads.

[Jooka]

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or lack there of. DN said in a video blog he had the structures in his in box for awhile but never got around to them, yet bitches about them after the fact.

[Rottersod]

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or lack there of. DN said in a video blog he had the structures in his in box for awhile but never got around to them, yet bitches about them after the fact.

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It doesn't make any sense to me why the people running the WSOP can't hire people to analyze the structures and come up with the best ones.

[smeeks]

Whoever said Jack Effel is a standup guy doesn't really know him. He simply slithered his way into a position WAY over his head.

I met Jack in San Diego 2.5 years ago. He reminds me of a vulture of sorts. Sort of goofy and ugly, scavenging around and ending up with things that no one else really wanted. (girls, jobs, and barbers would all seem to fit in that category).

Now he has a job he can't do. Its not his fault he can't do it, he just doesn't have the skills. He tries to do things to give the WSOP the appearance of success. However, its just not working. Sort of like buying a homely chick fake boobs to try to make her seem more attractive. Um, just doesn't work.

Jack is great with paperwork. He sucks at people skills. He really knows very little about poker and poker players. He has no charisma. He is goofy looking.

Bring back Matt or Johnny. Or give the gig to Jimmy.

As long as Jack is in the drivers seat the WSOP will continue to be a cluster****.

[NickMPK]

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He sucks at people skills. He really knows very little about poker and poker players. He has no charisma. He is goofy looking.


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It sounds like he should be right at home with most poker players I've met.

[vendbien]

Whoever you are, you have summed up Jack Effel succinctly and in a way that people can understand on a personal level. I have known him equally as long and completely agree - he's all that and unfortunately worse. You forgot his lack of personal and profesional integrity.

[Russ Fox]

I don't know if the problem is Jack Effel, Jeffrey Pollack, or Harrah's/Rio, or the whole lot of them. And I don't care.

The WSOP this year has had major problems, and I'm fairly certain that management (including Mr. Effel and Mr. Pollack) know about them.

But do they care about fixing them? Given that we are flocking to the tournaments like sheep being led to the slaughter, why should they?

Harrah's is a bottom-line oriented company. The LBO they're going through will only increase that emphasis.

I wrote a humorous blog post giving my views of a hypothetical interview between Jeffrey Pollack and The Onion. Nothing I've read in this thread or the Bart Hanson/Another Effel Error Thread has made me change my views.

-- Russ Fox