Long story short, at my local casino I had quad nines beat by a jack high straight flush thus hitting the bad beat jackpot of $218,000. My 50% cut was $109,000 - $31,000 (taxes) = $78,000. Not bad, considering it was my 8th hand of the evening.

So, what would you leave for a tip on this win?

$10

~$50,000

Why would you leave a tip you lost

I'm very sorry the government taxes their tips, that's [censored] up. That ain't my fault. It would seem to me that dealers are one of the many groups the government [censored] in the ass on a regular basis. Look, if you ask me to sign something that says the government shouldn't do that, I'll sign it, put it to a vote, I'll vote for it, but what I won't do is play ball. And as for this non-college [censored] I got two words for that: learn to [censored]' type, 'cause if you're expecting me to help out with the rent you're in for a big [censored]' surprise.

he has a point

no tip, you didnt win

What stakes were you playing and how big was the pot you lost?

he just changed my mind, give me my dollar back!

Very nice. QFT.

lol. Actually up to that point in the 8 hands I had played I had KK, AK, JJ and AQ before I had the 99. I hadn't won any of those hands either. I did make a comment to the dealer that I may not be able to tip him since I hadn't won a hand all night.

How much did you tip though?

If I am on vacation and this happens at a random place, then I tip a small percentage. However, as a dealer myself I am known thoughout most of the area cardrooms as a good tipper and I have to live up to that BECAUSE it all comes back to me because these dealers come play in my room and tip me. So if it's local I think I tip like $5,000... if I'm on vacation then something like $2,000

EDIT: I'm sure you left something like $1,000-$2,000 and you got a bunch of [censored] from people. [censored] them, how many people saying that to you can say they've handed somebody $2,000 as a GRATUITY in their entire lives? There comes a point where the percentage doesn't matter because you're actually just handing someone a ton of money for their normal work.

he actually has a point about him having a point

replies at this point are rapidly losing any point

This is actually exactly along the line of thinking that I took when I tipped. This is my home card room in which I have gotten to know all the dealers and a good number of the regulars. I did end up tipping $5,000 and have taken some grief from friends thinking this was too much. Maybe it was, but whether I went home with $78,000 or $73,000 I was still having a good night and luckily I'm at a point in my life where I have no debt and no money worries so I could spread it around a little and not worry about it.

im seriously hoping this is a level.

Give the man a hundo.

wow 5k is way too much, but congrats on the jackpot

I'd slip the man a dollar just to keep the other players off my nuts for not tipping.

you have a point

Oh and another thing I forgot to add to the above line of thinking... if it was a dealer I didn't like, I would follow them around from table to table with a rack of white chips (or small denomination they have... if they have 50 centers or 25 centers even better!)... and tip that dealer with about $100 worth of small denom chips and laugh at their misery of losing out on 5k by hitting the wrong guy. [censored] them

Serious response: 1k.