Usually I tip the dealers a couple percent, but almost all of these have been with wins under 10k so I haven't though much of it. Does this number typically decrease or increase if the prize is bigger? I am currently deep in a tournament where top 4 get six figures, and would like to be prepared as possible. I don't want to overdo anything but at the same time not seem like a cheap-ass... thanks

I have seriously no idea since I don't play live much. But giving them more then 1% seems redic. to me

 

Originally Posted by finewhine

Dealers get paid minimum wage and are dependent on tips to make ends meet. Don't tip more than 5% max, around 3% is ok. If you win really big, e.g., a bad beat jackpot of say, 50k, $1000 or 2% is fine.

Do you tip the guy serving you your big mac at mcdonalds, they must be on min wage aswell.

It should be the players decision if they tip or not and if so as to how much they actually tip.

If they take out something reasonable for the dealers already from the prize pool, 0-2% is OK depending on the service and how happy you were with the dealers..

If they do not take out any money for staff out of the prize pool 2-4% is OK..

Of course do what you are comfortable with, but with those guidelines you shouldn't feel like a cheap ass in my opinion and won't be over doing it either..

If this was in Europe though, most countries no tipping is standard.. Different culture though.. US employees in certain industries feel entitled to money from others.. Those getting paid (sometimes the same type of pay wage) in certain European countries would never expect a tip doing the same thing..

Oh, and GL, TID, this is a good problem to have ;)

 

Originally Posted by finewhine

Are you implying the skill level is the same, that the age is the same? Do you never tip a waiter or waitress? You're being ridiculous

i agree some sort of tip should be given just to be considerate. but as for the waiter and waitress thing, they are actually very dependent on tips because they dont even make half of minimum wage for the hourly pay.

if they already take out of the prizepool for the dealers then iw ould tip $0

There was a thread not long ago about tipping dealers.
Their employed by the casino to deal.
Your already paying the casino for the priviledge of playing.
Therefore its the casino thats short changing the dealers and pocketing the cash.
All their doing is passing the buck on to you!
If your happy to tip, fair enough.

 

Originally Posted by Gags30

if they already take out of the prizepool for the dealers then iw ould tip $0

+1

 

Originally Posted by MakeMeMaster

ehh dont tip, dealers get paid money for dealing, they dont need ur money

god i hope this is a joke, its one of the rudest things to not tip dealers, they make hardly any money and all of them hate dealing tourneys bc of douces that wont tip, while in cash they get some every hand.

 

Originally Posted by vil1ain

Do you tip the guy serving you your big mac at mcdonalds, they must be on min wage aswell.

It should be the players decision if they tip or not and if so as to how much they actually tip.

and coming from an ex mcdonalds employee :) u should tip them too lol

this reminded me ... my only decent live score was at the venetian.... i go to get paid ....

and sitting beside the tournament director on a podium/desk area is 2 racks ... he slides me over the rack with the most money in it .... about 48k

he says, " heres your winnings" and then he points to the other rack of chips and says something along the lines of " and this is for the dealers"

im thinking ... " wait hold up wtf is this?" .... hes really doing this? it really pissed me off TBH.... i look closely at the rack of chips for the dealers... and it has almost 2k in it.... this guy was trying to get me to tip 5% on top of taxes ... on top of 3% they take out.... on top of the 10$ dealer add on ... .i couldnt believe he would go about the tip this way...

im actually a dealer ( not a poker dealer, but i deal dice and the pit games ) so was going to tip about 1200 .... i asked the tournament director if he got a cut of the tips and he said that he did... so at this point im almost feeling like just stiffing them completely... but the dealers were great to me... especially the FT dealers.... very professional and took good care of me ... so i ended up tipping like 800.... but that tourney director left a sour taste in my mouth after that stunt.

The problem with tipping, is that there is very little logic to it, its more about tradition.
Here in the UK, we tip taxi drivers, fastfood delivery people, bell boys in top hotels, and thats pretty much it.
We dont tip, doctors, dentists, train drivers, air pilots & stewards, shop assistants, fast food shop assistants, retail shop assistants, super market staff, etc etc. Wheres the logic?
Maybe years ago, dealers werent paid a wage, maybe they were casuals that hung around saloons/pubs and relied totally on tips for any income they received?

 

Originally Posted by finewhine

Are you implying the skill level is the same, that the age is the same? Do you never tip a waiter or waitress? You're being ridiculous

You're an idiot. Waiters/resses, get paid LESS THAN minimum wage. Tips are entirely there income, minimum wage does not mean getting tipped.

what is with this american tipping bullshi*. Just come to Australia, we have a far more regulated labour market unlike America, nobody is allowed to earn peanuts in any job as their is a price floor for wages which is decent enough to live on.

Secondly, it is illegal to tip in casinos anywhere in Australia and so it should be.

I was playing in Paris recently, and after paying time charges and rake, i had no reason why i should tip yet they still expected it the idiots.

Fix your labour marker America. Pay people properly and we won't have this issue.

 

Originally Posted by kavindaaa

Fix your labour marker America. Pay people properly and we won't have this issue.

true, but never going to happen

 

Originally Posted by Gags30

if they already take out of the prizepool for the dealers then iw ould tip $0

this is what i recently did.