August 10, 2006

Even more chips!

It's bad enough that no one at the Rio seems to be able to count chips -- the total in play changes by hundreds of thousands with each update -- but with six players left the totals are consistently over 90 million. Since Harrah's is basing the prize pool on 8773 paid entrants, there should be only 87,730,000 chips in play. That is a difference of almost 2.2 million, a difference representing real dollar value. It is also an increase of 1.7 million from the reported total with 27 players left.

What does it mean? There is still a small chance that whoever is reporting the chip counts is consistently wrong. To my knowledge there has never been an official count. That in itself is somewhat cavalier, I think.

If the chip total is accurate, either this is the biggest cheating scandal or the grossest incompetence in the history of tournament poker. The gaming control board should be brought in immediately and videotapes examined, particularly during chip races, to see if evidence can be found.

Pretty much every player in the event is affected by this (including yours truly who got knocked out just before the money, money perhaps won by someone with extra chips).

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

contact the gaming control board. someone should, this is bs.

BadBlood said...

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

Seed said...

Chips from previous events, obviously.

Anonymous said...

hey qc, i know who you who are, so take my comments with a grain of assault...

i can tell you are very new to the poker world by your "surprise" that cheating actually exists in poker.... No worries, lots of people are...

I think you know this, but harrahs and other poker entities (card player) have little to no desire to protect the players from cheating. This is in contradiction to what they tell you...

I suggest you start educating yourself on "past occurrences" through rec poker.. you need to go back atleast 10 years... There are other websites, and other people to talk to...

Don't beleive everything you read, but you will find the truth through similar stories and reputable sources, and shortly learn your poker heroes are not cracked up to what they are...

Then you have two options.. contact the gaming board, press, etc.. and make as much as a big deal as you can.... no else will do it... but, guaranteed you efforts will be in vain..

number two, realize cheating exists in poker, and hope it rarely happens to you...