All of the poker tournaments that we hear about are the successful ones that run without any hitches and pay the winners their money as expected. We don’t hear about the poker tournaments that went wrong or the ones that were so disorganized that they had to be scrapped. So if you’ve never heard of a poker tournament such as this then here’s your chance because there was recently a poker tourney that absolutely collapsed out in Las Vegas.
Sludikoff Gaming Inc. in (Las Vegas) was hired by Hall of Fame World Poker Championship LLC to run a poker tournament for them where athletes and celebrities would compete on teams and try to advance to the final round where they would compete for $1 million. Sludikoff Gaming Inc. was paid $10,000 a month to work on the tournament and get it up and running.
The problem came when the owners of Sludikoff felt they were being taken advantage of by Hall of Fame WPC LLC because they said the company was trying to profit too much off of them without further compensation. What has ensued since then is an ugly lawsuit where Sludikoff Gaming is seeking extra compensation for the mishap. Hall of Fame has countersued them in a defamation suit since then.
After this big mess, it definitely appears that the poker tournament will no longer happen and it also appears that these two companies will be locked in a long legal battle. Luckily, we don’t have to hear about poker tournaments falling apart like this too often and there are plenty other ones for us to play in.