Dealer Tips

[Al_Capone_Junior]

Well I won't give dollar figures, but I can tell you us dealers DO make a lot of money. And damn well we should too, for putting up with all the BULLPUCKY we get all day long from SCHMUCKS.

Don't get me wrong tho, the really good customers are loved by the dealers, and their tips are APPRECIATED GREATLY.

al

[DanS]

Even though this is a general response, I'm gonna respond to your post cuz I like your attitude.

I treat tipping dealers like tipping waiters/bartenders: it's realistically a part of the person's wage, but it also should be viewed as the courtesy/gratuity that it is.

I'm neither absurdly generous, nor do I tip the minimum possible (aka "the Malmuth"). I tip a buck on pots I win postflop, 100% of the time to the awesome dealers, 75% of the time to the ok dealers, and 50% to the crappy ones.

The only time I'll ever consider not tipping a dealer (note: I consider it, but have rarely ever followed through) is when a dealer doesn't give my tip a rap and give me a brief "thanks." Also, when you're in a live game and the dealer gushes over the guy who throws him a red, and gives you a look of disdain when you throw a white... f that, that's garbage.

The cool thing is is that the really excellent dealers are appreciative of your tips, and understand that you may be working too. I think there's a place for people who aren't stiffs, but aren't extravagant tippers.

My ex-roommate is a bartender. Personally, I think he makes too much for doing too little. Do I think it's an easy job? Hell no! At the same time, I think some people work three times as hard for one quarter the pay. I also think that part of going out is knowing that society gives certain people (bartenders, dealers, and waiters) certain expected recompense, and if you don't like it, then play online with a six pack and a microwavable pizza... ya cheap fvck!!!

Any, as always, I think your outlook is cool Al.

Dan

[Al_Capone_Junior]

Thanks for the good words, Dan.

If we all made precisely $1 per pot we'd make considerably more than we actually do, even tho we still make good money. The average is probably more like 50c per pot.

I say a sincere "thank you" for all tips, large or small. Swooning over large tips and being a schmuck over small ones equates to just plain being a schmuck.

Occasionally I might say an extra thank you, or in some way talk to and show appreciation for an especially generous or otherwise pleasant customer after the down is over.

al

[wray]

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There's been a whole lot on here lately regarding dealer tips. Enough is enough. As far as what dealers make I find it offencive that someone would ask. I've had people actually ask me, while dealing, how much a dealer makes. What would you do if your local dealer came to your job and asked what you make? Not that I or anyone else should be ashamed of what we make but why would any dealer in their right mind come on a public forum and announce what they make? There are a lot of dealers that frequent this forum. Ever wonder why nobody, that deals for a living, ever answers the question?

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If someone came to me and had wuite of bit of interest in my job I'd talk to them about it and yes, I'd probably give them a ball park figure of my income. In a public forum? No But maybe if it came up in a public forum I'd PM him.

Maybe they're are some people that want to become a dealer. But they see in many forums about dealers getting screwed over. So they come here thinking how much they want to be a dealer but by many posts they think they make like 20K a year.

I can understand you being frustrated with people wanting to know things you aren't comfortable talking about but where else will they find out?

[Randy_Refeld]

I have responded privately to people that are interested in knowing what a dealer makes because they are considering that line of work. Most of the people that come here and ask about it are interested in complaining that dealers make too much.

[steamboatin]

If you were serious about becoming a dealer and you sent Chip a PM and said, I am thinking about becoming a dealer in Misssisssippi, what do I need to do and how much can I expect to make. Then I am certain He would give you a heads up on what to do and a ball park figure of what a Mississippi dealer makes.

But asking it in a public forum earns you the answer that Chip gave,(correctly BTW) none of your damn business, shut up and go away.

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Misssisssippi

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OMG thats a lot of S's!!

[Chipr777]

As is there wern't enough already! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Tacjedi]

A lot of people who ask what dealers make already know. Perhaps they are attempting to get some cheapskate to realize that you guys work on tips without having to be “that guy” and tell them that they are being an a-hole.

Unfortunately some people are only aware of poker because of PartyPoker and the WPT. They come to the B&M, don’t know to tip, think that they should dance around and clap when they win a pot, and think that there is a TV camera on them so they should stare down their opponent while wearing sunglasses and a hooded sweatshirt.

[Pokrok]

I have no issue letting others know what I make as a dealer. I am not ashamed of what I make and how I make it. The one thing that has kept me going all these years is to be sincere in my thanks when I receive a tip. Without the players generosity, I have nothing.