Tipping in higher limit games - Page 4

#31 11-23-2005, 01:26 AM

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Have we not completely exhausted everything there is to say on this top in the past 3 months? This is just beating a dead horse. Why do tipping threads garner the most flame retardant replies?

Simple, tip if you want to. Don't tip if you don't feel like you should. This forum doesn't need to be constantly drowning in this question every single week.

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Direct from the "Sticky" outside the door...

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4. Anything that's posted about ad nauseum. For example, tipping, 18+ casinos, how much money to bring to a casino. If you have a basic question, it's probably been asked and answered multiple times in the past. PLEASE USE THE SEARCH FUNCTION. I know the search function sucks, but give it a go. Try it multiple times with different search terms/methods, your question is probably in there somewhere. We were all new at some point, but for those that no longer are, it can get tiresome seeing the same posts over and over again. Often, it's the veterans who post the answers you seek, so encourage their participation by not posting the same thread repeteadly.

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Photoc · #32 11-23-2005, 02:03 AM

Oh yes, I know this for a fact, but some people just can't seem to figure it out. This just seems to be the kind of thread that gets the most response (as sad as that is). I wish these threads would get locked or deleted as they are just a waste of space since they've been discussed so many times to death. The result is always the same.

stabn · #33 11-23-2005, 02:21 AM

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Oh yes, I know this for a fact, but some people just can't seem to figure it out. This just seems to be the kind of thread that gets the most response (as sad as that is). I wish these threads would get locked or deleted as they are just a waste of space since they've been discussed so many times to death. The result is always the same.

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Please just stay out of them. Your response is always "haven't we had enough of these". Personally, i think you have. So seriously, if you have nothing to add just ignore them.

Photoc · #34 11-23-2005, 02:38 AM

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So seriously, if you have nothing to add just ignore them.

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Has anyone added anything new to them? Nope. And if you'd scroll up, I did add something to the thread. The only thing that really needed to be said about the tipping.

bigfishead · #35 11-23-2005, 04:45 AM

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Jimany xmas Jeffage, I wish I could do that!! My last 23 hrs of play have gotten me 12 pots!!

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OMG, I don't even want to tell you what my last 3 weeks have looked like online. If I could tip the goddamn thing to let my cards hold up just once, I would shove dollars into my DVD drive, anywhere lol. I can't wait till I spend alot of next month in Vegas away from this infernal machine.

See you there, you I tip well. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

Jeff

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HEY it works!!! Throw a redbird in that little slot UNDER the cd/dvd tray! I just did it online!! I took 56 (sooted mind you) all-in up against AK AJ KJ & KQ in a rebuy tourn!
With a flop of 45722!! [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

When ya comin? Shoot me a PM well get together!

belloc · #36 11-23-2005, 11:40 AM

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Finally, for your analogy to be accurate, you should be tipping dealers proportional to their competence at the end of their down, regardless of whether you win a pot.

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I played with a guy in a 9/18 game a couple nights ago who, every time he won a pot, added one or two $1 chips to a little stack off to the side of his chips. He would tell each dealer that he would be awarded the stack at the end of his down if he didn't deal him any bad beats.

#37 11-23-2005, 04:14 PM

I had a legitimate question in my original post. It's not my fault that the thread was hijacked into a typical tipping post.

Thanks to those who answered my question.

AKQJ10 · #38 11-23-2005, 04:37 PM

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Have we not completely exhausted everything there is to say on this top in the past 3 months? This is just beating a dead horse. Why do tipping threads garner the most flame retardant replies?

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I understand the OP's assertion that he wasn't trying to create "just another tipping thread" and agree that he didn't do anything explicit to lead in that direction. However, I also think this is a classic example of why I want to put some of these perennial debates on a wiki. Post all the arguments for tipping adequately; all the arguments against tipping; all the arguments for tipping but less than conventional, or more than conventional, or whatever. If someone comes up with a truly novel angle, add it to the wiki. But put it all in one place and then refer everyone there -- not to take traffic away from 2+2's forums, but to clear out 2+2's forums so one can actually find the new content that's so valuable.

With message boards and mailing lists, it's tempting for everyone to try to get in the last word. So better to offload that discussion to a format where everyone gets their say, someone new can read all the arguments, and everyone else can go about their business.

I'm sure everyone wonders why I hype the wiki idea. I don't make a cent from it. But THIS, the emotions expressed in Photoc's post, is why I devote time to that project. Ranting is therapeutic at times, but I'd rather try to do something constructive to solve the problem at hand.

I do get the feeling I'm the only one who sees the value in a solution rather than just ranting, though.

AKQJ10 · #39 11-23-2005, 04:41 PM

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Your analogy is bad. Expensive restaurants have different standards and expectations from less expensive ones, particularly when it comes to service.

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How does that differ from expectations in a $2/4 versus $75/150 game?

TomBrooks · #40 11-25-2005, 08:14 AM

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Have we not completely exhausted everything there is to say on this top in the past 3 months?

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I think not. I find various new and fascinating nuances are explored every time it's discussed. And from the amount of interest these threads usually generate, it seems clear that many others do also.

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This forum doesn't need to be constantly drowning in this question every single week.

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This forum seems plenty big enough to me to handle the amount of threads that come through. And my personal policy is to refrain from telling other people what they should or shouldn't do. I leave that up to parents, teachers, clergy, government, moderators and others who like to play the control game.