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Originally Posted by chillrob
It is delusional to 'like' dealers better based on their having been 'luckier' for you in the past. The 'fact' is that past results do not reflect anything meaningful, and do not affect anything in the future.
Or I could put it this way, it is 'mean' for you to like dealers less who have been unlucky for you in the past. You already admitted the dealers can't control the cards. So why do you want to punish them?
We are debating in circles then, because if they don't affect cards (again, I'm saying they
don't, rather, I'm saying they are "unlucky" for lack of a better descriptor to be giving me bad card situations), why tip them? However, I still tip because I like some dealers over others, but based on my criteria.
Like it or not, this is a results game in the end (nobody goes this is best process-oriented poker player in the world if he is bankrupt or has no winning record), if some dealer keeps dealing me beats or colddecks, it's gonna sting and I won't be smiling and giving them $1 next time I win a $5 pot when in the past I got stacked a few times. That's just ridiculous.