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You are the Tournament Director Series 3: Thomas Kremser

Name: Thomas Kremser

Age: 42

Hometown, Country: Vienna, Austria

Home (local) Casino/ Card room: organizing events with his own company TK Poker Events

Experience (how long TD): 15 years

Major Festivals/ Tournaments worked at: Thomas Kremser, at only 42, is one of the most respected figures in the world of poker. He began as a croupier in his home town of Vienna and is now Chief Executive of TK Poker Events.

Before taking on the role at TK, Thomas was founder and casino manager of Europe’s biggest card room – The Concord Card Casino, Vienna. A highly accomplished tournament director, he has worked at major poker events all over the world including Barcelona, Vienna, Copenhagen, Madrid, London, Dublin, Monte Carlo, Deauville, San Remo, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Singapore, Goa, St. Maarten, St. Kitts, Bahamas, on cruise ships and other exciting locations.

He is the Tournament Director of the EPT, European Poker Tour since 2004 and also organizing the Spanish Poker Tour since 2006 and the Great Britain Poker Tour 2007, the Austrian Poker Tour 2007, WPT in Europe and the Full Tilt Million Euro Challenge 2007 and 2008.

Since 1998 Thomas is the floor manager at British TV show, ‘Late Night Poker’, various Celebrity Poker shows, Nations Cups, William Hill Poker Grand Prix and many other televised tournaments. He won the award of inaugural election of ”Casino Staff Person of the Year” in 2001’s European Poker Awards and also the Award for “Lifetime Achievement for Poker” in 2007. He has been running around 300 televised tournaments in his career.