Tournaments were paused, players stampeded out of the card room and Daniel Negreanu got injured during reports of a shooting in Vegas.
The WSOP concluded in chaos in the early hours of Sunday morning after reports of an active shooter in Las Vegas. The tournaments in the Paris poker room were paused and hundreds of panicked poker players stampeded out of the card room.
Everyone just sprinted out of the Paris poker room citing someone was shooting. I did not see anything but left when everyone else was running.
— Jonathan Little (@JonathanLittle) July 17, 2022
wtffff@WSOP pic.twitter.com/yUly8wTmzS
— Vanessa Kade (@VanessaKade) July 17, 2022
#WSOP stampede at $1500 event in Paris after a security official tried to clear the room for a suspected active shooter pic.twitter.com/jUZpfZreyO
— Chad Weinman (@cweinman) July 17, 2022
Everyone at the WSOP in Paris dove on the ground. Wasnt sure if shooter or earthquake. Assumed shooter. Chips, chairs, tables, cards everywhere. Hope everyone is safe. pic.twitter.com/OID0CvHFv9
— Mackenzie Kraemer (@MackNova) July 17, 2022
Thankfully it turned out to be a false alarm, with reports that rocks and/or fireworks had been thrown through the windows in the poker room. Sadly these incidents are always top of mind in the United States and, even though it turned out to be a false alarm, the reaction to it was almost as dangerous.
Man I’ve never been in a stampede before and it is so scary. Saw a bunch of ppl get trampled. My knee got twisted. Hope there are no major injuries. Always be aware of your exits folks! Panic can be more dangerous than the thing creating it.
— Liv Boeree (@Liv_Boeree) July 17, 2022
As Boeree joked later, one poker player was particularly guilty of ‘fancy play syndrome’ when Galen Hall hid between two walls after kicking in a vent in the ceiling:
The incident also ended with Daniel Negreanu getting trampled on and it looks like quite severely injuring his hand (don’t open the image if you are squeamish):
How my WSOP ended… pic.twitter.com/dabeNhIT09
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) July 17, 2022
A handful of bracelet events remain, some of which have been paused because of this incident. The final events play down to a winner tonight with the Tournament of Champions taking place on Monday.
Restart of day 2 at noon today and unable to sleep at 3am. Tonight’s “festivities” are definitely hitting more than expected. Wonder how the people who actually got hurt during this feels and dealing with the trauma of running of their lives. Luckily we’re all still here
— Rampage (@rampagepoker) July 17, 2022
