Your new WSOP champ is a chump.

[utmt40]

Once again you people look into it too deep! I mean really, who cares. Its not your money/your problem. He would prolly whipe the floor with all of you anyway.

[Nottom]

They already raked 2% of the prize pool for tourney workers, thats over $1,100,000.

I don't know how many staff members were involved but I'd guess they all got a pretty good chuck.

[billyjex]

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What amount would you tip?

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i have a feeling i would be extremely friendly to the dealer that dealt me the winning hand, even if all they were doing was their job. like a couple grand.

hell, i just won 7.5 mill!

[m1illion]

you believe what you like. the staff at binion's were not a happy crew.

[curtains]

If the tournament staff is going to take a tip out in advance for the staff and dealers I don't think the player should be under any obligation to tip more.

I would tip something of course, because it's just too much money and just to be nice, but in theory he already tipped a huge sum of money just by winning the prize.

Honestly I think that every tournament should just take the tip out in advance. It's really absurd to take the tip out of the prize pool and then get upset because someone doesn't extra tip. The WSOP directors obviously decided what they thought was a fair tip before the event.

[ThinMan]

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They already raked 2% of the prize pool for tourney workers, thats over $1,100,000.

I don't know how many staff members were involved but I'd guess they all got a pretty good chuck.

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Exactely. Tip the dealer(s) (more then $100), but only a complete sheep or someone with very few friends (and looking for more) would tip the staff for a job they are already being paid very well for.

Is he suppose to tip Hellmuth too for the commentary?

How about the press for the coverage?

[m1illion]

each down dealt is a share of that 2% rake. one dealer figured the most any one dealer made was 12k. this is not an average but an estimate of the amount the dealer with the most downs received.

[11t]

In australia people don't tip.

I doubt he is a douche.

[m1illion]

wow, never considered that. aussies don't tip? plausible i guess

[gumpzilla]

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If the tournament staff is going to take a tip out in advance for the staff and dealers I don't think the player should be under any obligation to tip more.

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And of course he isn't. I think people are generally tipping because they want to avoid being perceived as cheap. Tipping $100 more is about the worst possible move to make, because it's too little tip to avoid him looking cheap, but it makes it harder for him to take the line of "Well, the toke was already taken out of the prize pool so I'm not tipping anything."