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There have been no shortage of problems at this year’s WSOP. Most difficulties stemmed from poor planning; other cropped up because the staff had little experience. But in the Main Event, the tournament organizers put their heads together and came up with an incredibly stupid idea: The All In Chip.

I guess it was conceived as a time-saving device. Rather than take the four seconds that’s required to push a stack toward the pot, a player can simply flip out the All In Chip. This chip is the same shape and size as any other poker chip. The only difference is that it’s blue, which doesn’t match the shade of any of the other chips.

You see the potential problem? I thought you might.

Yesterday, a player who was using the All In Chip as his card marker accidentally pushed the chip forward as he attempted to muck his cards. The dealer declared him all-in, and he was called. His opponent had Aces, and he busted from the tournament, having inadvertently put his 16k stack at risk with 9-5 off-suit.

When told about the incident, Howard Lederer said, “the first thing I did was throw that thing on the floor. Last I saw it was sitting under my chair.”

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