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Originally Posted by AngusThermopyle
Say you are on a one table SnG. $1000 + $25. Ten handed. They take 3% out of the pool for tips.. Say it takes two hours.
$10K pool. 3% for tips is $300. For two hours.
You really feel that you should tip 1% of first place on top of that?
This is why any discussion of a fixed percentage is next to meaningless.
Find me this example in ANY casino. It's probably not happening. $300 for 2 hours would mean $75 per down for a dealer, sorry, NOT happening. That would mean only 4 dealers dealt in this particular tournament. And, where do you see a 1 Table SnG for that much money in ANY casino, and only lasting 6 levels at best?
Oh, and that whole 3% that everyone is talking about ... The dealers don't even SEE close to 3%!
Everyone is under the misconception that this 'supposed 3%' is going DIRECTLY to the dealers. It is NOT. It gets split more ways than you can imagine! There's the Tournament Directors, Cage Personnel and other employees that this '3% dealer tip' gets whacked up amongst.
Any poker dealer will tell you, after all is said and done, they are lucky to get $6-9 per tournament down.
And with all the talk being done on 2+2 lately, more and more players are not tipping AT ALL after cashing in tournaments thinking that the 3% or whatever each casino takes off the top is going directly to the dealers. Therefore, dealers are now making CONSIDERABLY LESS than what they might have made in the past or should be making.
I recently heard that a guy won like $50k in an event and tipped ZERO after cashing. I mean, really?
When those 12-15 day events are taking place, ALL the tournament downs are added up and EVERY dealer has to rely on the extremely small percentage that they get plus whatever players who cash decide to tip. Believe me, it's a LOT less than you think ...
So, yes, a fixed percentage IS almost meaningless. I don't know the answer to this whole mess, but I'm sure everyone will continue to debate it!