Whatever the name of the last guy on Sam Harris’s pod said that viruses hanging in the air for extended periods isn’t really possible m, because gravity. He said 6 seconds.

I hope that is the case. Especially because the way the AC is set up in my condo, some of the air from my neighbor gets mixed in and goes out in my vent. I know this because when he smokes weed inside, I can smell it strong coming out of my vent.

I nicely mentioned it to him and he said no problem he will smoke on balcony from now on and that's what he did since I don't smell it anymore. I smoked a long time ago but don't want to smell it in my home now. So if it was transmitted thru the air then if he got it, so would I. lol

I just came from Ellis Island Casino. It is filled to the rim. Full blackjack tables. Full craps table with screaming people standing next to each other. Full bar. People eating pizza and street tacos like crazy. Sanitizers everywhere that not a single person was using.

Wish I had taken a video. Ellis Island is coronavirus free zone!

This weekend (and especially next weekend) should have been busy for Las Vegas poker rooms. With college basketball tournaments running, sportsbooks and poker rooms do big business.

Action on the Strip right now is abysmal:
Bellagio: 9 tables
Aria: 7 tables
Encore: 7 tables
Venetian: 6 tables (not sure how the DSE is performing)


Off the Strip, The Orleans has 17 tables of mostly locals.

RE The Premier League not shutting down.

Being British I have been obv taking in the UK response with keen interest.

The measures from the UK seem to be very poor, especially when you see against other EU countries.

But what I will say is this. Boris Johnson is not someone who would let an opportunity to be the hero of the hour go to waste; he thrives on attention. He is under immense pressure to follow Italy's lead and lock down the country now. And given the scenes we are seeing, then no one would blame him.

The fact that he isn't shows me that the actual experts believe that the UK response of going for a herd immunity is the best way forward to fight this virus long term.

Remember the over 60s are a main voting block for the Conservatives in the UK. If hundreds of thousands of them die then it's him finished as PM.

Either way, it is a rock and a hard place. Tens of thousands will die in a best case scenario. Hundreds of thousands the worst.

Deep stack info in the live clock on bravo.
$600 only 75 entrants, $300 ladies only 27.

I don't think that explains it. The mortality rate is extremely foggy right now. 1% may be accurate. Or it may be an extreme over-estimation. But even if accurate, and even if a million people end up perishing from this... it would not represent an order of magnitude more than H1N1. Any death is tragic for someone. But we're talking about statistics here. Was the world not interested in saving lives a decade ago?

This outbreak MAY end up being worse than anything we've seen in years. But the response has ALREADY been something we have never seen.

I really can't take issue with how Italy handled things since I was not on the ground there, nor am I an expert in their healthcare system. However, Italy's population skews older, so it is no surprise they would be hit hard.

Here's some Twitter commentary on LATB deciding to run their stream tonight.






It also appears that Clark County School District (Las Vegas) is continuing classes for now, although sporting events etc are suspended.

https://www.ktnv.com/news/clark-coun...her-activities



Also more news just now from Wynn Resorts, plus potential impact on Las Vegas casinos.

Worst case scenario most countries seem to be putting total possible infection rate at around 70% which isn't enough for herd immunity, unless I'm misunderstanding something, which is certainly possible.

I don't think you'd want to actually achieve herd immunity that way unless you're insane. His politics, however, smacks of "**** you, we're the Britts, we're strong and independent, **** you, we do what we want, life goes on." So I think maybe it's more political posturing perhaps mixed in with some bad advice reaching his ears.

"In addition, we will be screening for temperature using non-invasive thermal cameras at all our entrances. In our gaming areas and dining establishments, we will create appropriate distancing between guests at gaming devices and dining tables, while still delivering the service levels our guests expect and deserve."

Italians have a very closed knit family system, where it is absolutely fine that 30 year old males would still be living with their parents. There is absolutely nothing with this. Only in America are people who don't leave home by 18 be called "dependent".

A lot of times, Grandma and Grandpa also live at home. The younger ones go home not knowing that they are incubating the virus (which takes 14 days to show symptoms). Too late for grandma and grandpa!

Not to mention, Italy is the greatest tourist place on earth with tourists from all over, including Wuhan.

Casino and poker in Florida Down.

Question for those of you partaking in or interested in the action revolving around the decision to cancel the WSOP... what happens if the WSOP organizer do what other sports leagues have done and basically press the "pause" button. Until further notice... the WSOP is not gong to happen, however, if the situations changes, we will be back on in some capacity. Does that count as a cancellation? I mean we could easily see the situation stabilize in the US in the next couple months and the sports leagues which have paused maybe coming back. I could see this happen for the WSOP too if they decided to go forward with a limited schedule (3 weeks starting at the end of june, for example). So if the series is affected, but not cancelled altogether, who wins the bet?

On pokershares it states, WILL THE 2020 WSOP MAIN EVENT BE PLAYED OUT AS SCHEDULED? At -333 on no now.

Doug Polk's bet was on the entire series not just the ME, but he made some rules can't remember what they were.

The people who bet on cancellation were stupid because the WSOP can easily turn it into a mostly online event with some possible super high roller live tourneys sprinkled in.

The avg age of the patrons there is like 70 so no surprise.

Will be the Isle next.

Nobody wants to fly to Vegas to play WSOP in their hotel room. Super high roller players don't want to move to an online format because they would literally have zero edge and zero recs.

Yea, but says they are still running slot machines.

No confirmation yet but he does have a check mark.

If true wouldn't that cancel the Venetian tourney and if still active WSOP.

Gov has press conf at 5:30pm