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Mike Sexton Next World Series of Poker Commissioner?

Mike Sexton

After Jeffrey Pollack stepped down as Commissioner of the World Series of Poker, parent company Harrah's released a statement saying they had "no intention at this time to replace the Commissioner role."

In all likelihood, there will be a replacement for this massive event.

Gary Trask of Casino City.com created a list of his most likely candidates, the number one being an obvious - this year's Poker Hall of Fame inductee Mike Sexton.

"The universal outpouring of admiration that Sexton received during the past year as he was nominated and then inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame was quite impressive. It's unusual in any industry - but particularly in poker - to have someone who seemingly has no enemies or detractors. But you would be hard-pressed to find someone to say anything negative about Sexton. He was the lone inductee into this year's Hall of Fame for a reason. He's arguably done more for the game than anyone else and his knowledge of the game from all angles and the respect he owns would make him a perfect choice to be the next WSOP commissioner."

And if it is not going to be Sexton, the next logical choice:  Annie Duke.

"Duke is the lone female on our list, but definitely one of the top choices. But Duke is much more comfortable in front of the media and if you've ever witnessed one of her performances at a court hearing to fight for the rights of poker, you know how passionate she is about the game. Duke gained instant recognition from non-poker people from her performance on Celebrity Apprentice and while she may not always be the most likable person in the room, you can't argue with her expertise and knowledge and the manner in which she presents them."

Dennis Phillips, Howard Lederer and Daniel Negreanu are also listed. 

Ace King, Gambling911.com

 

Submitted by Ace King on Mon, 11/23/2009 - 23:34
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Tue, 11/24/2009 - 11:43 — Guest
If you actually read the article and not just these few snippets you will see that the writer said he realised that none of these players would ever actually be the new World Series Commissh. He says write in the story that he's just having some fun and pointing out some players who would make a good comsisioner.

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Tue, 11/24/2009 - 02:31 — Guest
Why would Harrahs, which is launching the WSOP online poker room soon hire Mike Sexton (Party Poker partner/WPT spokesperson), Annie Duke (UB partner), Dennis Phillips (no business experience/Pokerstars sponsored player), Howard Lederer (FTP) or Daniel Negreanu (PokerStars sponsored player)? All of these people would be conflicts of interest with the WSOP/Harrah's business agenda, the future is placing the online poker room at the center of their business priorities.Assuming that any of these people will ever be considered shows a great ignorance about what the business of the WSOP. Pollock's role was 20% public relations and 80% behind the scenes business deal making, he was really the head of advertising & sponsorship for WSOP if you break it down to it's raw priorities. Harrah's didn't need a commissioner as most layers viewed his role, that will probably be the job of the tournament director going forward.