Looking at Bravo all Caesars poker rooms in Vegas are closed now. Also looks like WG staying open and moving the opening time to 2pm. The Orleans doing 5 max cash and tournament tables.

Clark County man is Nevada’s first COVID-19 death

"The Southern Nevada Health District on Monday reported Clark County’s first death from COVID-19, as well as 19 new cases, bringing the county’s total to 35.

The death occurred in a male Clark County resident who was in his 60s. He had been hospitalized and had underlying medical conditions, according to the district.

The new cases bring the state total to 48."

https://www.reviewjournal.com/life/h...VID-19%20death

Yesterday football coach Jorge Jesus said he lost a friend ( also Portuguese) due to COVID, while Portuguese reports had Zero deaths.

A bit later Jesus said he was mistaken, and his friend was very ill but not dead.

Today we had the report of the first death here, his friend.

What a beautiful country to live in. JFC.

No one has announced closures now for things happening in June. I read the NBA is planning to restart in June. Why should the WSOP announced right now that they are cancelling events that are likely to happen just when everything else is likely to reopen?

I'm with Nick. By June I am hoping we are past this.

The NY Auto show has been rescheduled for August.

Planning to restart in June will change quickly if what has a real chance of happening, does happen in the next 30-60 days.

Joey and Bill Perkins Talks CoronaVirus poker impact, Galfond Challenge + WISDOM!!!

Didn't listen. Couldn't get past the open. Sorry, but I just can't listen to this guy. He's not a good broadcaster.

It's pretty boring listening to BP.

is this still a topic? As I told 3 weeks ago, the answer is yes.

It is my judgement that R*R's judgement (opinion) about the "ethics" of the ER doctors likely not happening plan are perfectly ok. And its also ok for anyone, including Jay Why, to feel differently, because of some sort of "other people's shoes" fetish, or for any other reason. You see... two people can look at a particular hypothetical scenario and come to different points of view on it without assailing each other's morality, decency, etc.

I feel like the question of "Will the Coronavirus cause the postponement of the WSOP 2020" has morphed from a question of prediction to one of advocacy, either for postponement or against. I assume this is because many people either have a real financial stake in the outcome (either by wagering on it, or simply because they are economically tied to the WSOP), or they have an ego stake in it like "I think the WSOP will/should postpone and I have to be right", or "I believe the WSOP will not/should not postpone and I have to be right."

I don't know if you fall into either of these camps, but it seems to me that predicting the travel patterns of large classifications of people two and a half months out is not likely to be very accurate. I mean, if you were to ask me two weeks ago if I would be going to Vegas in mid-April, my answer would have been something like 99% yes. Today its 0%. Who's to say what my, or anyone else's, answer will be two months from now?

If literally 0%, what sort of odds are you willing to give? Even 1,000,000 - 1 seems like a no-brainier for you?

Anyhow, in all seriousness... when you start seeing stand-alone events scheduled for June get cancelled, I think the chances the WSOP is among them will rise significantly. Not sure what sort of events there are in this timeframe besides EDC which is a few weeks earlier. But I continue to think there is no reason for the WSOP to make any determination this far ahead until it becomes logistically impossible for them to avoid the decision. For example, if it takes them two months to organize dealer for the event, then they will likely cancel soon. If its more like a few weeks they will wait.

One thing I will suggest is its very likely the WSOP schedule is changed in some fashion as a result of recent events. Even if it ends up happening, in all likelihood there will be some modifications to the events offered, or the overall length of the series.

I think this is a reasonable supposition for the WSOP and all the other sports/events which are in hiatus. Once it is determined the "coast is clear", there WILL be a big push to get things going quickly in order to jump-start economies. Of course, timing is everything. There are many reasonable and also unreasonable people who believe it will be quite a long time. I guess we shall have to wait and see.

"MLB extends its best wishes to all the individuals and communities who have been impacted by the coronavirus."

That "extends its best wishes" is an odd phrase to use. Talk about distancing.

If you don't want to read the MLB story, they originally postponed opening day by two weeks (March 26 -> April 9) And have just prolonged the postponement until May 11 at the earliest.

Live

Avoid groups of 10 or more now.

Venetian now running 3 max tables. Shut it down!

It's just early Monday afternoon. However, there are only 10 games running on the Las Vegas Strip (2 at Aria, 3 at Bellagio, and 5 at Venetian).

https://twitter.com/VenetianPoker/st...28340576669698


This is so degen lmfao , checkout the replies if you want a good laugh

Yes, I have looked at things from your point of view, so I can understand why you would say this.