I'm guessing the WSOP will be looking for trends or outliers, not really overall ratings. One would hope the incidents of players giving bad ratings because of bad beats would be spread evenly and not really effect any individual dealers too negatively given the volume of days/dealers. If the policy proves to be an incentive for dealers to try harder, and if it helps the WSOP identify problems faster, I'm all for it. But I suspect it is as much as anything to give players the impression the WSOP cares about dealer quality. Sure, it's something. But if they really cared about dealer quality, they would do things to actually improve dealer quality, like paying more, or providing a more predictable revenue stream for the dealers they get.

That being said, I believe complaints about dealer quality are pretty overblown. Yes, there are some glaring examples of massive mistakes. And yes, there is a fair bit of variance from day to day and table to table. But I'm not really sure what players reasonably expect. They have a thousand dealers every day. You can't expect them all to be great. Players should try to be patient and not make a tough situation worse.

Due to regulations and their own self-interest, the gaming industry has all sorts of policies in place to prevent fraud. And it's a good idea for them to make sure everything is on the up and up so that banks will continue to allow them to offer the use of credit cards. In the future, when we have a cashless society and you have a chip installed in your brain so that your identity can easily be determined on a moment's notice, you won't have to worry about a laborious verification process. But in the meantime, maybe book an earlier flight. Landing exactly on time, hopping off the plane and being seated at the poker table within 30 minutes seems kind of far-fetched regardless of what one must do before they play at the WSOP.

Is there anywhere that the daily satellites are listed
and satellites for the main event

Also are there much more freezout tournaments this year compared to past years 26 if i'm correct!

Where can I find the structure for the Monster Stack and how many days is it over

All the information you are looking for (and more) is on the WSOP web site.

Is there anywhere to get some Live Poker Coaching in Las Vegas over the WSOP period
I plan to play a few events, and possibly the Main event, so I think some live coaching might be a good investment!

Anyone know if they are giving tier credits/reward credits per hour for cash games at Paris Or is it the same crappy system where you have to annoy the floor person for a comp
Did not play cash at all last year so don't know if it changed from the other years. Would like to play more cash this year at Paris just simply for being able to jump the list with 7 star, Lists too long elsewhere.

Anyone know from experience last year if there any credit cards that actually gave 2% cash back or more?

Well my Citi Visa (Costco anywhere) card gave 1% back. Not sure you can do any better than that on this type of purchase but what do I know about credit cards.

Just do a Google search, there's plenty of cards out there that just give us straight cash back of 2% on everything

The threads in OOT and Google searches are not helpful because I'm looking for firsthand accounts of WSOP-specific experiences from last year. Ie, which cards actually offered the cashback bonuses for the entertainment category (if any- like Capital One Savor).

I also did a little research and think most of the 2% cashback on everything cards have foreign transaction fees (Wells Fargo, Amex, Citi), though I don't have any personal experience to say for sure. (A few others are business cards which are more complicated.)

The no foreign transaction fee stipulation is a differentiator which you didn't mention.
Without that there are a ton.

I have a fidelity visa signature card, 2% cash back on everything, no FX fee. Stipulation is you must have a fidelity account that the cash gets deposited into. They do have a "cash management account" which is the equivalent of an online checking account. They auto transfer my cash back every month into that account.

You can get an atm card for the cash management account or easily transfer money from there to any other account you have.

I read somewhere that there is no fees charged by the WSOP if you use a debit card. Obviously no cash back on that one either though.

I use edge boost, Which is a prepaid debit and gives cashback for gaming transactions. It is not much but no fees and can use it for online sites as well.
Bought into WSOP events and WSOPC events no issues and earned cashback.

That is my understanding also. Last year though I didn't use the debit card as last year there was no fee on Credit card use !
Definitely will use debit card this year.

Do the persistently high room rates suggest heavy attendance or just Caesars' attempt to make money now that GG poker is grabbing much of the proceeds Are we paying the price for this weird new arrangement

Anyone know about using a debit or credit card thru the WSOP app to register for an event
Any charges or fees
Debit card should not have any.

Apologies if this has been discussed in the thread already. Thread is long and I have not found it.
Thanks

From the app

Imo Little to do with the world series and more to do with busier times in Vegas.

For example, looking at room rates without a WSOP code, rates in the first week of June are cheaper than the first week of July near July 4th.

I have tried multiple times to link my bank account to the app for ACH transfers (with no fees). Each time, I complete the process and get an error message. I then get an email from my bank telling me that the third-party app has linked to my account, but when I go to the app to pay for a ticket, the ACH option does not have my bank account listed. Very frustrating. Has anyone been able to successfully link a bank account for ACH payment

It all kicks off tomorrow!

Anyone there yet Anyone able to sneak into Paris and get a peak of the new thunderdome They say they changed it pretty dramatically this year.

Today marks the start of the WSOP
We've got 20 tournaments across the series, including 2 bracelet events kicking off:
At the WSOP: Day 1A of the Mini Mystery Million at $550, and the NLHE $5K - a bit sharky but with a structure that's highly rated on MyPokerSeries (4.5 ).
4 tournaments at the South Point including one Omaha 8/B,
4 tournaments at the Orleans including 1 Mixed Game,
2 tournaments at the Venetian,
2 tournaments at the Wynn,
3 satellites at the Horseshoe,
and the Horseshoe/Paris dailies are also launching today with 3 tournaments.
Find everything on the app - full structure details, late registration windows, re-entry info, and more.
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I was just there. They had a big black curtain in front of the thunderdome, but it looks like it takes up at least a third of the room. The rest of the room is divided with cash on one side, tournament tables on the other. The 5k was running there. The events center was strange to see without the thunderdome and they have a ton of space there. Still seems weird to me that they are using it for deepstacks.

There was one line for everything (verification, registration, funding your TA, etc.) but it moved fast - there were a dozen people in front of me and it took 5 minutes. The lady at the front of the line said it will be worse tomorrow and the rest of the week.

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I'm assuming these are 10-handed, so essentially $171+$29 Not great. Not awful. Glad to see STT as an option.