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Written by Beatrix | Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
As 2010 kicks off, there’s more and more buzz about this year’s WSOP. The schedule has been released; satellites are running; buy-in packages are starting to appear on online poker room promotion pages; and as technology progresses daily, WSOP regulators have been forced to put new rules into effect. The official rules of the 2010 WSOP have officially been announced.
One of the biggest questions that has now been answered are whether or not social networking and electronic communication will be allowed at the tables during the WSOP. At past series, players were not allowed to send or receive text messages while at the tables. This included updated live social networking feeds like Twitter. This year will be different though; as players are now tracked on Twitter by thousands of fans, it seemed like an exception to the rule was in order.
With poker pros like Joe Sebok, who has more than one million Twitter followers, excluding the social networking sect as a marketing outlet would be no less than stupid. WSOP powers that be are taking the opportunity to reach a larger audience by permitting tweeting, emailing, and text messaging. The rule still stands that cell phones and mobile devices be powered down during actual play, but players on the rail or those not involved in a hand will be allowed to correspond with the outside world.
The updated rule follows: “Players not involved in a hand (cards in muck) shall be permitted to text/email at the table, but shall not be permitted to text/email any other player at the table.”
As more and more players are habitually updating their Facebook and Twitter pages with their chip counts and activity during the tourneys they play in, including the players they’ve knocked out and who still remains, the WSOP has acknowledged this as perfectly acceptable behavior. Players are also allowed to use their cell phones on the floor, but they must remain no less than one table’s length away from their own seat in order to prevent them from disrupting other players.
The 2010 WSOP promises to be even more exciting for Twitter followers who are also poker fans with more action updates and insider reports from players like Phil Hellmuth, who kept his fans amused by venting about his experiences during last year’s series.
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