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Anyone know where they get the dealers for all these pokershows?? I see the same people dealing whether its HSP, pokerafterdark, poker superstars,etc Doesnt matter the network or casino, they all the same WTF?
From PokerStars???
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It is actually an interesting question since I'd assume that to get on TV they have to sign a special release and have to be paid some extra $ for TV Time. I'd guess that any "TV Table" has Hand-Picked Dealers not just random Pool. For the TV Shows themselves, they may even have to be SAG Members.

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And it must be nice to get $5-20 tip every other hand or so.
Yes it would be so nice when Durrr is saying " I only won 17k, I played so bad" and throws you a 20
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Yes it would be so nice when Durrr is saying " I only won 17k, I played so bad" and throws you a 20
one of my pet peeves is when a dealer expects u to tip more just cause u make x amount, like dealers complaining that so and so didnt tip to random people. one time after a tourny was over a dealer came up to one of the cash tables complaining that the winner didnt leave a big enough tip and i said something and said "well what do u think is fair"response: "well what percent to u leave a waiter or waitress"i just started to laugh
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one of my pet peeves is when a dealer expects u to tip more just cause u make x amount, like dealers complaining that so and so didnt tip to random people. one time after a tourny was over a dealer came up to one of the cash tables complaining that the winner didnt leave a big enough tip and i said something and said "well what do u think is fair"response: "well what percent to u leave a waiter or waitress"i just started to laugh
I've only ever had one dealer I really didn't like and he called the clock on me on his own accord. I don't hate many people(excluding the internet obv) but hes one of them.Anyway that wasn't the point of my post. My point was,if you can call it that, most people here are aspiring pros so for people who don't play or care much for poker then yea, $20 a hand etc is amazing. For me and I assume the rest it would just be torture getting your $20 tip while watching thousands of dollars being raked in by someone you are trying to be and them joking about how bad it is.
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Yes it would be so nice when Durrr is saying " I only won 17k, I played so bad" and throws you a 20
haha LFT! But really, not relative to the amount of money being won, it's still a lot and adds up quickly. The average person makes that in an hour.
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Yes it would be so nice when Durrr is saying " I only won 17k, I played so bad" and throws you a 20
Yeah. Must suck to get $600/hr at that rate in tips. I mean...these guys may have kids to support. Can't do that on $600/hr.sw
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response: "well what percent to u leave a waiter or waitress"i just started to laugh
Why? Better waiters work at more expensive resturaunts and get better tips. Better dealers deal the higher stakes games and should get better tips as well.
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Why? Better waiters work at more expensive resturaunts and get better tips. Better dealers deal the higher stakes games and should get better tips as well.
lol. Really?? HSP delears should get tip like $300 a pot. I dont think so.
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lol. Really?? HSP delears should get tip like $300 a pot. I dont think so.
Oh well maybe the dealer actually was saying to be tipped 20%, which would be insane, but you should tip on a scale of the stakes you are playing, not just $1-$2 a hand regardless of the stakes. However anyone that works in any kind of service industry that bitches about tips around non-service people is a jerk. Noone wants to hear about how you were stiffed. It's the same as a bad beat story from a stranger. Or even a friend.
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Oh well maybe the dealer actually was saying to be tipped 20%, which would be insane, but you should tip on a scale of the stakes you are playing, not just $1-$2 a hand regardless of the stakes. However anyone that works in any kind of service industry that bitches about tips around non-service people is a jerk. Noone wants to hear about how you were stiffed. It's the same as a bad beat story from a stranger. Or even a friend.
not really.
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not really.
Why not? I understand they are doing the same thing, but you are playing higher stakes, you are paying for a better service, the dealers should be better, you should tip better. It the basic tennant of the service industry. When you go to a high end restaurant you tip better than at Outback, why should a cardroom be any different?
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Why not? I understand they are doing the same thing, but you are playing higher stakes, you are paying for a better service, the dealers should be better, you should tip better. It the basic tennant of the service industry. When you go to a high end restaurant you tip better than at Outback, why should a cardroom be any different?
Because you can't compare restaurant waiting staff to poker dealers that easily. It gets to a level where the analogy doesn't make sense. I know what you're saying, and it's true that dealers who deal high stakes games WILL get higher tips.But, the difference between a meal at a basic cheap restaurant, and an expensive one isn't THAT much. Even if it's $100 more per course, per person, you can't compare that to a $17,000 pot that Durrr has just played, and expect the dealer to get the same percentage (10% or whatever)... that would be like someone suddenly calling over a waiter and ordering a $17,000 crab salad, and tipping normal (10-20%) rates. Just doesn't happen.
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But, the difference between a meal at a basic cheap restaurant, and an expensive one isn't THAT much. Even if it's $100 more per course, per person, you can't compare that to a $17,000 pot that Durrr has just played, and expect the dealer to get the same percentage (10% or whatever)... that would be like someone suddenly calling over a waiter and ordering a $17,000 crab salad, and tipping normal (10-20%) rates. Just doesn't happen.
That's why I said "Sliding Scale" as opposed to "flat percentage"
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That's why I said "Sliding Scale" as opposed to "flat percentage"
Yeah, but the same principle applies with this too. The sliding scale has a ceiling, regardless of the stakes they're playing.
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Saying you should tip someone more because you play higher stakes is absurd. They're doing the same damn job at 1/2 as they are 2/5 or 25/50. They're job doesn't change. $1/pot is plenty. It adds up over the long run.Edit - Sure, you can throw in a couple extra dollars if it's an extra big pot, but as standard, $1 is fine.

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Saying you should tip someone more because you play higher stakes is absurd. They're doing the same damn job at 1/2 as they are 2/5 or 25/50. They're job doesn't change. $1/pot is plenty. It adds up over the long run.Edit - Sure, you can throw in a couple extra dollars if it's an extra big pot, but as standard, $1 is fine.
This is a good point. Its not like only the world's best delears deal in the world's biggest game. You're basically saying that they should get shitloads more in tops just cause they got 'lucky' and got placed to deal a higher stakes table
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This is a good point. Its not like only the world's best delears deal in the world's biggest game. You're basically saying that they should get shitloads more in tops just cause they got 'lucky' and got placed to deal a higher stakes table
They are not going to put a novice dealer in a high stakes game, it's just not gonna happen, that's why you tip better. Anyway I made my points will you just confirm my latest challenge failures.
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Waiters in higher end restaurants get smaller tips (as a percentage of the bill) and have to share that tip with more people. Dealers in higher stakes games actually have an easier time in some respects because in small stakes games the dealer is expected to run the game while in the big games the dealer is expected to stfu and just deal out the cards. The players generally run the game themselves. It's higher stress on the dealers though - the players are more likely to bitch about mistakes/bad luck - and they generally get less in tips - people at lower stakes are mostly playing for fun and tend to over tip.But as for the original question - dealers for the TV poker shows are taken from the pool of regular Vegas poker dealers. I know one of the TI dealers works(worked) on PAD/HSP. I think I recognized one of the dealers at MGM from TV too.

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I've heard dealers say they make better money at 2/4 and 3/6 limit games than the bigger ones. That actually make sense to me. You'd have to pay me a lot to deal to people who are mostly drunk and/or beginners.

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Saying you should tip someone more because you play higher stakes is absurd. They're doing the same damn job at 1/2 as they are 2/5 or 25/50. They're job doesn't change. $1/pot is plenty. It adds up over the long run.Edit - Sure, you can throw in a couple extra dollars if it's an extra big pot, but as standard, $1 is fine.
I tip on how good and friendly the dealer is, also when I win a bigger pot, but I see bad dealer get tip 2-5 when some win a big pot and good dealer tip nothing. For as long a I have been playing I see other player tip when they when win not if a dealer is good or not.
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