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Originally Posted by QQonecup
I'm curious to know how players and dealers react to players who don't tip at all. I don't think I'd stop completely but I feel like I should cut down. I usually tip like 1$ per 30$+ pot I win and 2-3$ for anything 200$+ regardless of how good/bad the dealer is.
As a player, I find it offputting when another player doesn't tip at all, but I don't say anything about it. I do wonder why the guy isn't tipping: is he just cheap or does he have a prior history with this dealer?
I've seen dealers' reactions run the gamut from no reaction whatsoever to one I saw the other day: the dealer glared at the player and while pitching the cards fired them hard and fast all over the place in the vicinity of the player, like into chip stacks, into the player's hands, into the table rail, etc. I chuckled to myself because the player either genuinely wasn't picking up on the dealer's annoyance/anger or had such a good poker face that it seemed like he was completely oblivious. I can't imagine that made the dealer any happier.
But I'd say the vast majority of dealers I've seen act professionally, i.e., no reaction, because they know that the non-tippers even out in the long run with the better tippers.