No 3rd party registration for the WSOP

[Kosmos33]

I am a little confused about this $10k chip. From the discussion in this thread I get the impression that this is a chip that you can ONLY use to buy in to the $10k Main Event.

However, from reading the RGT article linked by adanthar (linked above in McMelchior's post), I read it as this is a $10,000 gaming chip issued by Rio, which happens to have a WSOP insignia on it, and could therefore be used in the pits or even .... cashed out.

Anyone have any concrete information on this ?