[RunDownHouse]

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If the dealers are aweful, players will stop entering WSOP events, which will lose Harrahs money, which will make them realise they NEED good dealers to keep people happy, which will make them pay dealers better, which will get better dealers returning, which will get more players playing.

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Such a free market explanation doesn't really fit here, because the players aren't as informed/rational as you assume. How many entrants into the WSOP have never played live? How many have played live, but not enough to know - or care - about the difference between a "good" dealer and a serviceable one? There's also factors such as the prestige of the WSOP which would tend to offset loss of players due to bad service.