The World Series of Poker updated its rulebook in advance of this Friday’s start of the WSOP Paradise festival in the Bahamas, with key changes made in response to the controversy that surrounded Jonathan Tamayo’s Main Event win in Las Vegas this summer.
Tamayo, a veteran poker pro from Humble, Texas, outlasted a field of 10,112 players to capture the $10 million top prize in July, winning in the end by defeating amateur Jordan Griff heads-up. Tamayo received advice during the final table from 2015 champ Joe McKeehen and well-regarded pro Dominick Nitsche, and there was debate in the moment over the fact that Tamayo’s coaches had a laptop computer — which bled into full-on conspiracy theories when McKeehen’s AirPod fell out of his ear during a celebratory hug.
