The World Series of Poker now enters uncharted waters.
After weeks of anticipation and speculation, the announcement of the 2020 WSOP's postponement finally arrived on Monday. With the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping through the world, rendering both travel and the actual act of playing poker ill-advised at best, the idea that the WSOP was going to happen as planned seemed farfetched if not outright silly.
Headlines out of Florida about several recreational poker players dying after spreading coronavirus amongst themselves illustrated how dangerous the game can be in these times.
The official announcement, while not unexpected, does open the door for speculation about what the revised WSOP schedule could look like.