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TALLINN, ESTONIA ECA Dealer Championship 2019
Per Jaldung, Chairman, ECA
“As an industry we owe a great deal to our employees that provide our guests with a great entertainment experience on a day-to-day basis. The European Dealer Championship celebrates their achievements, skills and demonstrates the importance of people for our business. It also shows the great diversity in our industry, with competitors coming from across Europe and even the globe to work in our sector. Congratulations to Tamas Adam for coming out on top among this outstanding field of competitors.”
“It was a real pleasure to host Europe’s croupier elite for the 2019 European Dealer Championship at our flagship venue Olympic Park Casino Tallinn. The competition was at the highest level and we congratulate Tamas Adam for winning the title after a thrilling competition. We are also delighted that Olympic Casinos’ Gristin Rebane was able to win a title in front of her home crowd.” Corey Plummer, Chairman and CEO Olympic Entertainment Group
ECA crowns EDC champion at Olympic Park Casino in Tallinn
Te European Dealer Championship 2019 culminated in May with the final that saw Tamas Adam from Switzerland come out on top. Over two days, 38 competitors from 20 countries fought hard for the prestigious title at Olympic Park Casino in Tallinn, Estonia. Dealers were rated on their technical skills, control of the game and above all, their hospitality on Roulette and Blackjack.
Tamas Adam, who works for Swiss Casinos Pfäffikon, had participated twice and came second in 2018. He showed himself to be a highly skilled competitor with strong customer interaction that brought him to be the first-ever Swiss winner of the competition. Adam received a 3000€ cash prize sponsored by Scientific Games and the prestigious winner’s trophy sponsored by Clarion Gaming. Rounding off a triumphant competition, Adam was also awarded best cutting chips. In second place came Cezary Bednarczyk from Casino Copenhagen in Denmark and Milan Kušović from Casino Cosmopol in Sweden.
Local competitor Gristin Rebane from Olympic Park Casino Tallinn won the title of best mathematics, crowning a successful competition for her having also made it to the semi-finals. Te other side events where participants had the chance to show the talent and skills required for dealers were awarded to
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Best card handler: Milan Kušović from Casino Cosmopol in Sweden
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Reflecting on his achievement, Tamas Adam commented “Te 2019 European Dealer Championship had such a high-calibre field, which makes me even more proud to have won the competition. It is an unbelievable honour and I look forward to coming back next year as a judge.”
Corey Plummer, Chairman and CEO of Olympic Entertainment Group commented “It was a real pleasure to host Europe’s croupier elite for the 2019
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Best pushing stacks: Mladen Stanisic from Maestral Hotels and Casinos Montenegro
European Dealer Championship at our flagship venue Olympic Park Casino Tallinn. Te competition was at the highest level and we congratulate Tamas Adam for winning the title after a thrilling competition. We are also delighted that Olympic Casinos’ Gristin Rebane was able to win a title in front of her home crowd.”
Gaming Partners International, now Angel, has been a sponsor of the ECA Dealer championship since 2007, supplying tournament chips for the contestants. Every year the company has supplied a new comparative chip for the competition and a custom chip for the winner of the competition using the company’s GEM value chip, a cost effective printed solution for casino operators.
“We have produced more chips than ever before for this much larger event in 2019,” explained Lionel Cazalis, Area Sales manager for GPI/Angel. “We are very pleased to showcase our value GEM chip range in addition to our new high-end chips utilising intricate edge inserts and custom designs.” Te Hybrid J3 chips are similar to a plaque in style with an inlay inside the chip that produces a stunning finish. “It is a very busy period for us right now with new clubs opening in Paris taking our latest RFID poker chips and readers as the clubs open in the very near future. Te new clubs are only allowed to operate poker, baccarat and punto banco, and are using RFID to increase the hands per hour in addition to the extra security elements,” explained Mr. Cazalis.
Matsui Gaming became a sponsor of the ECA event for the first time in 2019, but has been involved with the competition since it was held at the Hippodrome Casino in London in 2017. Sponsoring the roulette chips at the event, Matsui’s Dave Holt explained that the company was sponsoring the roulette chips
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