Always looking to improve the World Series of Poker experience, organizers of the prestigious event have announced several changes in the digital realm, which they hope will streamline and enhance the experience for participants this summer.

With 15% of the field in each event being paid out for the first time during the 2016 Series, organizers have been proactive and created a solution designed to avoid long lines at the cage. The new system, dubbed the eQueue Payout Process, allows players to get in line digitally by providing their phone number and filling out the necessary documentation. Players can then leave the area and will receive a text message when their cashout is ready to be picked up.

The WSOP has developed its own social chip tracking application called ChipIn, which gives players the ability to share their chip counts with anyone they choose, and update their chip count on WSOP.com in real time. To sign up, players need to navigate to the website and provide your name, Total Rewards number and date of birth. The whole process is encrypted, but the system will verify your name with its backend database so you can’t, for example, pretend to be Phil Ivey.

The WSOP live streaming experience has been revamped for this year. David Tuchman will return this year as lead commentator and will be assisted by Tatjana Pasalic, whose role will be expanded to include more on-camera time. Unlike previous years, when multiple final table streams were available, the WSOP will this year put all of its focus into a single stream each day. Announcers will bring in key players for interviews during play, while occasionally looking in at final tables in other events. In addition, organizers will take the previous day’s final table, trim the fat, and broadcast it in a quick-view format.

Last year, PocketFives’ own Kevin Mathers manned one of the most useful Twitter accounts throughout the Series – his own. This year, in an attempt to improve their social media outreach, organizers have hired Mathers to man the @WSOP and @WSOPcom Twitter handles, and to monitor the @WSOPChipIn account.

“We are very excited to have Mr. Mathers out in Las Vegas for the entire WSOP, and you will be able to find him in the WSOP media Center if you want to say hello or buy him a drink,” the company said in a press release. But even the indefatigable Mathers needs a break. “We have to give him some days off and manageable hours,” the release continued. “So if you get some smarmy response, rest assured, Kevin is off duty getting some rest.”

Mathers will continue his duties as PocketFives Community Manager throughout the summer.

For many, the trip to Nevada will also give them the chance to play legal online poker at one of the state’s licensed iGaming websites. WSOP.com has created an online schedule which complements the live series. The site promises more than 500 events, schedule between May 25 and July 10, with $2 million in guarantees and plenty of chances to win seats into live WSOP events.

Finally, unlike last year, when grinders were forced to remove their headphones as soon as the field reached the money, the WSOP has received approval from Nevada Gaming to allow players to wear headphones up until the final table is set. Even so, organizers cautioned that players must always be alert and follow the rules and verbal commands from the dealers.