WSOP all over the place with COVID rules for 2021

[Dan Druff]

Then there's a matter of the dealer.

If a dealer at your table subsequently tests positive for COVID, this policy would mean EVERYONE he/she dealt to will be disqualified, since the dealer is less than 6 feet from everyone at the table!

Can you imagine?

Crickets so far from the WSOP regarding guidance on this policy. In the meantime, people have already been canceling their plans to go.

Totally agree with you, but they’re not actually testing any players. If I got COVID, I’m not running to the tournament director to tell him, I’m probably gonna keep playing my stack. Fuck them Trumptards if they’re too stupid to get vaxxed and show up in a room with thousands of people. Hope to see you there Dwai.

... except you many not be able to continue playing, or your constant coughing may give a clue, causing the WSOP to demand to take your temp, and then it's game over.

As you probably know, some people with COVID (especially those who are unvaccinated) get so fatigued, they can barely walk to the bathroom, let alone play poker.

Pretty sure at least some of these people are going to report it then, possiblty out of jealousy of their tablemates who get to continue playing.

As I said, this will affect the long events like the Main much more. The shorter events probably end too quickly for any of this to happen, but this does set up the possibility someone would get disqualified from a final table, simply for having been at the same table as someone with COVID (or a dealer with COVID).

Of course, the dealer thing is the biggest issue, as they have more of an incentive to report a COVID diagnosis to the WSOP than the players do.

This entire rule is terrible, and the WSOP needs to find a way to address it better than they have thus far.