Poker Players Rally Around Blake Bohn for Giving WSOP Worker $1000 Tip

^{Blake Bohn (left) gave $1,000 to a worker (right) on the World Series of Poker floor at the Main Event on Thursday. (Photos: Eric Mizrachi on X.com)}

LAS VEGAS – Most of the focus at the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is on the players on the felt, but the workers helping to keep things clean don't always get the appreciation they deserve. On July 9 at the WSOP Main Event, a Minnesota poker professional handed a cleaning worker $1,000 in cash on the spot, and it went viral within the poker community.

The moment was witnessed by poker player Eric Mizrachi, the twin brother of Poker Hall of Famer Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi. Eric posted a photo of the player at his table to X, describing the conversation and asking poker players to identify him.  

According to the tweet, the player struck up a conversation with the worker and asked her how many kids she had. She was reluctant to say at first, but he pressed her again and she told him that she had 10 children. The player reached into his bag and handed her $100 for each of her kids, totaling $1,000 on the spot. That generous player was later identified as Minnesota poker pro Blake Bohn.

Blake Bohn: A 'Crusher From Minnesota'

Bohn is from Eden Prairie, Minnesota, and is a highly respected poker player in the Midwest U.S. He sits at the top of Minnesota's all-time money list with over $4 million in live tournament earnings across his entire career, according to Hendon Mob. 

He is a five-time champion on the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) tournament circuit and a member of both the MSPT Hall of Fame and the Minnesota Poker Hall of Fame.

As a result of Mizrachi’s thread, other poker players painted a broader picture of who Bohn is as a person in the community.  Fellow pro Jamie Christ shared that he had previously donated $1,000 to her ASPCA marathon fundraiser out of nowhere. Lexy Gavin Mather commented that he had donated to help someone play in the ladies' event.

“He is the best,” Gavin-Mather said on X. “Very charitable. He gave one of my subscribers $1000 to play the ladies' event." 

Many commenters called him a Minnesota "crusher" for his consistent wins who consistently wins at a high level. Poker player Bradley Booth even joked that Bohn gets longer massages during play than he and fellow poker player Chow Chiang combined, which says a lot about how much time he must be spending at the table. 

One commenter in the thread suggested that players should make it a trend whenever they see her on the floor to throw her whatever they can afford, whether it's $5, $20, or $100. 

The Unsung Heroes of the WSOP

The whole moment was a wholesome reminder of the people who help to keep the WSOP running. Cleaning staff, bathroom attendants, and porters who work around the floor at these events often get paid wages that have no resemblance whatsoever to the prize pools being won at the tables just a few feet away. 

"Cleaning people don't get enough tips in poker," wrote Brian Saslavchik on the thread. "People are disgusting and leave all kinds of trash behind."

Though it’s not a glamorous observation about such a huge event, it's accurate. Events like the WSOP generate a lot of foot traffic over their weeks-long runs, which means discarded cups, chip wrappers, and debris left behind by thousands of players. The people who clean up these messes can easily fade into the background for the players sitting down to compete for millions.  

For a player like Bohn, who has earned millions of dollars playing poker, sharing $1,000 may have a completely different meaning for him than it did for the worker who received it. More of these workers who help to run these events deserve that same kind of spotlight.