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The rakes are okay if you tip zero. There may be pressure on you to tip anyway, but it's pretty ridiculous with the tokes being taken out of your entry fee.

It's a shame that this guy Hachem wins the event and everyone acts like he should be tipping everyone. If you want huge tips from big winners, than don't take tips out of the prize pool in advance.

Note that of course I would tip extra if I somehow won a few million in the world series, but I think its reprehensible of the WSOP staff and dealers to expect/demand this kind of behavior, when they have taken a large amount of tips out of the pool in advance.