It seems the WSOP Main event attracts people (and monkeys) from all walks of life. You would think that a $10,000 buy-in would attract only people who were serious about poker. However it seems that where the ME is concerned this clearly does not apply.
I saw this on the FCP forum. I’m not sure what the original source was:
First Disqualification of the Series
A player has just been disqualified from the main event. He was putting chips into his pocket when he was caught by a floorman. The player claimed that he heard it was ok to hide chips in his pocket, but that stuff doesn't fly in the World Series. He has been disqualified, and the floorman went on to say that this was the first DQ of it's kind for the entire WSOP. His chips were confiscated and removed from play.
So we have a guy who thinks it’s okay to hide chips, a lady who though she had a straight flush with none of her suit on the board, and random celebrities such a former heavyweight champion and pretend Brit Lennox Lewis playing.
To be fair from what I have seen Lewis at least knew what he was doing. The main event has become a circus over the last few years. All it really means for better players is plenty of dead money and probably the odd frustrating outdraw. I love it though and can’t wait to get myself to Vegas one year to play.
All I can say is thank god they didn’t let the monkey play.
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