[xxThe_Lebowskixx]

"Amusing anecdote

I was heading to the Las Vegas airport to fly back to Los Angeles a few days after I had met Patrik and his friend Roland de Wolfe. Roland told me they were taking a limo to LA and asked if I would join them. They wanted to talk about the upcoming Professional Poker League as well as other poker topics.

I felt like it would be a nice gesture on my part to travel with them, since I assumed this was their first trip to the West Coast. A limo to LA costs around $700, but it is free if you are a high limit casino player. They had arranged to take a Bellagio limo with a very pleasant driver who was a seven-card stud player.

Half way to LA, the driver stopped at a Greek restaurant and Patrik gave him his tip for the trip. Patrik handed the driver a wad of money, and although he didn’t ask me to pay my share, I insisted. Patrik told me he had given the driver $1900, which seemed like an absurd tip, but I gave Patrik $700 for my share. I assumed Patrik was unfamiliar with American money and tipping amounts, which I had seen before with foreigners.

Being helpful, I told them that $1900 was a lot to give the limo driver. Roland told me that the limo cost $1700 and they had only tipped $200. I could have gotten the limo comped if they had told me. I now realized that the driver had been undertipped, so I gave him $300 more when we got to my house. "

f**k me