Jeff Pollack, Commissioner of the WSOP, has resigned his position as of yesterday Friday November 13th, 2009. This came as a bit of a surprise but Harrah’s seemed very appreciative of his efforts. Pollack said that he doesn’t have any immediate plans but he will surely be working somewhere soon.

Personally I have mixed feelings. I do believe Jeff wanted to do what is best for the game. We also can’t forget that Europe now has the WSOPE as well and Pollack had a lot to do with making that happen. On the other hand, we still have the on and off tweaking of the WSOP each year. This has been going on since Harrah’s took over and my hope is that we come to some sort of agreement on what kind and how many events there are going to be each year. I also do not like the fact that Binion’s was completely removed form the WSOP equation. It could have been worked out so that the final table was played there rather easily. Overall, I give Pollack a grade of C+. He wasn’t great but he wasn’t bad either.

Best wishes to you Jeff in your new endeavors.