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How much do you tip A dealer?

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  1. ONEAWAY ONEAWAY is offline

    Gainesville, FL
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    Nov 17th, 2011 (11/17/2011 8:22pm)

    I am playing a $2-$5 nl ring game.... I win a $1100 pot... How much do you tip the dealer? Curious
  2. MYBLUEDOG MYBLUEDOG is offline

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    Nov 17th, 2011 (11/17/2011 8:29pm) in reply to ONEAWAY

    $1.00 per pot if the dealer is good
  3. Gags30 Gags30 is offline

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    Nov 17th, 2011 (11/17/2011 8:43pm) in reply to MYBLUEDOG

    I've always been kind of put off by the fact that people tip more when they win a big pot. The dealer doesn't influence the cards or the action. If you make a good call or a good bluff what did the dealer have to do with that?

    On the other hand, I understand winning a big pot and feeling generous so giving more. That makes sense to me.

    Meh, I still usually throw an extra couple bucks when I win a big pot. Oh well. I try my best to tip based on how good the dealer is and not on how large the pot is
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  4. killingbird killingbird is offline

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    Nov 17th, 2011 (11/17/2011 8:47pm) in reply to Gags30

    yeah, depends on the quality of the dealer. but if he/she has been particularly good/fast/nice...then when i win a big pot I will throw extra. Probably $5 on a $1000 pot for a really good dealer.
     
  5. MattAKA MattAKA is offline

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    Nov 17th, 2011 (11/17/2011 10:48pm) in reply to killingbird

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  6. JON STAMOZ JON STAMOZ is offline

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    Nov 17th, 2011 (11/17/2011 11:24pm) in reply to MattAKA

    I've always done
    $0 for blinds or just a limper or 2
    $1 standard pot
    $2 med - large pot
    $5 on a massive double up pot

    unless I'm super stuck then $1 per hand
    Edited By: JON STAMOZ Nov 19th, 2011 at 03:44 AM
  7. yarbles yarbles is offline

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    Nov 18th, 2011 (11/18/2011 10:42am) in reply to JON STAMOZ

    players in my home game/club get tips sometimes 20 25 dollars on big pots.. which is obv absurd.

    I tip 1 to 2 dollars per pot and if i take an absurdly long time to make a decision i will usually throw an extra buck but nothing tilts me more then the look of disgust i get when i ship a 1k+ pot and tip 2 bucks so I had to pull the dealer to the side one day and said "look i dont even have to tell u this but u know u are killing it here dealing and my biggest tip i can ever give u is not raising the ire of the other players just how absurd tipping more then a few bucks per hand really is..." last time he ever gave me a dirty look and always thanks me for my feable buck or 2 and makes every attempt to ship me pots neat and carefully.. i get the occasional dirty look from other players who got sucked out on me from my tip size but fuck that... dealers have a tough job no doubt but they make good fucking money at this club and i see easily 300 coming off the tables per night in tips.

    another thing that pisses me off is when a dealer is playing for the night and not dealing and they start tipping out half pots in an attempt to get other players to start doing it... im sure that they settle up after but its absurd that they think people are so stupid that they dont realize the hustle they are doing.
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  8. BenFaz BenFaz is offline

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    Nov 18th, 2011 (11/18/2011 11:50am) in reply to yarbles

    It also depends how hot the dealer is if there female obv.
     
  9. TXpoker30 TXpoker30 is offline

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    Nov 18th, 2011 (11/18/2011 5:36pm) in reply to BenFaz

    I play 1/2 NL and 2/5 NL, I tip anywhere from 2-5 on most pots. I don't tip any for collecting the blinds. I see players tipping 5-25 on big pots. I understand it's nice to be generous, but when I see them playing for 100k on TV I noticed they never tip more than 5 when they win a pot. So if i'm playing for peanuts it seems crazy to tip 5. Maybe I should tip quarters out of my pocket.
  10. clantaztic clantaztic is offline

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    Nov 18th, 2011 (11/18/2011 7:59pm) in reply to TXpoker30

    I tip 1 dollar per pot won, unless just stealing blinds or limps. If I win big pot or double I throw $5. But I don't play live that often.
  11. Randinho Randinho is offline

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    Nov 18th, 2011 (11/18/2011 9:59pm) in reply to MattAKA

     
    Originally Posted by MattAKA View Post

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    Gotta love Australia, haha. Instead you have to survive the horribly absurd rake and watch it all go right into their tray. At least in Brisbane they have those pull-out drawers.

    I generally tip $1 per pot no matter the size and don't bother tipping extra ever unless it's a massive pot. Dealers pool tips here unfortunately so there's no reason to tip extra for a particularly good dealer, except for the gesture itself I guess.
  12. OMGitsGees OMGitsGees is offline

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    Nov 19th, 2011 (11/19/2011 12:14am) in reply to Randinho

    anyone an idea how much pius tipped?
     
  13. kevmode kevmode is offline

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    Nov 19th, 2011 (11/19/2011 12:22am) in reply to JON STAMOZ

     
    Originally Posted by JON STAMOZ View Post

    I've always done
    $0 for blinds or just a limper or 2
    $1 standard is pot
    $2 med - large pot
    $5 on a massive double up pot

    unless I'm super stuck then $1 per hand

    pretty much this
     
  14. Stocker Stocker is offline

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    Nov 19th, 2011 (11/19/2011 2:23am) in reply to kevmode

     
    Originally Posted by kevmode View Post

    pretty much this


    amen
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