Blind player denied chance to play in WSOP

[Bainn]

Bicycle produce Brialle cards, I am quite sure of this.

And the Dealer can announce the cards on the board.

1 pack of Braille cards for the table he is playing and a Dealer doing there job, simple.

He should play.

So, if a Casino is DDA compliant, all they have to do install Wheel-chair access ?

[Robert HM]

I'm financially challenged and I demand not be discriminated against!!

[Eck]

Don't get it MckyP plays blind drunk every night

[scottm]

I'm financially challenged and I demand not be discriminated against!!

Is that from buying all those lovely jumpers     

[Robert HM]

I'm financially challenged and I demand not be discriminated against!!

Is that from buying all those lovely jumpers     

The old jokes are the.......... old ones 

[Wardonkey]

It was Rob's jumpers that blinded the poor fella in the first place...

[Tragic]

One drawback would be a pot he played would take alot longer? Reading the flop betting etc. Not that i'm against it, but if you were at his table you may see fewer hands per hours by some margin. *Shrug* Seems a minor inconvenience tho to let him play.

[Bainn]

One drawback would be a pot he played would take alot longer? Reading the flop betting etc. Not that i'm against it, but if you were at his table you may see fewer hands per hours by some margin. *Shrug* Seems a minor inconvenience tho to let him play.

I have to disagree, I would imagine it not taking longer than anyone else.

[scottm]

I'm financially challenged and I demand not be discriminated against!!

Is that from buying all those lovely jumpers     

The old jokes are the.......... old ones 

...As old as your jumpers   ??

[Ironside]

i have played with braille cards in a friendly game of cards

i personally would not be happy playing with braille cards at the WSOP

the main draw back is that to be able to read the cards they would need to be lifted off the table

where a blind person wouldnt be able to fully insure his cards were not being seen by the rest of the table or the rail

braille cards are not an option

the only answer would be an elctronic reader IMHO

[Moskvich]

Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see why braille cards would be a problem - presumably the sighted players can't make out the braille markings..? Obviously having cards 'marked' in this way would potentially be a problem in a self-deal game, but when the dealer isn't playing I'd have thought that noone would be able to tell what anyone else's cards were just by the braille markings? No?

I agree, he should be allowed to play. And it's, er, shortsighted of the organisers, on behalf of the poker world in general, not to see the PR advantages of finding a way for him to play, and the disadvantages of excluding him. But I guess maybe it's all too big already for them to be bothered about that sort of thing.

[snoopy1239]

Whatever the options, you simply can't have someone sitting there whispering in his ear.

[tikay]

Whatever the options, you simply can't have someone sitting there whispering in his ear.

Maybe not, but there must be a solution. Where there's a will.....

I'm sure that a bit of creative thinking, if anyone really cared, could solve the problem.

[snoopy1239]

Whatever the options, you simply can't have someone sitting there whispering in his ear.

Maybe not, but there must be a solution. Where there's a will.....

I'm sure that a bit of creative thinking, if anyone really cared, could solve the problem.

I imagine they'll find a way, it's good publicity.

[MKKfish]

"I imagine they'll find a way, it's good publicity."

Wanna bet?