Anyone have a good guideline for tipping in live casino games?
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Anyone have a good guideline for tipping in live casino games?
I don't always keep track of my tips during a session, but from the few times I have tried it seems that I am tipping anywhere from $10-$20 per day. At 5-6 days a week that can be $200-$400 per month going out in tips. I just can't figure out a guide that will help me be fair with my tips. My casino is 10% rake capped at $5 with $2 promo ($1@$10 - $2@$20). So playing $1/$2 and winning a $50 pot would be paying out $7, then you add $1 tip. I am thinking maybe if playing $1/$2 we should not tip every hand we win, and maybe tip $1 for pots over $50. At $2/$5 we might tip $2 if deep stacked and we win a larger pot. Thoughts??
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I play $2/5 and my rule is $1 unless it's a massive pot (>$1k generally). Preflop if I take down the blinds/antes and a limp or two = No tip. If I 3bet an open and pick up $30-40 or whatever I will tip a $1.
Stick to the $1 and not tipping preflop and you will see some savings. Dealers don't expect more than $1 per hand anyways. No need to "feel bad" or whatever just because there are extra generous people giving them $5 in a $60 pot. That's their business.
Yeah that seems fair. The situation that I feel like I should or could change my tip amounts, is like when I raise to $15 get 1 caller, cbet flop and get a fold. I think since that would be $2 promo + $3 rake coming out of a $30-$35 pot, then maybe it would be ok to start tipping pots that are either larger than $50 (max rake + promo) or like you said, 3b and taking it down since there is no drop. Especially when playing $1/$2 or $1/$3.
Call me stingy, but I only tip in large pots > 200$, and that's 1$ for my hand. Even large 1-2k pots are only 1$, At session end I'm still tipping out like 5-15$
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