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Originally Posted by Guito
We pool (per pay period, not daily or by shift) and it's 100% dealers only. There is no effort to keep a dealer at the table. Anecdotal evidence suggests when the same dealer is still there that the chances of getting stiffed drop pretty dramatically.
There are a lot of regs in this room, and occasionally if they hit big they'll arrange to pay directly to the dealer outside work. Against company policy and if you do it your colleagues will know you're a scumbag (there is approximately 0% chance this news won't travel) so don't be surprised when no one will swap shifts or do you any favours.
Pool for dealers only is an interesting arrangement, and seems like it could be positive. But t seems strange again that your room won't make the rotation adjustment around the jackpot table to help maximize the generosity of the players.
Just to be clear, I'd never want to shut the floors out -they deserve to share in the unexpected happy time bonus - it's just that in my experience, managers and floors are almost always separately tipped by winners as well, these are pooled and paid out with some kind of points guide, as in floors get a bigger share than chip runners etc. But dealers are not included in this so I don't get why management thinks it's fair to also take a piece of the dealer tips.
I'm still trying to wrap my head around jackpots as I come from overseas where badbeat jackpots just didn't exist. To be fair, tipping in general was less common but wages were far superior to the minimum wage deal here.