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How often and how much should you tip the poker dealer?

Heading to Vegas in the summer, at low stakes does frequent tipping significantly effect your winnings?

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fullhouse 		No effect at all! Tip only when you walk away with winnings.

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jonbrown 		Never, why should I? I don't even play poker.

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twocox 		Why would you tip frequently? If you're not winning frequently, there's no reason to tip. Tip if you win big, or right before you leave the table. There's no reason to tip more than once.

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montie 		no!!! Only tip the dealer if they were courteous and you won.

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jamsey 		Tipping does significantly effect your winnings, plain and simple. Think about it this way, if you pull 3 pots an hour, say, and you tip 3 bucks everytime, you're simply taking a loss of $9/hr every single hour that you play. I'll take a $9/hr raise anytime, how about you?

Honestly though, stiffing the dealers will really not do you many favors either, as it lowers the happy go lucky environment that you want on a table. Hell, if I'm playing, I'll buy people drinks, laugh and joke with everyone, etc. Happy money is loose money.

So how much? Well, Mike Caro reccomended a dollar for an alright pot, and a couple bucks for a big pot. Another thing that's popular among the pros is when a dealer sits down, throwing him like 2-3 bucks, win or lose, for his rotation. If you consider having 10 people do that for a half hour push, the dealer won't be too butthurt, and you'll be saving money.

There's no wrong way to go perse, but tipping, like most things, is good in moderation.

Also, keep in mind WHY you're there. If that's your form of income to make a living, you'll probably want to be a little stiffer than if you're getting drunk on Saturday night. At that point, who gives a sht... :)

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ger2000 		when u feel lucky

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Davidov 		Being serious I've never heard of any nation talk about tipping as much as you Yanks. Giving a gratuity is entirely down to you if the service is good and you are enjoying yourself feel free to tip. If the service is cr@p don't tip. There is no set amount that you should tip, give what ever amount you are comfortable with whenever you want. You are the customer and you are the most important person at the table, not the dealer he will be paid regardless. The dealers job is to make you feel comfortable, it's not the other way around. Have a good time in Vegas and don't worry about tipping.

Oh and good luck.

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cameron 		$2 and every 10 minutes

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montie 		Depends on the tables betting limit but, say the average hold'em or stud table (no higher than $25 max bet) a good average is a $1 a deal IF the pot gets over $25. More if you win and the pot is a nice size.

Used to deal poker and this was about the average we recieved.

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twocox 		no; but you should tip 10-15%...

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fullhouse 		I woudl tip after a good win or when i get done but that obiously has no effect on winning

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