wsop

[dpk57]

i heard today that wsop will not let any us resident to enter with a seat won on a online poker site or wear any logos of on line poker sites. this might be old news but first i heard of it .

[MainStick]

The way I heard it, is that due to the law, they cannot take BULK buy-ins for players... like Pstars paying $700k for 70 players who qualified online.

Supposedly they still have qualifiers for the WSOP, but you win the $10k buyin and it's just cash in your account. *It's up to you to take it out and use it for whatever - or the WSOP if you choose.

Hadn't heard about the dress code though.

[BiggDawgg]

The updated rules also clarify third-party registrations as well, reading as follows: "Third-party registrations for players are not permitted unless submitted by Official WSOP Sponsors; Official WSOP promotions or product licensee, or civic, charitable, business, casino and other land-based entities officially licensed to conduct satellite tournaments for the 2007 WSOP. No third-party registrations will be accepted from online gaming sites conducting business with U.S. residents."

Harrah's has also extensively revamped its apparel policy, complete with an explanation of exactly what types of '.com' advertising will remain off-limits. The comprehensive rules changes clearly represent a sweeping move to bring players' appearances more in line with corporate expectations. The start of the relevant section, Rule #34, offers this:

"Tournament participants may wear apparel with multiple logos, patches or promotional language. However, no individual logo, patch or block of promotional language is to be larger than 12 square inches." The rule then provides a lengthy list of prohibited forms of logos, advertising, and general apparel. The two key prohibitions relating to online gambling sites are these:

"(i) Advertise a dot.com gaming site that conducts business with U.S. residents." [such advertising is prohibited]

"(k) In addition, all logos, patches, and promotional language for any dot.net website must contain a clear and visible 'dot.net' suffix at least the same size as the site name."

Additional clauses place a ban on any beer or liquor advertising excepting title sponsor Milwaukee's Best Light or other Miller Brewing products; place a general ban on apparel referencing drugs, tobacco, firearms, pornography, other forms of gambling; ban certain types of 'commentary' clothing that could be considered injurious to other parties, and, of course, give the final say-so to Harrah's in any matter of dispute.

The "twelve square inches" rule, allowing for such things as a 3" x 4" rectangular patch bearing a logo, effectively eliminates the jersey-style advertising so prevalent on the floor of the Amazon Room last year. However, the new clarifications pave the way for poker apparel to enter the modern world of corporate and business endorsements.

[venom]

Just makes ya wonder what the hell is really going on.

[SharBear613]

My goodness......what will Team Full Tilt wear this year??

I'm going to wear a "F the US gov't" Tshirt when I'm at the final table.

:Beer *:Beer *:DrogarFUDBG *:Dum *:BigGrin(DBG)

[mdelia8]

team full tilt will proly use the same type of advertising but it will say FullTiltPoker.NET *I have already seen some of these things. * I'm willing to bet that the main event won't be as big as it was last year though.