Poker players are becoming increasingly excited about the return of live World Series of Poker action — which, assuming the pandemic doesn’t kill us all — should happen in late September. And the 2022 WSOP will not be held the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Good.
In a sign that poker media can be a disappointment at times, none of the typical poker news sources broke the story that the World Series of Poker would be moving to its first new home since 2005. Instead, it was the Valley National 8-Ball League Association that managed to scoop the biggest news about the WSOP venue in over a decade, literally by accident:
The Rio has, in our view, worn out its welcome after years of players putting up with over-zealous self phone charger guys, hypothermia-inducing temperatures and Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks from the running water. Of course, Paris is not without its problems…
In late 2020, parent company Caesars blamed rodents as the cause of a power outage at Paris. We asked one poker player’s thoughts on the rumored move, and he firmly stated “I’ll stare the Bubonic Plague in the face if it means the Rio doesn’t claim another Legionnaires’ victim.” (editor’s note: nobody died)
Perhaps a bigger concern about the newly rumored location isn’t the next pandemic or plague, but where the hell players are going to park their cars.
“I’ll be damned if I am going to have to use just one handicapped space next year,” said 6-time bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu.
While rumors are heavy that Bally’s/Paris will be the new home of the WSOP, our conversations with Caesars Entertainment executives have revealed that several other Caesars-owned locations are also still being considered:
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