Tipping Story

[Rick Nebiolo]

So today I’m playing 5/10 fixed buy no limit at a local B&M and the “Stiff Report” thread below ended up inspiring me.

Mid-session comes a hand where I bet $200 or so on the turn. A regular opponent with a somewhat “difficult” personality calls all-in by pushing his remaining $150. I can tell difficult probably doesn’t like his hand since he holds five $1 chips back. In this and most clubs $1 chips that add up to $5 (the minimum bet) play and my observation is they usually go in when certain opponents are strong.

I win and the dealer pushes me the pot minus the $5. I don’t want to get any bad vibes from Difficult so I keep quiet.

But I stiff the dealer.

An hour later I get in another pot with Difficult. Once again we go all-in and I cover. My AK beats his JJ and this time Difficult keeps about eight $1 chips.

Before pushing me the pot this dealer looks over at Difficult and says: “Sir, five of those one dollar chips play.” Difficult puts in the chips with only a minor scowl.

So I tip the dealer $5. It just felt right [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]