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Originally Posted by borg23
Pretty bad example. WSOP dealers are so bad because they're hiring tons at once for a 2 month gig so they need anyone who can breathe.
Actually, AADanielAa is far more correct than you think. Why do you think the old crews of "travelling circuit dealers" all of which were actually very good (from early WPT years) NEVER deal the WSOP? In fact, it used to be they would hire on as extras in poker rooms like Bellagio, Wynn, Venetian during wsop because the money was so bad at wsop.
VERY FEW good dealers EVER return to deal wsop. Exception being the broke ones from degen activities or those that can't pass a drug test from smoking wacky weeds.
A few dealers EVERY SINGLE YEAR that are regular dealers in LV rooms will take on a 2nd job of dealing wsop each year. Hardly ANY of them last longer than 2 weeks because the money is so bad it isn't worth the loss of sleep.
WSOP does not have toke committee's keeping track of all the tip money. When you don't have a toke committee member present at payouts, or the payouts are not done at a table, or out in the open, one common result happens far more often than you think. THEFT of dealer toke money.
It's been known within the industry for a while, that a suit makes well over 3x the dealers money with their cut of the tokes. Let alone what they may discreetly pocket on their own.
I personally knew of a suit that basically stated (over 5 yrs ago) if you wanted to travel the wsop circuit and work the wsop as a suit, you had to pay ahem, I mean "TIP" rather large sums to keep the job.
Hell when I entered the business in the 80's we had to toke the cage 30% of our personal tokes each shift. Granted we made really good money back then. But extortion is nothing new to the industry.
Now they just blatantly steal.
THAT'S why you can't get good dealers to deal at wsop!