Any individual who encounters behavior that is not civil or courteous - or is abusive in any way - is encouraged to immediately contact a WSOP Tournament official.” Section 40-c of the WSOP official rules state that, “All Participants are entitled to expect civility and courtesy from one another at every table and throughout the WSOP area. Sit down and deal with it.” When the taunting escalated, Vrabel said in the interview he asked the tournament director to remove the fans. Vrabel said on the podcast he asked a tournament director to quiet the fans but claimed he was told, “They did nothing wrong.

He also appeared in 2017 as a guest on the “HighRollerRadioTV” podcast to explain what happened.Īccording to Vrabel’s posts and interview, the poker pro from West Hartford, Connecticut, was being heckled by a group of fans with 10 players remaining in the 2017 “Colossus” event at the Rio Convention Center.

Vrabel declined Saturday to discuss why he was banned, but posted in 2017 on the poker forum and Facebook about the incident. The Main Event, which drew the second-largest field in its history with 8,663 entrants, continues Sunday with Day 4. “It’s been amazing.”įive years ago, Vrabel was banned from the World Series of Poker and all Caesars Entertainment properties following an incident during the “Colossus” No-limit Hold’em tournament.īut he was reinstated this summer by WSOP vice president Jack Effel prior to the start of the $10,000 buy-in Main Event No-limit Hold’em World Championship and was climbing the chip counts entering the dinner break on Day 3 of the tournament. “I’m really happy to be back,” Vrabel said. The last thing he wanted to do was bring any negative attention upon himself. 678 in Bally’s Event Center on Saturday, alternating between friendly banter with other players and checking his phone. Luke Vrabel sat calmly in his black Iron Maiden T-shirt at table No. Luke Vrabel plays in the World Series of Poker's $10,000 buy-in Main Event No-limit Hold'em World Championship on Saturday at Bally's.

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