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Originally Posted by gjpsr
I love all these big words and business module stuff, its a tip not a business model. Save the blah blah blah and go back to the seventies or Berkely or whatever never never land you live in. Bottom line if you play for a living and a few dollars in tips makes it so you cant make it at poker its not the dealers its you period, why dont you go get one of those 7 dollar a hour jobs you expect us to work.
Again, if you play for a living and consider $5000 chump change, send me a check.
And if one "stiff" in the casino means a dealer cannot make his rent payment, maybe he is in the wrong line of work.
Clue: Incompetent management will cost many dealers 1-2 downs a day. That is more lost income than any one "stiff" will cost the dealer.
I hear "we only deal part time" and "we don't deal a full 8 hour a shift" as an reason to tip more.
Those are the "stiff"'s fault?
If you only get 4 shifts and are only in the box 4 hours a shift, and you have "I take 10 seconds for all my decisions" 'pros' at your table slowing you down to 25 hands an hour, you will deal 400 hands a week.
If you are in a well run room, 5 shifts a week, 6 hrs a shift in the box, and 'fast' Limit games at 40hands/hr, you deal 1200 hands a week. (this is what San Jose dealers were making a couple of years ago).
400 hands vs 1200 hands.
One dealer is going to do well, even with occasional "stiffs". The other dealer is counting on each pot being tipped.
So, should we tip Mr 400 hands more per hand to make up the difference?
That is the system everybody seems to love. Puts the dealer at the mercy of the management.