I am hearing UNCONFIRMED rumors about two things supposedly happening at the Planet Hollywood tournaments:
1) $200k guaranteed changed from $349+$51 to $380+$20 buyin. Supposedly this BOTH lowers the rake (good) and removes the 3% auto-tip for the dealers (bad, at least for the dealers). This is especially bad for dealers because most people are used to the 3% auto-tip at PH, so many probably won't tip. It is not confirmed that the auto-tip no longer exists, but many are theorizing that's true, as they can't imagine Planet Hollywood only making $8 per player on this event.
2) The "Poker Princess", a media person for the PH "Phamous" series, is supposedly being tipped $500 per week out of the dealer toke pool. Here is the Poker Princess:
http://twitter.com/poker_princess
I don't know her real name.
These reports were sent to me by angry dealers. They could be true, they could be half-true, and they could be BS, so please take these with a grain of salt until we get some more confirmation.
Anyone know about these items?