Hi WCT entrants,
First off, thank you guys for making it out to the West Coast tourney from all over the country… I hope you guys are recovering well from the lack of sleep, jet lag, time zone differences, too much partying – etc… It was a great turnout considering that Spade Club shut down on us during the middle of planning for this event, but it wouldn’t have happened without you guys!..... so, thanks again!
Secondly, I wanted to apologize for the way the structure of the tournament was arranged. My understanding was that it would be the same structure as their daily tournament but with 6,000 chips with no mention of antes starting off at the 2nd round. I didn’t find out till the night before but the tournament director I’ve been working with for the last 3 months got sedated after hurting his back the weekend before the tournament; therefore assigning our tournament to someone else (the one who was running our tournament that day…). By the time I was notified, it was the day of the tournament when I glanced at the sheet given to me breaking down the levels of the blinds……. and it was too late to change anything. I feel that they made it this way due to the number of entrants being so low – honestly, I’m not sure why (I will be emailing the MGM tournament director and complaining about this…..) If I would have known prior to the day of, I wouldn’t have even played it… but either way, what’s done is done… and there’s nothing we could do about it now… but know for the future live tournaments, I need everything in writing.
The next issue I wanted to discuss, was the issue of bringing in 2 pros to the event. I feel responsible for allowing them to play in our tournament but I had originally provided a estimated number of 100-120 entrants for this restricted event. As time went by, I kept extending the deadline date since many people were still unsure and many others flaked – even up until the last minute. So when I was notified of more players, I instantly figured that more money in the prize pool would be better for all of us and felt like I had no choice since we needed players.
Either way, I hope everyone had a good time meeting each other and getting to know each other even a little bit more (which was the sole purpose of the event: to have FUN!) – and of course to experience Vegas, especially if it was your first time playing live or first time in Vegas! I know there was a lot of personal drama (stolen license plate, lost baggage at the airport, car/bike problems, hotel and flight mishaps…..) AND whether you won/lost this past weekend, I hope this was a memorable experience for everyone … As many have discussed - hopefully we could meet again and make this an annual event!! Next time…… I promise it will be a whole lot better!!! For those who couldn’t make the event, don’t feel too bad….. we will see you at the next event: 2nd Annual West Coast Tournament 2011~ so plan ahead!
Congrats to all the winners:
1st: Stacy
2nd: Troy
3rd: AEV2007
4th: Chiptheif33
5th: Jason
6th: Kygoman
7th: Shocker003
8th: Bravelassie
9th: John
10th: Baekdutiger
.: MEET & GREET @ PLANET HOLLYWOOD !:.
.: THE DAY OF THE TOURNAMENT @ MGM GRAND POKER ROOM! :.
.: LET THE GAMES BEGIN! :.
WEST COAST TOURNAMENT 2011..... Bigger & Better..... Stay tuned!!!!
