I get people wanna know early but we're not remotely close to actually discussing this yet.

stop it you don't know!

His information is cited, but doesn't refute my point. But keep trolling, better for you.

I already have two trips(5 days each fully booked)... Should have taken cancellation insurance...

Not sure why you posted that in reply to my post, as it has nothing to do with anything I said.

Perhaps you were unaware that one can not bother worrying 3 months ahead of time, monitor the situation, and then make a decision closer to the date based on much better information.

Or you can do like OP suggests, and make decisions several months ahead of time when you know very little about what the future will bring.

This.

Yup. Really, this thread wasn't unreasonable - it was just a little early IMO. And of course OP has gotten sillier with most of his posts since; I assume it's another manifestation of his attention-seeking behaviour.

If the WSOP live events don't get cancelled, we're talking retro back to the scale of the WSOP 1980 in Binion's Horseshoe. Maybe just the naturally low participant super high rollers could be played entirely live from start to finish.

The rest of he events can be played online with maybe the final tables played live three days after the final 9 of each event has been determined.

lmao

It will be interesting to watch how the virus impacts Vegas visitor stats.

https://www.lvcva.com/stats-and-fact...or-statistics/

I would guess the WSOP will see a double digit percentage drop. If it goes forward at least a 25% drop.

I was also thinking ahead of your post that it would be a good idea to shift this series online.

The controls for this virus seem to have lots of wooly thinking, people with it are told to stay at home to self isolate, but the people living with them are free to carry on going out and about in public rather than also self isolate. And as it is highly contagious there is a real chance people living with the self isolating person may have it unawares.

The BBC are reporting that in one region of China, of those people who tested positive and were hospitalised but recovered and returned home, 14% of them have caught it again.

The WSOP organizers should have their minds made up about scheduling changes (if any) by March 3.

They MUST make announcements of such changes by March 9.

Suggestion:

Raise the Main Event live version buy-in to $100,000. This will lower the number of participants tremendously to where the entire event can be held in a very highly hygienic (one doctor standing behind each of the dealers at each table) enclosed area located in a well chosen Caesar's owned property.

Keep the Main Event online version at $10,000 buy-in.

Yes, two "world champions" in one year. Then the two champs play each other heads up on October 20, 2020. 10% of the price pools of both main events will be set aside for the winner of this historic heads up match.

Lobotomized2018

hard to admit you were wrong

my friend had told me that yesterday about a case in Japan, that it could possibly lay dormant within you like HIV, this is scary

I'll book this same bet/side as Doug if anyone is interested.

About what? Seems you should be talking to yourself. Keep trying.

Interesting how all of a sudden more people are getting concerned. Except smart people like you.

Do you admire ostriches, and the way they bury their head in the sand to avoid looking at dangerous things? I just bet you do.

It is very easy to see what is happening and will increasingly happen, as everyday more and more people in new countries in every continent are getting infected, yet you think it is too early to worry about this.

As posters here correctly point out, travel to the event, and the conditions in the event, will be hazardous.

Numerous international sporting events have already been cancelled, but yes, hoorah, let's all be complacent and say it is too early to take action.

Don't panic bruh should be fine. Only like 2% deaths.

Which was roughly the death rate of the Spanish flu of 1918 which killed around 50 million people.

Xeno says we are panicking for no reason though. So we shouldn't he knows. Better for us.

Looks like we are discussing now

Being quarantined at The Rio would be a fate worse than hell.