Scrub's new tipping system

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I only started playing in games big enough to collect time instead of rake recently.

The experience has made me realize how much of a bite the casino takes out of me every hour. It has also made me much more sensitive to dealer mistakes, since I "payed" for the hands that don't get dealt when the dealer misdeals or gets into an argument with a player about something stupid.

While running cold a few days ago, I found myself tipping dealers who had done a crappy job because they had dealt me a winner, but stiffing dealers who had dealt a lot of hands because I hadn't dragged a pot. I also realized that, between drink waitresses and dealers, tipping can take a pretty big bite out of your earn.

I understand that dealers rely on tips as part of their income, and that we would just have to play higher rakes or time charges if there were no tipping.

I'm seriously considering moving to a tipping system where I tip a fixed amount at the beginning of each dealer's down and just treat tipping as part of my time charge. Either that, or tipping a smaller fixed amount at the beginning of each down, and tipping the same amount again at the end of the down if there was no misdeal or excessive delay.

I figure $1/down, either split up or all at once, is about the maximum that it makes sense to be tipping at 10/20. It's 10% of what I can figure to make unless the game is exceptionally good. More than that seems excessive. Will tipping this way, particularly breaking the tip into halves, piss dealers off enough that I end up getting worse treatment during close floor decisions? Has anyone else experimented with some sort of "performance based" tip?

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