Phil Laak<\/a> was able to play day 1 of the tournament in Rio Hotel and Casino wearing a latex mask disguising himself as an older man. The mask in itself wasn\u2019t exactly convincing and people knew from the start that it was Laak. This stunt created a rule in order to protect the entire integrity of the event itself.<\/p>\nAccording to the WSOP rule, \u201cParticipants may not cover or conceal their facial identity\u201d. In addition to this, \u201ctournament officials must be able to distinguish the participants at all times and may instruct participants to remove any material that inhibits their identification or is a distraction to other participants or tournament officials. Participants may wear sunglasses and sweatshirts with hoods, but may be asked to remove them if tournament officials cannot identify them\u201d.<\/p>\n
According to Seth Palansky when asked about Layta\u2019s plans, he said that \u201cMy advice is that she take her idea to another event without that rule\u201d. There is a chance that she is going to forfeit her $10,000 entry fee if she gets caught.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gender-bias and poker, does it really exist? For pro-poker player that goes with the pseudonym Sia Layta, it does exist. In fact, she plans to launch her upcoming book, Black Widow Poker in the boldest way possible. She plans to launch the book publicly entering a $10,000 buy-in main event by July as she disguises […]","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":7302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[397,492,593],"class_list":["post-7301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-player","tag-phil-laak","tag-sia-layta","tag-wsop"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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