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Originally Posted by BDHarrison
I believe she plans on revealing her identity when she publishes the book, which would include pictures of her dressed as a man.
I think the WSOP should take the stance that you can wear what you want, so long as your ID can be verified at the table. Otherwise, they should eliminate the step of asking for ID when you present your slip to the dealer. She has said that she has a name that is or can be shortened to something gender-neutral, but has very feminine features that require a lot of work to disguise.
She doesn't need to hide her identify for that. Unless she's someone well known like Vanessa Selbst or Liv Boeree (close to 0% chance of this imo), nobody is going to notice or care that she's planning this. They also won't notice or care who she is at the table unless her disguise is terrible. It should be pretty easy to blend in, and the whole premise of her book is that she has supposedly achieved this many times already.
I think the more likely explanation is that this is just a cynical cash grab.
I agree that it seems silly for the WSOP to have restrictions on this, and thought it pretty lame when they banned Phil Laak's old man disguise. I can only imagine there must be some legal or gaming regulation reason for it.