WSOP tightens restrictions for large events.

Every online poker player and gambler knows that things were tighten up by the U.S government after the approval of the UIGEA and in the most recent episode of this non sense soap opera, Harrah’s Entertainment and most precisely the World Series of Poker organization is taking a new measure for the 2008 edition of the WSOP. According to Harrah’s, as soon as the World Series of Poker 2008 starts on May 30^th,  WSOP representatives will start collecting personal information from all the players including Social Security numbers and taxpayer information.

The new annoyance is part of a Federal ordinance that requires casinos and poker rooms to report large transactions in an effort to track and detain possible terrorists. What worries the U.S authorities is the millions of dollars that terrorists can acquire from gambling winnings, which I think is not a very satisfactory explanation since I don’t believe that terrorists have the time to train an “army of poker players” to take part in poker events with thousands of infidels and enemies of the Islam Nation. Yeah, terrorists may have many ways to raise money for their cause, but playing poker?...What's next, selling cookies door to door or incense sticks at the airports?

"We anticipate that there will be a lot of questions, but we had to comply with the law," said Gary Thompson, Harrah's spokesman. The new rules are clear to determine that any player who pays cash with a buy-in of $3,000 or more or whose total cash wagers and buy-ins exceed $10,000 a day must provide the casino with the required information. In this case, the WSOP main event features a $10,000 buy-in.