Monday, June 13, 2011

Marked Cards in Event 8 and Events 15 and 16 - 2011 WSOP

Further to yesterday's post where I mentioned marked cards showing up in Event 8...

Michael Reed wrote a story at bluffmagazine.com about the controversy that happened at the final table of Event 8 where it was noticed that some of the cards in the deck were marked with a manufacture's defect and the game had to be moved to a more dimly lit area.

Here is the link to his article...

Card Controversy in Event 8 - 2011 WSOP

The controversy resurfaced again in Events 15 and 16, forcing the WSOP to switch entirely to the black decks.  Jessica Welman entered the following report at bluffmagazine.com;

2011 WSOP Card Controversy Continues

WSOP 2011 marked card
This is an image taken by BJ Nemeth of an apparent marked card.  I can't see any markings in this picture, probably due to the lighting and picture quality, but if I look long enough I can see a sailboat.

1 comment:

Big Dipper said...

Let's hear it for Mallrats, yo!