[TStoneMBD]

the dealers say they wont tip them a dime. i assume that means the dealers are saying the players arent tipping more than a dollar. maybe im mistaken and they are saying that they arent even getting tipped a dollar, which really isnt all that unreasonable as every pot in the 4k/8k game is 10k+ so for a player to not tip for 1 pot isnt that bad especially if hes stuck as long as the dealers are still making a very good wage.

of course, as someone mentioned i think that if better dealers are dealing the big game then they should be tipped better than normal dealers. im not saying dealers shouldnt make money, of course they should, just many of them think they deserve to make more than $30/hour just because they are dealing a game that results in large amounts of money changing hands. they dont.

tom, of course its wrong for players to blame the dealer when they catch bad cards. i was just saying that many dealers feel they should be rewarded for dealing lucky hands yet these same people dont feel they should be chastised when they deal losing hands. my point is that dealers dont influence the luck of the cards and shouldnt be compensated based on whether someone at the table is lucky or not. they should however make a fair hourly rate but many of them feel they are entitled to more than they receive and get angry when they are only tipped a dollar for shipping a 20k pot. this angers me because i personally see to it that dealers make a fair hourly wage because i tip more than they receive on average. some get angry when only receiving a dollar for shipping a nice pot which shows a serious lack of appreciation for someone like me who does his best to provide for them a good living. of course, most dealers dont say anything at the table but so often ill be talking to a dealer and hell tell me about how someone only tipped him a dollar when he shipped that person a $2000 pot and how that someone is cheap because of it. how ungrateful.