[texman]

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We have arrived at a total of 9,687.5 dealer hours.

$1,123,800 was taken from the prize pool for tournament staff.

The dealers' hourly rate from the 2% of the prize pool that was withheld? $116.

I understand dealers don't get 100% of this money because the floormen, etc, get a cut. Even if they only get half of that, it's plenty. Just because you deal cards in a big event doesn't mean you aren't still dealing cards. It's like saying that bank tellers should get big bonuses when they do large transactions.

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This quote sums it up. If the dealers are going to be pissed then tell them to give back the withheld 2%/4% and see what they get tipped by the winner - it won't be 6%! Tell these guys to start playing the cards instead of dealing them if they want the cash. Personally if I was in his shoes I would "tip" a charity instead of giving the dealers any extra since 6% was already withheld.