Harrah's to take up to 10% cut for the WSOP

[bigboydan]

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[presley177]

so if the grand prize player wins 10 million..they're basically *giving* 1 million dollars? granted 10 million is nothing to sneeze about obviously but giving away 1 million of your winnings? psh.

[Illusion]

That's not even including the tip if you win.

[rolemand]

I wouldn't be tipping, their tip would be watching me play and learning how to play poker instead of just dealing.

[scottyy11]

crazy i think the wsop has run its course no longer represents what it once did. I notice it doesnt mention the 50k buyin horse event probably 6 %

[LVHerbie]

No one should be surprised since the event is now run by a corporation and they are going to, obviously, squeeze every penny they can out of the thing... Remember to add this to fact that they eliminated rounds and shorten blind periods last year... In the old days you could not play a hand the first day and have something like half your chips left the next day.. not anymore...

My personal policy is that I will not tip at any event that funds are taken out of the prize pool in the tourney for the dealers... It's the same BS as when you go to restaurant where they automatically include gratuity on the check... I consider myself a generous tipper but if they are going to force me to tip by taking part of the proceeds for the dealers then they already gotten as much money as they going to get from me...

OT, anyone planning on playing any events this year? I played in one event two years ago but did not play any last year (although I was there but was only playing strictly cash games at the time)... I got about about four thousand right now set aside and debating if I'm going to try and satellite my way into the main event or just play like two or three smaller events... Probably the second since I would rather be guaranteed to play and really dislike the idea of dropping alot trying to get into the tourney and not knowing if I'm going to play... then you could get stuck playing two-three days in main event and receive no pay out instead of two or three days productive play at the cash games... I guess I could always parlay an entry from a smaller tourney into some cash for the main anyhow... ;-)

[McBa1n]

Part of Harrah's take is to tip the dealers. This caused a HUGE uproar amongst dealers last year - even though they made stonger than normal money.

There is no need to tip the dealers for any event now - it's already yanked out of your buy in.