Scheduling conflicts with poker tournaments
OK, this is getting ridiculous, and I have to blog about it. I just found out a couple of days ago that PokerStars’ LAPT will be kicking off season 3 with a $2700 tournament on November 19th in Costa Rica. While I’d normally be excited about this, I can’t make it as I’m already scheduled to go to Vancouver for the $2700 main event of the BC Poker Championships that begins on… November 19th. But we’re just getting started.
The Commerce in Los Angeles is having their LA Poker Open, and their $2075 main event starts on November 20th. The Taj Mahal in Atlantic City is having their US Poker Championship, and their $5250 main event starts on November 20th. And finally, the Venetian in Las Vegas is having their Deep Stack Extravaganza, and their $2500 main event starts on November 23rd.
All in the same week, five different main events are happening. This hurts both the players hoping to play these events AND the casinos holding the events. I just don’t get it. Perhaps it’s bad luck in that each casino didn’t know what the other is doing, or perhaps it was intentional, with each casino hoping to steal players from the other casino by considering it a better choice for the player. Either way, I think this has to stop.
It keeps happening and nobody seems to be doing anything about. Where’s Matt Savage in all of this? Can’t the TDA board create some sort of poker tournament scheduling advisory council? This way, tournament series can be staggered and players can play multiple main events instead of having to choose.
