Pauly has started posting live updates from the Borgata open in Atlantic City. It’s a WPT event, and reminded me somewhat of the article Andy Bloch had written about the release that the WPT makes players sign when they arrive at the tournament.
His server is down now so I can’t quote anything but it seems that it’s so broad that players like him and Chris “Jesus” Ferguson have avoided the WPT events as of late due to possible conflicts with other agreements. The retort written by the WPT is that they’ve been operating at a loss for the last few years ‘for the good of the game’ or something equally rediculous.
Chalk all this vague fact recollection and generalizations up to my poor memory.
EDIT—
Pauly also posted photos of the event in his last update. The third one shows 90% of the visible players shuffling their chips and playing with them like the ‘pros’ do on TV. This has to be one of the most annoying aspects of poker getting popular - the constant chip racket at the tables.