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Originally Posted by madlex
You can certainly hope for all of that without being "very disappointed" if something on your list was still in place. I hope for a cure for cancer. Does that mean I wake up disappointed every day because there isn't one yet?
Based on the tentative dates, the WSOP is supposed to start exactly 25 weeks from today. That's almost half a year. A lot of people across the world work very hard for life to be back to having as little restrictions as possible.
FWIW, we already know the WSOP won't be completely free of masks. Even without a mask mandate, there will be people who decide to wear one. But I'd be willing to offer 1:1 odds about no plexiglass at the majority of tables in the WSOP area (all tournaments and cash games).
25 weeks is a long time at the moment, things could be much better or they could be much worse. However, 25 weeks is not enough time for the Global situation to have improved dramatically, but it is enough time for the US situation to have worsened either due to virus mutations, resurgence or the vaccines not giving as long lasting immunity as we are hoping for. At the micro level we are seeing some return to normality in countries with good vaccination programs, but at the macro level only a tiny fraction of the world's population have been vaccinated
I agree with you regarding the WSOP and plexiglass, the cost for the no. of tables would be prohibitive. However, even if there is no federal or state mask mandate, the WSOP as a private entity could require one to be worn as a t&c of participation, and I would not be surprised if they chose to go this route.