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Originally Posted by Reducto
I understand the feeling. It's kind of like being a player where you can play terribly and have your best night then play perfectly and still lose.
That is the exact way to think about it. You cannot necessarily control who wins or who tips or how much. All you can do is maximize the opportunity for positive situations. Deal fast and deal clean and in the long run you will make more than someone who deals slow and sloppy.
The only place this breaks is the male/female dealer split. Since a vast majority of poker players are male, female dealers make more in tips (on average) then male dealers do.
Where I mostly play there is a female dealer who is a youngerish Asian female dealer. She is very pretty in a girl next door type of way. She is the nicest person in the world. She connects with everyone. Her smile melts concrete. Her laugh heals cancer. All she has to do is look at you and you feel like the center of the universe. When she looks you in the eye as she pushes you a pot it feels like winning the lottery. The worst part about it is that I don't even think she is really trying. It isn't like she is intentionally flirting or working her charms. It is just her personality/nature.
She is an absolutely terrible dealer.
Part of it is not her fault. Most guys at the table are flirting with her, telling stories, making jokes, and she gets distracted. Even when she is paying attention though she is bad. She regularly misdeclares bets which is bad enough, but then she will pull in three turn bets of three different sizes thinking the are the same. She properly moves the button like 50% of the time. She always loses track of action, etc. Just brutal.
She makes tons of money. Guys will throw her redbird from a $30 pot. The funny thing is I am well aware of the affect she has on males. I know 100% that I am falling under a charm spell, and I still over-tip her compared to other dealers even when i try not to. Almost every male does.