Thomas Kremser

Thomas Kremser is a poker professional, working in the industry since 1988. He is an eminent poker consultant and a leading executive in tournament administration. He is the chief executive of TK Poker Events, a company specialized in organising poker events. His career started in Vienna in 1993 when he opened the Concord Card Casino as a casino manager. 10 years later he started his own company TK Poker Events. Together with John Duthie he was creating the European Poker Tour, today worlds biggest poker tour and as Executive Tournament Director he was in charge of all live events for the first 7 years.

He has also been in charge of events on the World Poker Tour and numerous other tours and events. From 1999 till 2011 he was consulting and directing British television series Late Night Poker, a cult hit on Channel 4 in the UK.

In May 2011, Kremser officially parted ways with the EPT, claiming that "the time is right to explore new adventures“. In 2015 Kremser started his own poker tour, the TK Poker Tour.

In 2001, Kremser was awarded the European Poker Awards' Casino Staff Person of the Year, and was nominated again every year from 2003 to 2007. At the 2007 awards, Kremser was awarded the European Poker Awards' Lifetime Achievement award.

Kremser regularly comments on The Hendon Mob's website's "You are the Tournament Director" series of articles. He is a recognized leader in development of rules.

Kremser married former Late Night Poker dealer Marina Rado in 2005 .

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