Comments on: The PCA Worldwide Pilgrimage http://pokerati.com/2010/01/07/the-pca-worldwide-pilgrimage/ Texas Hold'em and Las Vegas WSOP Poker Blog, now with PLO too! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: BJ Nemeth http://pokerati.com/2010/01/07/the-pca-worldwide-pilgrimage/comment-page-1/#comment-175094 BJ Nemeth Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:03:37 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=14465#comment-175094 FYI, PokerStars has been behind the PCA since the inaugural event in 2004. The "two years ago" that you mention in this post is 2008, when the event switched from being a WPT event to being an EPT event. Keep in mind that the WPT is more hands off with their tournaments, as they really only come in to tape the final tables. The WPT tournaments are actually run by the member casinos. (That differs from the EPT, where the EPT handles everything with much more consistency between tournaments.) So even when it was a WPT event, it was still being operated and managed by PokerStars. (The same relationship existed with UltimateBet and the Aruba Poker Classic.) The 2004 tournament was actually held on a cruise ship that visited several countries around the Caribbean, and 2005 was the first year it was held at the Atlantis Casino in the Bahamas. (Where it has been ever since.) To summarize: PokerStars has been behind the PCA for all seven years of its history. FYI, PokerStars has been behind the PCA since the inaugural event in 2004. The “two years ago” that you mention in this post is 2008, when the event switched from being a WPT event to being an EPT event.

Keep in mind that the WPT is more hands off with their tournaments, as they really only come in to tape the final tables. The WPT tournaments are actually run by the member casinos. (That differs from the EPT, where the EPT handles everything with much more consistency between tournaments.) So even when it was a WPT event, it was still being operated and managed by PokerStars. (The same relationship existed with UltimateBet and the Aruba Poker Classic.)

The 2004 tournament was actually held on a cruise ship that visited several countries around the Caribbean, and 2005 was the first year it was held at the Atlantis Casino in the Bahamas. (Where it has been ever since.)

To summarize: PokerStars has been behind the PCA for all seven years of its history.

]]> By: BJ Nemeth http://pokerati.com/2010/01/07/the-pca-worldwide-pilgrimage/comment-page-1/#comment-175093 BJ Nemeth Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:53:02 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=14465#comment-175093 On today's episode of "The Poker Beat," I claimed that the PokerStars events (like the European Poker Tour) tend to be regional, with a lot of locals and fewer traveling pros. I'm not sure if I said this or not, but the PCA in the Bahamas is the clear exception to this rule. Less than half of the field came from the USA! I didn't mention this on the show, but I think the PCA will continue to be the largest live event in the PokerStars lineup for at least the next several years. It would be much more difficult to build up a new event than it would be to focus on continuing to grow the smash hit that is the PCA. On today’s episode of “The Poker Beat,” I claimed that the PokerStars events (like the European Poker Tour) tend to be regional, with a lot of locals and fewer traveling pros.

I’m not sure if I said this or not, but the PCA in the Bahamas is the clear exception to this rule. Less than half of the field came from the USA!

I didn’t mention this on the show, but I think the PCA will continue to be the largest live event in the PokerStars lineup for at least the next several years. It would be much more difficult to build up a new event than it would be to focus on continuing to grow the smash hit that is the PCA.

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