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What should I do?
(a) Report his actions to the floor manager?
(b) Talk to the dealer directly?
(c) Ignore the situation and continue to attempt to tip the dealer?
(d) Ignore the situation and simply decline to tip this particular dealer anymore?
(e) Stop being a cheap bastard and start tipping $4 or $5 per pot?
(f) Other??

Comments and advice appreciated.

Garland

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D. And it isnt even close. But you knew that. Why waste our time with this? You want us to make it OK not to tip him? Please, live life not worrying what others think. At least this is what I read "into" this thread.

By the way, thats an insanely huge pot for such a blind structure. I mighta been bummed if I got a $2 toke too. Especially if I knew the other guy was gonna throw me $20-30 bux. But I would never express it. Nor would I deny the $2 bucks. And I would always say "TY".

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Option F. I would continue to insult the dealer. Bring a roll of quarters and tip him $0.50 per pot. Tip all the other dealers normally. F that ungrateful 'hole.

I guess I'm just mean like that.

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I'm a dealer and I can't imagine ever throwing back a tip (unless the player tipping me made some innapropriate comment while tipping me). I appreciate every tip I receive. If you tip me $2 I appreciate it. If you tip $100 I appreciate it. Either way I'm tapping it on the rack and saying thank you.

Although I would have tipped more than $2 on a $2,300 pot, if I ever had a dealer refuse my tip becuase he thought it wasn't enough you can be sure I would have gone and spoken to a floor person.

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I personally dont let people sh1t on me. Id have asked what the problem was, then I would have stood up and called fr the floor, trying to bring as much attention to the situation as possible.Ask the floor how much you have to tip for a pot, and how much you are supposed to tip for a big pot, when he explains that there is no minimum, tell him the dealer was indicationg to you that there is.
You did nothing wrong, you gave the guy 2 dollars for dealing out a few cards over a 3 minute span of time. If he wanted to be a d1ck to you, Id return the favor and see if I could get him in trouble

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I personally dont let people sh1t on me. Id have asked what the problem was, then I would have stood up and called fr the floor, trying to bring as much attention to the situation as possible.Ask the floor how much you have to tip for a pot, and how much you are supposed to tip for a big pot, when he explains that there is no minimum, tell him the dealer was indicationg to you that there is.
You did nothing wrong, you gave the guy 2 dollars for dealing out a few cards over a 3 minute span of time. If he wanted to be a d1ck to you, Id return the favor and see if I could get him in trouble

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I was thinking of going to the floor person in private after my session was done. The problem with doing what you suggested is that everyone on the table would have tipped more than me...much more. If I called the floor over and caused a fuss, what's likely to happen is that I bring much more negative attention to myself than the dealer.

Thanks for your thoughts.

Garland

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I'm a dealer and I can't imagine ever throwing back a tip (unless the player tipping me made some innapropriate comment while tipping me). I appreciate every tip I receive. If you tip me $2 I appreciate it. If you tip $100 I appreciate it. Either way I'm tapping it on the rack and saying thank you.

Although I would have tipped more than $2 on a $2,300 pot, if I ever had a dealer refuse my tip becuase he thought it wasn't enough you can be sure I would have gone and spoken to a floor person.

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You should tap it on the table not the rack.

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I would be extremely insulted if a dealer returned my tip. There is no excuse for that type of behavior. You should have talked to the floor person. Who knows if this a-hole has done this before? Oh, and don't tip him if thats what he wants.

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(d) for sure. I think (a) as well.

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The answer is D. Tipping more for big pots is unnecessary--it isn't like he served you dinner or anything.

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I tend to tip more not if the pot is big, but if the hand takes longer to deal. Lots of time spent pondering, of if a chip count is asked for.
I also like to tip a couple bucks at the end of a down if the dealer did a good job, fast and correct.