CodyHartman 0 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Simple question. When you are playing how much do you tip the dealer when you drag a pot? How much does the pot have to have in it for how much you tip? Do the stakes matter or effect your tip size? What about chopped pots?I've been playing a lot more live poker lately and have watched some people not tip at all on pots where I think they should or tip wayyy too much on some pots.Say you are playing a 4/8 game and drag a decent 60$ pot how much would you leave.I know everyone tips their own amount and it is all up to whatever you choose, but just curious what y'all tip the dealer? Link to post Share on other sites
WaLdOrFiAn 0 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 I play 2-4nl or 4-8 Limit and it depends on the size of the pot.... If its a huge pot i might tip 5 bucks but if its just the blinds i will tip a buck sometimes and nothing others... if its an average pot i will probably tip about 2 bucks..... im not a high roller yet Link to post Share on other sites
martinmc 0 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 I don't tip after each pot, I tip at the end of my session (since the dealers and floor staff all share tips at both my b&m's) and i usually tip about 5% of my win. I always give the tip the the person who is at the waiting list. I don't tip at the table because I would rather the dealers not know what i'm tipping. When I leave a tip for a waitress I leave it on the Table as I'm leaving, I don't hand it to her. Its the same thing. Sometimes i will give the odd toke at the table if I get a great dealer who generate lots of action. Link to post Share on other sites
Chuck 0 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 If it's like a $10 pot with not much more than the blinds in it..then nothing...$30 to about $50 or $60 I tip a buck ...a monster $100 - $200 pot in 4-8 kill (yeah...they happen in fishville) i tip about $3 to $5. Also...some dealers are friendlier than others...and some are just annoying and think they are poker instructors....if a dealer annoys me...he or she gets nuttin for that half hour...if they are friendly and nice...see above Link to post Share on other sites
WaLdOrFiAn 0 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 heres another question.... Do you tip the dealers after the tournament???? I won a tournament in atlantic city and the final 5 of us tipped the dealers. I made 3,400 so i gave the dealers 75 bucks and the floor man 25, only cuz he was cool and he could have penalized me a couple times for dumb ****. Do yall tip if yall place high in tournaments at your casino??? Link to post Share on other sites
stealfromblind 0 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 i think it all depends on the size of the pot and who i took it off of on how much your supposed to tip. if i bust a notoriously tight player i will tip much more just because it seems to piss them off more and make them play looser when you give a big tip with "their" money. i also normally give the dealer any odd dollar amounts when i get colored up so i don't have to take $1 bills at cash out. Link to post Share on other sites
Knight_Owl 0 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 I dont tip. There already taking away from the players w/ the rake. Link to post Share on other sites
Pupsta 0 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 my basic tipping rules...if i see a flop and win, i tip...if i don't see a flop but the pot > 10 bucks, i tip...anything less than 100,i tip a buck, anything over 100, i tip 2 bucks...500-1000 i tip 5. sometimes i'll tip more to nice dealers, sometimes i'll stiff assholes...but those are my general guidelines I dont tip. There already taking away from the players w/ the rake.great idea...screw the multi-billion dollar casino owners by stiffing the minimum-wage-earning dealer. Link to post Share on other sites
pokerplayer24 0 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Playing 15/30 and 20/40 I generally tip 1$ for any pot that has no $ go in on the big streets. 2-3$ for the standard 4-6bb pot. Then usualy max out by tipping 5$ for any pot that is relatively big.All in all though I think as long as you're tipping 1-2$ for every pot you win thats plenty. Link to post Share on other sites
GWCGWC 83 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 I dont tip. There already taking away from the players w/ the rake.nit Link to post Share on other sites
mase_gotsem 0 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 i think it all depends on the size of the pot and who i took it off of on how much your supposed to tip. if i bust a notoriously tight player i will tip much more just because it seems to piss them off more and make them play looser when you give a big tip with "their" money. i also normally give the dealer any odd dollar amounts when i get colored up so i don't have to take $1 bills at cash out. Dont you mean loonies it really depends on how u feel and how the dealer is treating everyone alot of dealers are complete pricks and others are extreamly nice . thus if i dont tip an ahole dealer i let them now why but the nice dealers usualy a buck up to 5 bucks cpl dbl ups from what i buy in then i might toss a green chip here and there Link to post Share on other sites
TheCinciKid 0 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 I dont tip. There already taking away from the players w/ the rake.I really hope this was a joke. Dealers make their living off tips and don't get anything from the rake.I personally tip because that's how dealers make their money. I usually just tip $1 everytime I win a pot, unless it's just like the blinds or something. If I rake a really large pot I'll generally tip $2. Link to post Share on other sites
SopotBoy 0 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 I really hope this was a joke. Dealers make their living off tips and don't get anything from the rake.I personally tip because that's how dealers make their money. I usually just tip $1 everytime I win a pot, unless it's just like the blinds or something. If I rake a really large pot I'll generally tip $2.Ditto Link to post Share on other sites
CardWarfare 4 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 I dont tip. There already taking away from the players w/ the rake.I smell a Reservior Dogs quote coming.....but not from me. I just don't feel like it.I was actually thinking about this earlier, since I'll be playing in Canada this weekend. I'm gonna be playing 2/4 limit, so I probably won't be tipping if I just pick up the blinds, since it's a pretty large portion of it, but any pot that has at least a few bets in it I'd tip a buck, larger ones 2 or 3, and monsters 5 or 6. I feel like that's pretty standard. Let me know if I'm way off though. Link to post Share on other sites
AgentKdoubleO 0 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 heres another question.... Do you tip the dealers after the tournament???? I won a tournament in atlantic city and the final 5 of us tipped the dealers. I made 3,400 so i gave the dealers 75 bucks and the floor man 25, only cuz he was cool and he could have penalized me a couple times for dumb ****. Do yall tip if yall place high in tournaments at your casino???i am a dealer...dealers usually work on tips only, i tip $1 or $2 everytime i win a pot in cash games...tournaments are a totally different story...if u cash in a tourny u should tip out 10% of ur winnings unless they take out tip along with rake when u buy in to the tourny at the begining. this is so b/c dealers make near nothing on tournaments. for example in your case im assuming there was about 100 players that means 10 tables, minimum 12 dealers, approx 5 hour tourny...by tipping $100 total ----- $100/12 = $8.33per dealer ---- $8.33/5 = $1.67per hour ----- which is horriblecash games dealers get to keep whatever tips they make, in a tournament all tips recieved at the end of a tournament is split evenly b/t all the dealers that were involved with dealing the tournament Link to post Share on other sites
fortysixand2 0 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Generally play 1/2 NL$1 for pots >$20$2 for pots >$100$3 for pots >$200$5 where I hit a two outer and win >$300 Link to post Share on other sites
TheCinciKid 0 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 I smell a Reservior Dogs quote coming.....but not from me. I just don't feel like it.I was actually thinking about this earlier, since I'll be playing in Canada this weekend. I'm gonna be playing 2/4 limit, so I probably won't be tipping if I just pick up the blinds, since it's a pretty large portion of it, but any pot that has at least a few bets in it I'd tip a buck, larger ones 2 or 3, and monsters 5 or 6. I feel like that's pretty standard. Let me know if I'm way off though.This is actually a little bit high if you're just playing 2/4. Just tip a buck when you win a pot and 2-3 if it's a monster and you're feeling generous. Link to post Share on other sites
JMoney2681 0 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 This is actually a little bit high if you're just playing 2/4. Just tip a buck when you win a pot and 2-3 if it's a monster and you're feeling generous.You must be a tightwad. Link to post Share on other sites
TheCinciKid 0 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 You must be a tightwad.You must hate money. You're playing 2/4 hold'em. It's not like you're raking in huge amounts of money. Besides which, if everybody tipped a buck every time they won a pot, the dealers would get like $20/hr in tips. I'd love to make that kind of money at my job. Link to post Share on other sites
JMoney2681 0 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 You must hate money. You're playing 2/4 hold'em. It's not like you're raking in huge amounts of money. Besides which, if everybody tipped a buck every time they won a pot, the dealers would get like $20/hr in tips. I'd love to make that kind of money at my job.A few dollars for a decent pot isn't unheard of nor all that bad. Unless you are playing for a living, an extra dollar every now and then won't hurt you. Link to post Share on other sites
Ron_Mexico 4,219 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 This is actually a little bit high if you're just playing 2/4. Just tip a buck when you win a pot and 2-3 if it's a monster and you're feeling generous.you can never tip too much.put yourself in the shoes of the person receiving the tip. Would you be mad at a bigger tip?Do what you are comfortable with or what seems standard at the table. Link to post Share on other sites
Wandigo 1 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 cash games dealers get to keep whatever tips they make, in a tournament all tips recieved at the end of a tournament is split evenly b/t all the dealers that were involved with dealing the tournamentthanks for clearing that up. I thought I saw on a tv show that all the tips from cash games are put together at the end of the day and split between the dealers, or is that just for the table games? Link to post Share on other sites
JMoney2681 0 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 thanks for clearing that up. I thought I saw on a tv show that all the tips from cash games are put together at the end of the day and split between the dealers, or is that just for the table games?Each Casino is different really. Depends. Some split, some don't. Link to post Share on other sites
TheCinciKid 0 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 thanks for clearing that up. I thought I saw on a tv show that all the tips from cash games are put together at the end of the day and split between the dealers, or is that just for the table games?Where I play they actually do it that way. At some casinos dealers get to keep their own tips. Link to post Share on other sites
JMoney2681 0 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Where I play they actually do it that way. At some casinos dealers get to keep their own tips.Thanks bud, but I already responded...Each Casino is different really. Depends. Some split, some don't. Link to post Share on other sites
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