WSOP Denies Twittering at the Tables in 2010
- Filed under: High Stakes News, Poker, Poker Tournament, WSOP
- Date: Jan 18,2010
Official tournament rules for the World Series of Poker 2010 that will be played at Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, contains eight pages of rules from information about tournament registration to regulations at the tables.
One of the new regulations is that all cell phones must be turned off during play. However, players who are not involved in a hand (their cards are in muck) are permitted to text or email at the table, but shall not be permitted to text or email any other player at the table.
Twittering about chip stacks and memorable hands at the tables were popular in 2009, but this year any players who wish to talk on their cell phones must be at least one table length away from their seats.
Here is what the rules say about late registration: “Registration for the tournaments are open until the end of the second level of any event. If there is a player break at the end of the second level, registration will remain upon until the Tournament resumes play. Any player registering for an event after all initial tables allocated for that tournament have been filled will begin play at the start of the subsequent level.”
If players miss the start of the tournament by a minute, for example, they still have to wait until the end of the first level before they can enter the tournament. In the WSOP Main Event that would mean two hours of sitting in sidelines.
One spesific rule that has risen the most conversation is the “no-show”-rule: “These players (who didn’t show up by the start of the third level) will have their chips removed from play and will not be eligible to participate in that event. The buy-ins for ‘no shows’ will be removed from the prize pool and placed on safekeeping in that player’s name at the main WSOP registration cage after the second level of play.”
This rule basically allows players to “unregister” from the event if they don’t feel like playing or find that their starting table is tough or whatever reason, by just not showing up at the tables and get their money back without any penalty.
The 2010 WSOP will begin on May 28th with the annual $500 buy-in Casino Employees No Limit Hold’em event. The Main Event will start on Monday, 5th of July, and the new champion will be crowned again in November.
Subscribe HSN Newsletter by mail
