13. Cancellations or voids must be completed prior to the start of a particular Event. Please contact the Tournament Manager, Daniel Vogel, for a Cancellation Form at the WSOP Tournament Offices at the Rio, by email to dvogel@lvrio.harrahs.com, or by telephoning 702-777-6777. The Cancellation Form must be signed and received prior to the start of a particular Event. Email notification is also acceptable provided such notification is received and approved prior to the start of the Event.

14. By submitting a Pre-Registration Form to Harrah’s for registration in and/or participation in the WSOP, such persons and/or entities agree to these rules.

15. The ability to pre-register as described in these rules is void where prohibited or in any way restricted by law.

16. Entries will be retained for record-keeping purposes in accordance with local legal requirements.

SECTION II – TOURNAMENT SCHEDULING
17. WSOP Tournament times are approximate. Harrah’s reserves the right to change WSOP Tournament times in its sole and absolute discretion.

18. Harrah’s may cancel, modify, relocate or reschedule the WSOP or any individual Event within the WSOP for any reason with prior notification to the appropriate gaming regulators, to the extent such is required.

19. Harrah’s is not responsible for electronic transmission errors or delays resulting in omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials, or for technical, hardware, software, or telephone failures of any kind, lost or unavailable connections, fraud, incomplete, garbled, or delayed computer transmissions, whether caused by Harrah’s, users, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the promotion or by any technical or human error that may occur in the processing of submissions, any of which may limit, restrict, or prevent a participant’s ability to participate in the Tournament.

20. Harrah’s is not responsible for injuries or losses arising or resulting from participation in the WSOP and is not liable for any acts or omissions by employees, whether negligent or willful, in the conduct of the WSOP, and is not liable in the event of any equipment or software malfunction. This includes, but is not limited to, any loss of any Tournament chips players leave at playing tables during Tournament play, except during authorized breaks.

21. If for any reason the Tournament is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes within or beyond the control of Harrah’s that corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Tournament, Harrah’s reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Tournament.

SECTION III – PRIZING AND SEATING
22. Prizes and entries are non-transferable. Prize structures depend on the number of entrants and type of Event.

23. Winners are responsible for payment of any and all taxes, licenses, registrations and other fees associated with Tournament prizes.

24. Winners must show their current valid picture identification (driver’s license, state or military identification card) acceptable to Harrah’s in order to collect prizes. If a participant is not a U.S. citizen, a current passport, consular identification or alien registration card is required.

25. Entrants will be assigned to a table and seat through a random computer selection.

26. A random seating draw for an Event will be determined based on expected participation. Tournament management reserves the right to allow additional table seating beyond expected capacity. In the event tables are added to a Tournament beyond the anticipated random draw, those players assigned to the additional tables will be the first to break.

27. If the participant is not present at the start of the Tournament, all forced antes and blinds bets will be removed from an absent player’s stack accordingly. If player shows up and still has chips remaining, he or she may play his or her chips.

28. Harrah’s reserves the right to cancel, change or modify the WSOP at any time, for any reason, subject to all applicable regulatory approval, provided that such modification shall not, as of the date of such modification, materially alter or change any participant’s prize already awarded.

29. Non-value Tournament chips are used for the Tournament and are the exclusive property of Harrah’s and may not be removed from the Tournament area or the assigned Event. Players found to be transferring chips from one Event to another or from one player to another will be subject to penalty in accordance with Rule No. 30(d) and 31.

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