[Zetack]

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"On a normal day.... This is called an "up/down" rotation and it was that way alot durring the week... Now lets imagine that this dealer works his full 8 hour shift... Now we will use the amount of $24... $267.28 for the day. It works out to be $33 and change/hour..."

Thank you for providing the detailed explanation. Using the numbers you provided, dealers dealing a typical 8-hour day during the WSOP would be making $33/hr at a $24/down rate and about $40/hr at a $30/down rate.

This is the type of information players need when giving feedback to Harrah's regarding dealer compensation as well as making their own decisions regarding personal tipping amounts.

So, a followup question. If tip amounts work out to be what you expect and they stay the same for next year, do you think most of the good dealers will return next year to work the WSOP?

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<font color="red">Yes they will most likely come back. also there are dealers that have worked this event every year now for 20 + years </font>

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$33 an hour for a typical work year of 2,000 hours is about 70k per year plus free food and rooms in fancy casino resorts.....

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Yes, but I think part of the point for dealers is that they don't get to work 2000 hours a year, what with following the circuit and all, so they need to make a lot of money for the hours they do get in.

There are a number of jobs like that. If you break it out hourly, its pretty good number. If you factor in that the worker can't put in forty a week, week in and week out, its not looking as fantastic.

Um...I'm not a dealer and have never been a dealer other than occaisionally in a self dealt home game.

--Zetack

Edit, I mentioned this controversy to my wife the other day, and said that if I'd won, I'd probably have tipped another $80k on top of the withheld tip. Her response: "What!! With my money???"