Go to the cage, buy 2 racks of white. Sell stacks of 20 to your opponents for $25. Begrudgingly tip white chips to lousy, entitled dealers.

Ah, here we go. In a game that plays red and higher, you think you should get at least a red for each tip. "Man, I can't believe I pushed that guy three $20K+ pots, and all he gave me is $1 per pot!!"

Penny for your thoughts.

You want to pay a penny for my thoughts but expect $5 for pushing me some checks?

I'm gonna try some version of that. I just can't bring myself to stiff, it seems, no matter how bad. I used to deal. But even at restaurants, I can't. One stood out more than any other. We were at a casino steakhouse in Tunica, probably Binion's/Horseshoe?? It was ungodly slow and the waitress, we were the only ones seated in the main dining room at least that we could see, and our waitress never came back to the table, just stood in view in the lobby on her phone the whole tiime. Server brought the meal. It was my turn to buy. I didn't stiff.

But in this poker scenario the guy who brings the white chips is going to be the a-hole, I'm sure. This is the same game that a reg got thrown out of the casino for arguing about my failure to straddle in my first hand at the table when I had no idea it was group decision unofficial forced straddle. I had already folded when they told me. Couldn't believe they tossed the guy, pissing everybody off, breaking the game up. And here's the real reason I think they tossed him. He was winning a lot of pots and stiffing the dealer, and saying out loud why he was doing it. Several people at the table were complaining about the dealing, which I took with a grain of salt ... until I saw it. It was bad. No white chips in rack.

Quick question, I play 1/2nl poker holdem at a casino. They have the bad beat promotion, Aces full of 10 or better. It pays $30,000. The losing hand gets $12,000, the winning hand gets $6,000 and table share is $2,000 each for 6 players. My question is how much should each person in each category tip the dealer, and possibly the floor man if the table hits the jackpot? I won a jackpot once years ago when I was new to poker and did not tip anything, hoping to hit soon to tip this time lol...

Take to the tipping containment thread. If you don't understand why, read the 1st message in that thread.

3 to 5% is standard, usually the bigger the jack pot is, the closer to 3 it is, but I've seen a dealer deal a BBJ and get stiffed by the loser (referring to his hand here), and I've seen players tip 10%+

You could always make up for it by tipping now.

A tip deferred is still worth making!

In my home casino I'd tip more than at a random casino

Yeah, I'm sure dealers would love for a guy to walk in with $5K and pepper everyone with $100 bills to make up for a tip he didn't make ages ago.

Tipping promotional payouts is one of the most discussed topics in this thread. You should be able to find pockets of posts going all the way back!

Some common talking points ..

1) Is there a difference between tipping for a 'large' winning hand and a Promo payout? Some feel that the Promo money was the Players to begin with so why tip .. obv others say you should share your windfall.

2) There is no correct answer to 'How much', it's your own personal choice and you may never find the sweet spot where 50% say you paid too much and 50% will say you paid too little.

3) Are you a Reg in the room or not? This can change a lot of perspective for some.

4) Is there a 'cap' to a tip? What if you were paid triple?

Like I said, Promo (and Tournament) tipping is a volatile subject here way beyond any winning hand v chip runner v waitress tipping discussion IMO.


Story time .. There was a Dealer who went to a 'rival' casino and won a large BBJ. He didn't tip anything for whatever reason. The word of this got back to his place of employment and basically all the Players stopped tipping him to the point where he had to quit and move out of the area!

This is supposed to be your choice, but unfortunately you do need to consider your whole 'situation' in the court of public opinion. GL

I thought about this, but I don't recall the dealer. and the casino changed owners. And all I know it was around 2010.

Big end I would do 3-500 and 200ish split between the staff I like. Small end I do 2-400 and 5-10 dollars to my fav staff.

Table share I think 25-100 is reasonable depending on factors. Maybe some extra tips to the chip runners on duty.

Last week I won a $1,500 pot in my 1/3 game. I was so excited, I didn't notice that immediately after pushing the pot, the dealer changed out and my dealer went on break. Shortly after, it was time to go home for my weekend. Fast forward a couple of days and I see the dealer dealing a tournament table, I pull a $5 chip from my stack, walk over and hand it over, explaining that it's for the monster pot a couple of days ago. It was accepted with a smile and a puzzled look.

Is this really that rare?

It is pretty common for people to forget things that you obsess over.

Yes, it is rare but appreciated. Also he's dealing a tournament table where he's likely supposed to put any tips he gets into the tournament pool, so he had to think for a second whether he could just take it without getting in trouble.

In some places they will get actively fired for taking tips during a tourney and putting them into their toke 'jar' as there's no way to know that it wasn't meant for the tourney crew.
Seen it happen for a red bird.

I have 'chased' down Dealers and given tips before, so it's not a strange event for me. But overall I'd say that it's probably very rare if it happens too far into the future.

Yes, during a tournament any tips are supposed to go into the tournament pool. I once gave a tip for a tournament down and the Dealer called the Floor over and it went into the pool. I was not happy with it at the time but once the system was explained to me I understood.

Fast forward to my tournaments now .. I keep track of my chip stack for each down with the Dealer's name. I do this so I can tip later during cash sessions and it goes directly to the Dealer of my choice. While I may contribute to the tournament pool also, I want to make sure that Dealer that facilitated the bigger hands see something directly. I don't tell them, I just smile, when they sit down for a cash down and toss them a 'pre' tip. They all looked puzzled since they know I tip at the end of the down but most of them figure it out eventually .. or just ask other Dealers.

I don't play a lot of 'series' away from home casinos but I know that this thinking just doesn't work there. You may never see a Dealer again the whole weekend and/or they don't get any cash downs .. et. So while it may be a nice thought to try and reward a specific Dealer, it's very hard to pull off on the Floor. GL

My MO is that if I have to chase a dealer down to give him a late tip, I'll give him a standard tip amount and then some more and say it was interest and apologize for the late tip.



If' I'm giving them a big tip, like it was for a big payout high hand and I know the dealer well enough to have enjoyed some witty banter with them, I'll take the tip to their next table and put the chips on the table and thank them for the BJ the night before.



This has been met with cringy embarrassment, promises that the dealer would deal me the worst bad beat ever, a good natured "floor, throw this guy out!", but my fave response was, "Only $30 for a BJ, it couldn't have been that good."

If you're asking about the puzzled look, it's probably because she doesn't even remember. I've seen players ask dealers as soon as the hand is over "did I get ya?" and they don't even remember sometimes.

We were taught to always say yes even if they didn’t. Which I always thought was a silly rule.

I’ve also seen someone say “no” to get an extra tip before lol

I think it’s a really bad question to ask because you’re putting the dealer in a tough spot. If you’re not sure just tip them.

Seems like it's because it can obviously be very easy to scam tips in that spot and whenever caught you have a solid out of, "Oh, it was a tough table to control, so I totally forgot that he got me."

Of course, and that's why some rooms have the policy to always answer yes. While the player getting scammed out of a toke may not notice, other players will and that reflects poorly on the room.

If it's "Eh, just tip them again - no big deal" then always saying yes regardless is equally no big deal for the dealer, right?

In my experience "Yes, sir, and thank you again" or "You certainly did, thank you" means yes, and a sheepish, "Uhmm, I think so" or "I don't remember either, but you always take care of me" or something similar means no.

I will sometimes say "yes" when asked if it was very recent and I don't remember. Admitting I was paying so little attention to a gift you might have given me 10 seconds ago seems disrespectful. Otherwise I'm honest. The only reasons they could be asking is because they genuinely want to know, or they're just being a dick.

When saying yes another player will often chime in that I should always say no.

If the player follows up my answer with "Are you sure?" I answer "There's only one way to be sure." which often results in a laugh and another dollar.

That 1500 pot from your 1/3 game may have been small compared to pots the dealer dealt at bigger games, in some rooms.