For a while we were streaming live on the Internet. Three dealers share the duty rotating positions every 30 minutes. One is in the box dealing, another is standby and escorts any players busting out over to payouts to assure they go through the procedure to get paid and the third is on break.
I was able to deal one down (30 minutes) but when it got back to me there was a dinner break for the players and after they returned my shift was over and we were replaced by swing shift dealers.
This was a star studded final table including Phil Hellmuth, Ted Forrest, David Benyamine and last year's Main Event runner up John Racener.
Phil Hellmuth holds a record eleven WSOP bracelets and won the Main Event in 1989. Some people criticize him for having only been able to win tournaments in No Limit Hold'em events but Phil has been working hard to debunk that line. Earlier in this year's WSOP he made the final table of the 2-7 No Limit Draw Poker championship and after having the heads-up chip lead, lost the bracelet to John Juanda. In this 7 Card Stud High-Low Championship he arrived at the final table with below the average in chips, but made a run at the title eventually finishing runner-up for the second time in two weeks.
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Hey Buz:
Stupid question: When you stack the pot for Stud 8, I'm assuming you just put all chips of the same denomination in one stack? So if there's three different chip denominations in the pot, you will just have three stacks? Do you ever make multiple stacks of the same pile (e.g. if one is getting to high)?
Cheers
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