2025 World Series of Poker May 27th - July 16th
I am about to head to Vegas to play a WSOP event. I have been hearing something about an app this year. Do I need to download a specific app to register for a live bracelet event?
Didn't we always have to verify every year at the beginning of the summer Every year, we complain "I verified last year!" The first few days, the lines are always long. The only difference is that we have to install an app, which you said you don't mind.
No, and I'm not sure what you mean by "verify." I never used the former kiosks, etc. which maybe had verification processes. In prior years, you could always just go to the cage and register with cash and your ID, plus signing a few waivers.
No, and I'm not sure what you mean by "verify." I never used the former kiosks, etc. which maybe had verification processes. In prior years, you could always just go to the cage and register with cash and your ID, plus signing a few waivers.
You had to verify to set up and fund a TBIC account, which then could be used at kiosks (or cage).
I'm against the idea that you HAVE to use the app. Like if I was some guy stumbling in off the strip and considering playing a random tournament in the WSOP, the whole app thing might make me just decide not to play.
I agree completely. That was my reason for asking. They talk about walk in traffic but they will get none.
Let’s be real, there’s no “walk-in traffic” for 10-hour multi-day, multi-K buyin tournaments.
It’s not like walking by Paris on the strip and saying hey let’s duck in and play blackjack for an hour or two.
Edit: I’ll concede maybe the Daily Deepstacks.
Let’s be real, there’s no “walk-in traffic” for 10-hour multi-day, multi-K buyin tournaments.
It’s not like walking by Paris on the strip and saying hey let’s duck in and play blackjack for an hour or two.
Edit: I’ll concede maybe the Daily Deepstacks.
You are probably wrong, pretty sure there is some in the 2 days 500 or 600 or whatever they are later in the series. But I will concede they are less than 0.5 of the field.
Let’s be real, there’s no “walk-in traffic” for 10-hour multi-day, multi-K buyin tournaments.
ItÂ’s not like walking by Paris on the strip and saying hey letÂ’s duck in and play blackjack for an hour or two.
Edit: IÂ’ll concede maybe the Daily Deepstacks.
You might be surprised. At least in Florida I semi-regularly encounter players saying some variation of, "I didn't even know this tournament doesn't end today. I'm flying out tomorrow."
They typically proceed to donate their stack within an hour or two. It might be a small percentage of the field but it's the deadest of dead money.
Also you can't tell me this app isn't having a negative effect on entry numbers so far. Hopefully it's just growing pains, but from a few minutes ago:
Top of the text page asking if you can still pay with cash, followed by two people having difficulty registering for a tournament in the app.
I know I just got to Vegas and would love to play the Mystery Millions tomorrow. I'll check the app texts in the morning to see what kind of lines I'm looking at, but considering I'm not verified yet I'll more than likely just go play the tournament at Aria.
I was under the impression that any employees, regardless of position, in the casino industr, can not enter tournaments, for obvious reason. Maybe, I mis-understand your post.
Yeah. I liked it on the WSOP website.Bit poop having to look on the Pokernews site. As I'm not sure of my way around it. And I'm so used to Wsop.comAnd no point on downloading an app just to see updates, when not playing any events. Also I want to see them on my PC. Gah... the future is horrible... you'll be telling me next that Mike the Mouth is no longer one of the best playe
So your big gripe with the app is that WSOP has stopped posting leader board/chip count updates on its website. And you liked that website. And it frustrates you that you now have to type in a different website to get the information you want. Because you prefer that information to remain on the site that you are used to.
This force-feeding of the app to presumably qualified poker players is simply a marketing ploy by GG Poker to build a wider database for both US poker players and nonUS players whose data they might not have as yet.GGPoker is not licensed in Nevada, is it ? If GGPoker is NOT licensed for online poker in Nevada, seems odd that a live event at a licensed Nevada casino would requi
The next time you are in Vegas, or just in your local casino, ask the people at the registration desk is you can fire the 1 pm without one of those simple marketing ploys known as rewards cards. Also, you might be interested to know who owns the WSOP.
So the app is fine with you, but you're against having to use a different website to get the same information?
I'm against the idea that you HAVE to use the app. Like if I was some guy stumbling in off the strip and considering playing a random tournament in the WSOP, the whole app thing might make me just decide not to play.
I agree completely. That was my reason for asking. They talk about walk in traffic but they will get none.
This is the myth that will never die. The entries and prize pools of WSOP tournaments will not be affected in any way because of the need to...download an app. No one who is stumbling down the strip is like, Hey, there's a sign for the WSOP! I think I'll look on my phone to see what tournament happens to be going right now, and then head into Paris and walk 15 minutes to sign up...but, Jesus Christ!, now they want me to take this incredibly onerous extra step of using my same phone to download an app. And if I don't I can't play? Phuck that! I'm turning around and doing something else!
There are almost no people who decide to fire a WSOP tournament on the spur of the moment. It's a statistically insignificant portion of the overall WSOP player pool. And those very few who do decide on the spur of the moment are not going to decide against firing the tournament because it requires using an app--which they already have done fourteen times that day to order an Uber, pay for Starbucks, make a dinner reservation, check the time of the show they're seeing tomorrow, and so on.
No, and I'm not sure what you mean by "verify." I never used the former kiosks, etc. which maybe had verification processes. In prior years, you could always just go to the cage and register with cash and your ID, plus signing a few waivers.
When you were going to the cage to register with cash and your ID, did you have to show a player's card? Or were you allowed to play without one? It's literally no different, except now you have to do it in app form.
Downloaded yesterday and logged in fine
Tried to log in today, rip?
You had to verify to set up and fund a TBIC account, which then could be used at kiosks (or cage).
I expressly said in my post I did not use the kiosks in the past because it wasn't worth it for me. My sole complaint is whether players now need to go through a separate line to register the app if they are just doing a cash/cage transaction. If not, and they can register you at the cage, great. But that's still unclear to me. Hence the communication fail.
When you were going to the cage to register with cash and your ID, did you have to show a player's card? Or were you allowed to play without one? It's literally no different, except now you have to do it in app form.
Yes, and as I said, I don't mind registering in the app. I just think it is unduly confusing and wasteful if I need to go through a separate in-person line to verify in the app instead of just doing that at the cage as per usual. They should not need to verify my identity in the app if I am not processing funds through it.
Grousing about the app is silly. It’s a good innovation and it will not lead to any senior or super senior not playing. EVERYONE has a smartphone now. EVERYONE is plenty used to installing and using apps for everything from phones and tablets to cars and streaming devices. This is not some cutting-edge, newfangled technology. It’s been around for nearly two decades now, and it
You should meet my dad who still has a brick nokia phone with no camera/internet 😃
He's coming to Vegas with me, it's a good job he's not bothered about the poker lol
When you were going to the cage to register with cash and your ID, did you have to show a player's card? Or were you allowed to play without one? It's literally no different, except now you have to do it in app form.
Let me fix that for you...
Grousing about the app is silly. It’s a good innovation and it will not lead to any senior or super senior not playing. EVERYONE has a smartphone now. EVERYONE is plenty used to installing and using apps for everything from phones and tablets to cars and streaming devices.
Thank you for capitalizing the demonstrably incorrect and idiotic parts of this post.
This is the myth that will never die. The entries and prize pools of WSOP tournaments will not be affected in any way because of the need to...download an app.
Proof by contradiction would be to find one single individual that isn't playing because of the app requirement, which I imagine wouldn't be too hard. Maybe sit this thread out, champ. You clearly can't handle it.
Yes, and as I said, I don't mind registering in the app. I just think it is unduly confusing and wasteful if I need to go through a separate in-person line to verify in the app instead of just doing that at the cage as per usual. They should not need to verify my identity in the app if I am not processing funds through it.
In general you have to understand why they do this. If they didn't, someone could just show up at the table with the app even if they were a different person, if they were banned, had warrants out etc like you don't know who is who if you can just sign up with the app and sit down at the table
Is green number the number of currently registered players? It says players remaining, I assume it's the number of players registered but if so I am can't believe some of the events only have like two people registered so far, I thought stuff like the shootout would be filling up already since it's capped at 1K
I am going to assume that they are not making you use the app for satty reg…..?
Is green number the number of currently registered players? It says players remaining, I assume it's the number of players registered but if so I am can't believe some of the events only have like two people registered so far, I thought stuff like the shootout would be filling up already since it's capped at 1K
Yes that is number registered. Since that event starts in 2 days makes sense only 43 have registered for it at that point
In general you have to understand why they do this. If they didn't, someone could just show up at the table with the app even if they were a different person, if they were banned, had warrants out etc like you don't know who is who if you can just sign up with the app and sit down at the table
If you register for the tournament at the cage, they verify your identity at the cage.
If you register for the tournament through the app, then yes, they should need to verify your identity first. But I do not intend to register for any tournaments through the app. Ergo, I should not need to validate my identity in the app because they will do that at the cage.
I imagine that regardless of how you register, you need to show ID when you sit down at the table, which (IIRC) has always been the case.
Originally Posted by hkyref33
THIS 100%!
I see the benefits of having the app, but at least post updates on wsop.com
So the app is fine with you, but you're against having to use a different website to get the same information?
The app is not fine by me. I prefer not having to use the app, however, I can tolerate it.
The 'different' website does NOT have the same information as the previous version of wsop.com
Loosely WSOP related food tip - Flavortown has a new “all you can eat buffet” M-F from 8-2.
If you don’t have a reservation, prepare to wait 45 minutes. If you do have one, prepare to order your food and wait 45 minutes.
It isn’t a traditional buffet. They have a menu you order two entrees from. This is their first week doing it and they don’t know how to handle the volume so it take forever.
If you’re thinking of doing this right before a tournament or on dinner break, you won’t have time. It takes forever.
That said, the tonkatsu club sandwich is good. That should be one of your entrees. The chicken with the chicken and waffles is super dry and tough. Don’t get that.
If you register for the tournament at the cage, they verify your identity at the cage. If you register for the tournament through the app, then yes, they should need to verify your identity first. But I do not intend to register for any tournaments through the app. Ergo, I should not need to validate my identity in the app because they will do that at the cage.I imagine that re
Yeah I guess my point is you are going to have to register at some point regardless but this just turns it into only once, and then you don't have to wait at any lines. Why exactly are you planning on still using the cage only?
Yes that is number registered. Since that event starts in 2 days makes sense only 43 have registered for it at that point
Thanks I guess I was under the impression people would register earlier, but I guess there's no reason to really
Can you just easily unregister? I'm assuming anytime before the tournament starts
Thanks I guess I was under the impression people would register earlier, but I guess there's no reason to really
Can you just easily unregister? I'm assuming anytime before the tournament starts
Poker players are lazy. Also, more so at least for me, plans change and other tournaments are going on. I am playing the colossus flight D next Saturday June 7th, if I bag then I will play day 2 on Sunday, If I don't bag then on Sunday I will play the $600 NLH/PLO, so I won't know until late in the day on Saturday, no reason to register early for it.
Monday, if not in either of the above, I will play the $800 NLH deepstack (10:00am), but i fly in friday night late, saturday/sunday could be long days, all start at 10am. I won't register for Monday's event until Monday morning, I might sleep in and play something else. Benefit of this app, if I am up Monday morning for it, don't have to wait in a long line.
Yes, unregistering is easy, also if you reg in the app and don't show up to your seat (by the first break i think?) they auto refund you and remove you.
