We worked very hard on this trip. I think we averaged over 11 hours a day through Sunday night without a day off since the event began on October 11th. Working that many hours is somewhat by choice. The DC (Dealer Coordinator) maintains an EO (Early Out) list. Putting your name on the EO list doesn't mean you will go home right away, but as the tournaments melt down and fewer dealers are needed, the DC usually looks at the EO list to see who to cut first. Some dealers come in and sign up for EO every day, others, who don't mind working (and you only make money if you work) very rarely sign the EO list. Obviously, if I didn't get a kick out of dealing, I wouldn't be here, so I rarely sign up for EO. I figure that as long as I am here, I may as well be working.
Interesting development in Event 11, which started on Sunday. Two ladies, Wendy Freedman and Amanda Musumeci made the final table. This is rare on the WSOP Circuit because the fields are made up chiefly of men. Poker is a lot more popular with men than women. At the 2012 WSOP women made up only 3.77% of the entrants. The Event 11 final table took 5 hours and resulted in Amanda and Wendy squaring off heads up, with Amanda "The Real Mander" getting the best of it and winning the ring. This was one of the few WSOP sanctioned events where women finished 1-2.
Amanda keeps a blog of her exploits as a poker professional at therealmander.blogspot.com . She also advertises on her blog for backers i.e. people to pay her tournament entry fees in return for a percentage of any of her winnings. I wonder how that is working out? She has been a money maker in 2011 and 2012 on the circuit.
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