The World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) Paradise sequence is simply days away, and poker gamers attending must be made conscious of a rule change that may impression the usage of digital units on the desk.
Play begins within the Bahamas Dec. 6, and the sequence options 13 dwell gold bracelet occasions (plus two on-line), all to be dwell reported proper right here at PokerNews. The second annual competition on the Atlantis Paradise Island is highlighted by the record-setting $25,000 WSOP Tremendous Major Occasion beginning Dec. 9, the primary ever $50 million assured prize pool.
Poker followers can catch all of the motion, together with dwell updates, interviews, movies, and social media posts at PokerNews. We’ll even be following a brand new rule change that might assist forestall dishonest.
Summer season Controversy
Jonathan Tamayo received the WSOP Major Occasion for $10 million this previous summer season in Las Vegas. Controversy surrounded the victory after poker followers seen his rail, which included poker execs Joe McKeehen and Dominik Nitsche, had a laptop computer open with obvious real-time help (RTA) software program seen.
Tamayo would sometimes converse along with his rail in the course of the last desk, and that led some to query if he had an unfair benefit. However nobody has introduced any proof to show he broke any guidelines or received the event due to an edge gained from his rail. Nonetheless, the WSOP did not have a rule in place to stop potential controversies similar to this to come up. They do now, nevertheless.
Kevin “kevmath” Mathers shared a screenshot of a brand new rule on Digital Help and Teaching that might primarily forestall rail help, at the least in the course of the WSOP Paradise sequence.
“Gamers and spectators should not allowed to make use of charts, apps, or some other type of digital help within the event room. Failure to stick to this coverage will end in a penalty as much as disqualification for the participant and elimination from the event room for the spectator. Spectators are additionally prohibited from offering dwell help or teaching. Failure to stick to this rule will end in a penalty for the participant and elimination from the rail for the spectator. Non-players on the rail should adhere to the **WSOP Phrases & Circumstances, together with no viewing of dwell streams on an digital system,” Rule 63b reads (full WSOP Paradise rulebook).
Gamers are additionally not permitted to put their cell telephones or any digital units on the desk or desk rail throughout play.
The rule, nevertheless, doesn’t specify the penalty a participant would obtain ought to they use RTA instruments throughout play. It solely states the participant could be penalized “as much as disqualification,” that means the event director or ground supervisor on responsibility on the time would probably have sole discretion to find out the severity of the penalty.
If this rule had been in place in the course of the 2024 WSOP Major Occasion last desk, Tamayo’s rail would have been faraway from the event space. The identical may be mentioned about any particular person within the crowd viewing a characteristic desk livestream.
There are just a few different further new guidelines for the sequence within the Bahamas, together with banning digital units on the desk altogether when a event is down to a few tables. Gamers are additionally not permitted to put their cell telephones or any digital units on the desk or desk rail throughout play.
The father or mother firm for on-line poker large GGPoker now holds the rights to the World Sequence of Poker after having bought the sequence from Caesars Leisure earlier this yr. It is unclear if the digital system guidelines for the upcoming Paradise sequence will stay in place subsequent summer season, be eliminated altogether, or be altered not directly.
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