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Message: [QUOTE="pokerjl, post: 2624221, member: 135912"] I'm curious about a poker players perspective on a WSOP rule. I was looking to attend the WSOP in Vegas for the first time this year but when I read the rules. I got stopped by a bit of a snag. [url]http://www.wsop.com/2015/2015-WSOP-tournament-Rules.pdf[/url] [I]16. Employees participating in WSOP events. B) Employees of ESPN, ABC Sports, or any company of The Walt Disney Company, and immediate family members of such employees, are not eligible to participate in any WSOP Events C) Immediate Family is defined as: spouse, children and any relative or other person residing in the employee’s place of residence[/I] That's the exact wording of the rule. My mother has worked at a Disney Store for the past 20 years so my heart dropped when I read B) but when I read C), I was sort of given some hope. The way it's worded (for example, the lack of a comma after children, in my mind including it with the rest of the sentence), I SHOULD be able to play since I moved out of my parent's home some time ago. I called the WSOP number and asked about this and the guy I initially spoke to said based on that rule, he was "99% certain (I) would be fine" but that the specific person he would have to ask was in a meeting and told me to call back later. I called back later and the same guy I spoke to earlier said he was told I am ineligible to participate. When I asked why because the rule 16-C appears to state otherwise, he just said it doesn't matter because of my affiliation with Disney... He said he felt for me but that's what he was told. So my question to you guys is if you think I have a legit beef here and if any of you have played in the WSOP before, know of any way I can perhaps fight this ruling if so? I'm not going to make my mom quit he job she's worked for 20 years but it just seems like such crap that the rule appears to be just ignored and I can't play because my mom whom I do not live with works the cash register at a disney store in a strip mall. [/QUOTE]

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