News about the WSOP 2006

Here's are two interesting articles about the coming WSOP:

http://pokernews.com/news/2006/2/wsop-new-tournament-director.htm

http://www.cardplayer.com/poker_news/detail.php?p_id=806&PHPSESSID=933a4298e3b0805b9032724434670822

Seems that Harrahs took notice of last years complaints and changed several things!

I'm a little dissapointed to hear that Johnny Grooms & Jack Effel quit there jobs at the circuit. I had the opportunity to meet them in Tunica and they had been very competent and knew how to run tournaments of that size. But as far as I know they don't leave Harrahs and may still be available for the WSOP. But it's very understandable that Effel likes to take the position at the Horseshoe "...Traveling the circuit three weeks a month was not conducive to raising a family with two small children"

I won't make it to the main event this year. I planned to try for a qualification via online-satellites. Unfortunatly my father has his (round) birthday during the main event. And there's no way I will miss his party for whatever reason. But most probably I will be in Vegas end of July to the first days of August and I will try to qualify for a seat in a $1000- or $1500-buy-in event