New Tournament Director For The World Series Of Poker

The World Series of Poker, owned and operated by the largest casino operator in the world, Harrah’s Entertainment, has named Robert Daily as the Tournament Director for the 2006 WSOP. Daily has been the poker room manager at the Rio All- Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, and will now be moving up to one of the most prestigious jobs in the poker industry.The 2006 WSOP events kick off on June 25 and run though August 10 at the Amazon Room of the Rio Pavilion Convention Center, where Daily will be running the show as the third Tournament Director in as many years.The 62-year-old, newly announced Director mentioned that his time spent as a contract pilot for Air America, the airline run by the CIA during the Vietnam War, has given him skills that translate to poker.