Caesars Entertainment have followed the recent industry standard by removing all cash from their live cash game action throughout their entire enterprise.

From dipping into a plastic bag full of pennies, in games of Crash with your Grandmother, to sitting behind a wad of $100 bills in a Las Vegas cash game, there’s something authentic about the touch and feel of cold hard cash. It’s a shame that live casinos don’t share the same feeling of nostalgia as I.

Caesars Entertainment have decided to follow the recent industry standard, and make cash unplayable during live cash games. The news came out over the weekend, and the changes will be rolled out enterprise wide.

This means that punters heading to the World Series of Poker will not be able to use cash when playing in the live cash games in the Rio. Instead, all cash will have to be converted into chips, for it to be declared live at the table. Tournaments are unaffected as these were always played with chips.