He wants grease, give him grease - lather up your hand with Crisco and give him what he thinks will be a $20 handshake.

Man that would be hilarious to see.

trolls or ******s everywhere in nvg today. maybe i'm getting too old for this ****.

you are comparing apples and oranges. bribing to get into a dance club faster is standard. bribing to be able to play a gambling game in vegas where they have a built in profit/rake line +expected tips is absolutely absurd. and if you can't understand the full list of reasons why on your own then nothing can help you.

Do we only rat out people breaking hotel and casino rules if it involves filming a documentary? This guys behavior is worse then the documentary guy, he is an employee of the Rio. Love your work Srsly, you are extremely talented but regarding this situation I don't understand the lack of consistency.

Thanks for the post Mike. This information helps explain a situation I experienced maybe three years ago. I was in the poker room at the Gold Strike in Tunica waiting for an Omaha/8 table to open up. There were already six people on the sign up list when I added my name. I did not want to play hold 'em, so I took a seat at an empty table and spent time chatting with the dealers assuming that the table would be called at any moment. (I had witnessed hold 'em tables that were opened with as few as five players on the waiting list.) Within an hour there were nine or ten people on the Omaha/8 wait list, so I thought the table should be called immediately. Not wanting to raise a stink or anything like that, (who, me!?), but also wanting the game to start as I was well on my way to becoming an Omaholic, I approached the floor manager and asked when the Omaha/8 table would be called? She said something to the effect of: "When there are enough players, we will call the table" followed by her quickly turning and walking away. (I got the distinct impression that she resented me bothering her with such a trivial matter.) So I spent another half-hour to 45 minutes chatting with dealers and waiting. I have the patience of Job, but even Job's patience is not unlimited ...

I went over and checked the sign up list again. There were now 12 players on the Omaha/8 list and the table had still not been called! So I approached the floor manager (again) and pointed out this fact. She mumbled something to the effect that the table would be called once there were enough players "to keep the game going" or some comment to that effect. Out of frustration, (by this point I had been waiting for three hours), I began walking around the room asking players at the hold 'em tables if any of them were signed up on the Omaha/8 list and if they wanted to play Omaha? This seemed to really piss off the floor manager as she made it clear to me that it was not my job to run the poker room. With that I said, (to myself), "The hell with this, I'm leaving!" I found the lady I had brought to Tunica with me - she was downstairs playing the slots - and told her "Come on, we're leaving." She didn't seem too happy, so I told her she could stay if she wanted but she could walk back home or get a rental car because "I'm leaving!"

During checkout, the desk clerk asked me why I was checking out so soon as we had checked in only five hours earlier. So I told her I didn't appreciate waiting three hours for a table to open up in the poker room. On the 235 mile drive back home, I explained to my lady friend what had occurred in the poker room. I haven't been back to Tunica since that unpleasant experience. Now, thanks to you PSUMike1999, it's obvious where I went wrong ... I didn't slip two or three $5 chips into the hands of the floor manager. I suppose I'm a bit naïve, but that thought just didn't occur to me. Once before I had won $600 in a football squares contest and gave half of it to the dealers, so I suppose the floor manager was expecting her cut before she called the table. She must have been thinking: "Come on you idiot, I've seen you tip before. If you really want to play Omaha, grease my palms!"

The last I heard the Gold Strike poker room is one of three poker rooms in Tunica that have been closed. I'm sure my experience had absolutely nothing to do with that decision.

stinkpalm imo

edit: f me im right below an alan c lawhon wall of aids

I was making a joke in reference to that thread.

So This this is the runaround we are going to get at the Rio if we want to play satellites. They might think about having a little talk with this older gentlemen because this is truly ****ed up.

LOL I stand corrected sir . This is why you are a comedic genius and I am just some poster on 2+2. Went right over my head .

The SNG area at the Rio this year seems like a complete disaster. It swas much smoother previous years where there was no line or secret lists and they just put out the seat cards on a first come, first serve basis.

i hope the internet gets this guy fired.

losing your job over a $20 tip. oops.

About the funniest thing I have read in weeks.

Oh, ffs! Some ppl want to play a $525 sat and a few won't go into their pockets for $5 each in a town run on tips. W/E you do don't go to the topless bars.

this isnt about stingy players. its not even about "tipping" really.

the guy is paid to do a job. that job is to start sats. when enough people are registered. if he does a great job, sure, tip him.

he's extorting players: "if u want to play, pay me". well i have news for him: some1 already paid you to do your job. your employer.

they should make an example of him, and maybe he kept his figure in good enough shape so he can go work for tips as a Chipendale.

When at a restaurant, do you prefer to tip the waiters as soon as you sit down or on the way to the table? Any chance that you do it at the time you make a reservation?

So just to clarify you firmly support the guy running the satellites with his hand in the "waiting for tip" position?

Shame on you! The house takes more than enough juice from all of their events to be able to provide proper and courteous service to the customers. As mentioned above the satellite area is a complete cluster **** this year and the staff trying to squeeze players for tips is one of the reasons why.

Look, I get all of this, but let's be real. Workers in LV hustle for tips if they can more than any place else in the world. OP is outraged, which is just silly, when, while some ppl might not like it, it's not that much of a surprise. To me a few dollars tip, when you're going to play for much more, is not a big deal. But poker players in particular, esp pro types, don't mind the gamble but HATE the tip.

I know that when I pull up to a LV hotel for check-in I have a bunch of small bills for tips. If I didn't I'd have to call for a bed so that the bell hop has a place to sleep.

You ever go to a LV show w/ open seating? Here's a suggestion: Tip the guy who picks your seat. Same goes for restaurants w/ w/e that person at the podium is called or you'll be sitting next to the restroom. It's the way some things work and, for small money, isn't that big of a deal.

Not for this. I've taken far worse positions!

This is totally different than tipping at a hotel to get a better room or at a show to get a better seat. Casino gambling is strictly regulated by the state government precisely to prevent this sort of corruption. Casino employees who have power over gaming have a much higher duty to assure that all players in these games are treated fairly.

Casinos are permitted by the state regulators to take a rake in exchange for providing fair games. And players come to the casino with the expectation that they will be treated fairly and not cheated out of the chance at a square game because of bribery. This is not the case at restaurants or hotels, where it is entirely expected that paying more money will get you better service.

I have a bad back, and expected the line to move a lot quicker. It's one of the worst things for my back, to stand in 1 place. i'm actually still having some pain issues because of it. I would have tipped, had I known, but I also think it's scummy.

The chairs were also way uncomfortable. Long hours on those chairs, not for me.

Ok. OP should get the gaming enforcement official and confront the vile offender.

Haha wp

This is your opinion, and luckily it seems nobody here shares your opinion.