2009 World Series of Poker

Event 24 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
$607,256
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,420,690
Entries
2,506
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Here's Something You Don't See Very Often

Poker players like to complain about dealers -- they've flipped a card, they're too slow, they bring players bad luck or the players plain don't like how they do things.

So it was enormously refreshing to hear one of the players approach one of the floormen for no other reason than to praise the dealer at his table, a gentleman named Arron. "He doesn't make a mistake, his motions are crisp..." the gent was saying. The floorman was clearly taken aback as, like I said, that's not usually what players want to talk to floormen about. How very refreshing.