2024 WSOP!
The World Series of Poker has wrapped up its newest winter series and is announcing new details for the 2024 summer event in Las Vegas.
“…..Ty Stewart, SVP and Executive Director of the World Series of Poker. “But it’s time to turn the page and begin the countdown to 2024. Records are made to be broken. We’re busy on improvements to make sure 2024 is both the biggest and best event in poker history. Mark your calendars and bank those vacation days. We’ll see you in Vegas.”
The 2024 WSOP will take place at Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas from May 28 to July 17, 2024, with the Main Event running from July 3 to July 17. The Main Event – poker’s undisputed freezeout world championship – will have four starting days, beginning on Wednesday, July 3. Players may also register directly on Day 2 on July 7 and 8.
The full daily event schedule for the 55th annual WSOP will be announced in early 2024. Fan favorites, including the Mystery Millions, Millionaire Maker, and the Senior’s Championship, will return to the schedule in 2024. …..”
Once you have your late reg ticket, you must be in the late reg line by 4:40 pm July 8 or you will be refunded. Day 2D starts at 12 noon. There should be NO wait to get a seat on day 2D if you have a late reg ticket as there will be plenty of tables and dealers. They likely will just pull big blinds
There is indeed quite a wait.
I’m in the US. I’m just not a fan of traveling with that much cash. Last year I think I brought 2/3 of what I wanted and then increased my ATM limit for the rest. I just think it’s crazy the WSOP can’t figure out a way to ach/wire money to their own casino instead of a 3rd party I’ve never heard of.
Yes, it's crazy. They've had 20 or 30 years to figure it out. But then, the government does everything it can to make it a pain in the butt to move large amounts of money. WSOP would make a LOT of players happy if they started taking bitcoin.
I remember several years ago, Galfond was asking people on 2p2 how he could move half a mill to play on Poker Night in America, or whatever it was. Even now, for those insane streaming games at the Hustler, they showed a guy buying in with a million in cash!
I'm curious as to what people think of the laptop controversy from the Main Event final table. It was definitely odd to see Tamayo regularly consulting with Nitsche and his laptop between hands. I have a couple thoughts on it:
1. It's not specifically against the rules, so it's not cheating, and I can't blame someone for finding any edge, real or imagined, that they can get with so much at stake.
2. It doesn't look good. It's not a team sport, so seeing that much assistance from both people and tools in the middle of the contest was a little off-putting to me.
The rail can add a lot of excitement and fun to the final tables of these big events, so I wouldn't advocate keeping the players' supporters away from the action, but I would like to see a ban on coaching from the rail, similar to how it works in Tennis matches. Keep the coaching confined to breaks, maybe limit players from visiting the rail to times when they are involved in an all-in, and if there is obvious coaching that occurs, penalize them with a missed hand. At the very least they should not allow laptops or tablets to be brought in.
I'm curious as to what people think of the laptop controversy from the Main Event final table. It was definitely odd to see Tamayo regularly consulting with Nitsche and his laptop between hands. I have a couple thoughts on it:
1. It's not specifically against the rules, so it's not cheating, and I ca
I think they were analyzing every previous hand on GTO Wizard.
I agree with your suggestion that players interaction with the rail should be restricted.
Tamayo anyway was more experienced and skillful player but coaching by rail should not be permitted.
And use of poker software or any outside help is restricted by the WSOP rules.
For future tournaments this should be seriously stopped.
It didn't look good, so the problem is indeed a question of perspective and how it should be changed ; as an example, the commentators could indeed shine it in a good light and treat it indeed like team sports where analytics are encouraged/seen positively. Instead of idiots tweeting it as lol cheating.
It's not specifically against the rules, so it's not cheating, and I can't blame someone for finding any edge, real or imagined, that they can get with so much at stake.
It’s hard to know what is and is not against the “rules”, because there is no easy to find and consistent set of rules. However, prior to every event this year, the WSOP made a point to announce this specific behavior could result in penalties and/or disqualification. So I don’t think it’s a stretch to surmise this was against the rules of the WSOP.
But rules become problematic when governing bodies do not enforce them in consistent ways. And that has always been the problem with floor rulings. Consistency.
If this were some random table in some random tournament, I think it would be fair to expect something like this falling through the cracks and being missed by the people running the event. But this was the final table of the Main Event. It’s hard to understand how it was missed. But as recent news events have shown, there are things that happen in life which defy explanation. At the end of the day, this situation is entirely the fault of the WSOP for not enforcing its own rules. They deserve all the criticism they are getting.
Aside from this, my personal opinion regarding any sort of cheating behaviors in poker is that it cannot be stopped or even slowed down unless draconian penalties begin to be doled out. They have to make it so the penalty for cheating is far greater than the potential benefit. I am always surprised to see players who have been caught cheating in the past are still allowed to play. I guarantee players who cheat at casino games would never be welcome back. Why is the standard different when players compete against each other instead of against the casino?
