Re: tourney win, too much tip?
 

To begin with i'm sure your post was partly in jest. I'm also sure it reflects genuine, if somewhat unacknowledged resentment on your part.

Casinos will use your money to pay dealers. Either you tip them or they rake more. The alternative is to find people who work for minimum wage. Do you know who works for minimum wage? The handicapped guy waving to your sorry cheap ass on the way into Walmart. He works for minimum wage. Is that the sort of person you want dealing your cards, running your game?

As players we all benefit from good dealers. Read that part again. We ALL win when good dealers are running our games. When you try to be the one cheap ass who doesn't uphold his part of the bargain it is just that. Cheap. You are not a strong, independent thinker on a higher more objective plane of morality, you are a self deluding weasel who is benefiting from the generosity of all the other players that choose to support you.

There should be a reject table where the shitty dealers and the shitty tippers can hang out and wallow in their shitty attitudes.

Re: tourney win, too much tip?
 

Just so I don't 'do the wrong thing'

How's this sound for a tip schedule (4/8 game)

Chip Runner $1

Blind Steal -- 0
Very small pot $.50
Most Pots $1.00
Over $100 in pot $2.00

To the posters who seem to morally object to tipping, play on-line. The dealers live on their tips, just like waiters and waitresses do.

Re: tourney win, too much tip?
 

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Chip Runner $1



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i think we can do without that one...

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yes, i don't want that wal-mart dude (a guy we all know of) running my poker game.. good points

Re: tourney win, too much tip?
 

3% for big wins is considered standard. That having been said, if I won the WSOP, I'd probably tip a less than $240,000.

Re: tourney win, too much tip?
 

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here's my dealer tipping schedule - -

tourneys:
$5 if i finish 1st place only.. all others $0

ring games:
$1 every 3 hands won, regardless of pot size

(i will tip $1 on the third hand won on their down, and $1 max tip per down per dealer)

{{{this $1 usually serves as a 'stop cursing me' - i'm not cheap i just don't feel you did much to deserve this - i think you should tip me $1 for sitting in the 10 seat next to your fat smelly as$]]]

no tips to the floor or brushes/chip runners


anyone with me here? [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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No,I'm not with you at all.You should stay home and play online because you don't deserve professional service from another human being.Get a life.

Re: tourney win, too much tip?
 

I was talking to a dealer at Canterbury the other night and found out something surprising. The 30/60 players are still only tipping $1 per pot typically. Doesn't that seem kind of screwed up?

At 2/4 if we're tipping $0.50/$1.00 on most pots, that's a huge percentage of our BB winnings compared to the bigger games. Sure, it's an incentive to get better and move up, but I just figured the higher limit players would throw in a chip of whatever they're using on that particular table (like $10).

Is this normal, was the dealer bs'ing me, or are the local 30/60 players just cheap bastards?

Re: tourney win, too much tip?
 

seems pretty standard across the board. if i pull down a 1k pot or larger playing NL i'll toss em a redbird. but usually 1 or 2 bucks max. thats at the borgata $4 max rake.

Re: tourney win, too much tip?
 

This is standard. Most people play to make money, not dealer friends. I don't stiff dealers, but $10 a pot would add up huge at the end of the year.

Jeff

Re: tourney win, too much tip?
 

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i played my first live tournament today at a club. $30 buy in and $20 unlimited rebuys. 15 players i got first for $541. i gave the dealer $20 is that too much? people are telling me i should have given $5 or something.

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I've seen you play. You must have been hit over the side of the head with the deck. You should have tipped at least half. lol jk nice job

Re: tourney win, too much tip?
 

$1 per pot on 30/60 would be great if it was the average. I would say the average on those games in vegas is more like .20 per pot, or 1/5 pots gets tipped 1 buck. Once you hit that 20/40 or higher level, the tips drop off dramatically. Honestly, I could deal 20% more hands at 30/60 than 4/8 but I'd prefer the 4/8 because the tips are normally better.