Tip Hustling at the Trop
 

Two nights ago, I got to play in what may have been the best $1-$2 no limit game in the history of poker. Good times were had by all. However, I saw some atrocious tip hustling and weird behavior from the staff. There's no real content here, just a story and an invitation for others to share more tales of tip hustling.

The game was revolving around a boisterous young party animal and a super-duper loose and bluffy guy with a seemingly endless supply of hundred dollar bills. The loud partier was buying drinks (he obviously knew someone at the casino and was getting the good liquor for the table) and playing giant pots every chance he got. The very first thing I saw when I sat down was the life of the party raking in a monster pot. He throws a handful of redbirds to the dealer who stops gathering in the cards, looks down and says something like, "That's all? Come on, you give me fifty." She was smiling but she wasn't joking, get it? The life of the party (herafter Life) cocks his head, pauses then flings another redbird in. The dealer says again. "Ah, last time you give me fifty. One more." Life obliges and the next hand gets dealt. I see this over and over during the course of the night, not just with Life but with other players including myself. The table was really rocking and I won a big pot and tossed the dealer $3. Then, as I was stacking chips, I couldn't remember seeing her pick up the tip so I asked, "Did you get the ones I tossed you?" She says to me, "Yes, but only three" and she was smiling but she wasn't joking.

The same two dealers dealt to us all night. One, Mario, was professional and did not beg tips or get out of line. The other dealer (who I won't name) was absolutely shameless about her hustling. All night, she would ask for another chip or make a comment about a tip or hint that a pot was bigger than the tip showed and she was smiling but she wasn't joking.

Then, the waitress. Immediately after one of those pots where Life threw a bunch of money at the dealer, who wasn't satisfied and asked for more, the cocktail waitress came by with a full tray of shots that Life was buying (this was the good stuff) for everyone. Life very loudly announced that everyone needed to get out a dollar and tip the waitress. Life said this a few times, ending with a statement along the lines of, "Anyone who doesn't give this lady a white chip is just a bum." The waitress then stated to the whole table, "But my favorite color is red." Sadly, she wasn't even smiling.

This was really outrageous behavior in my opinion and I've never seen anything quite like it. I was there with another 2+2er who I know has logged amazing numbers of poker hours in pretty much every room in the city and I get the impression he'd never seen anything quite like it, either. Anyone else here have a tip hustling tale to share?

SpaceAce

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I'd be pissed if a dealer asked me for a bigger tip. A tip is something given entirely at the discretion of the tipper. But if I see a dealer hustling a drunk for tips I'd just laugh. You sat down to hustle the drunk bluffer out of his money too didn't you? Poker players are hustlers too, we pick on drunks, idiots and amateurs too. Also, it's his fault for paying up.

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But if I see a dealer hustling a drunk for tips I'd just laugh. You sat down to hustle the drunk bluffer out of his money too didn't you?

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Not even remotely comparable. The dealer is there as an employee and representative of the casino. Just because the players are there to hustle one another does not make it acceptable for the staff to do so. Anyway, she wasn't just doing it to the guy throwing the party.

SpaceAce

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This is pretty disgusting.
I am just glad we didn't have to deal with any of this at Magoofest.

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Why did you tip even $3?

That really is a very strange story, never seen anything like it. Usually when a dealer gets over $5 they just say thanks and put it in their box as fast as they can

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This is pretty disgusting.
I am just glad we didn't have to deal with any of this at Magoofest.

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You sir, owe me a new keyboard. This one has coke all over it.

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Post your trip report at allvegaspoker

for more eyes to see it. I hate tip hustlers. And if dealers don't say thanks, I stop tipping...

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The table was really rocking and I won a big pot and tossed the dealer $3. Then, as I was stacking chips, I couldn't remember seeing her pick up the tip so I asked, "Did you get the ones I tossed you?" She says to me, "Yes, but only three" and she was smiling but she wasn't joking.

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At this point, I take the tip back. She doesn't get a single chip from me the rest of the night.

Depending on my mood, I may stack all of the bitch's would-be tips in their own stack and push the stack to Mario when he comes to replace her, making sure she sees. If I decide not to do this, Mario might just get a redbird just for replacing her.

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I once had a dealer refuse to give me a seat change button (because the table was full). When I explained to her thats why I needed the button she said "no one is leaving soon". As if they had filled out schedules for her or something.

I then won four huge pots in a row and didn't tip her at all. She commented to me and I called the floor.

In this situation I would have privately talked to the floor each and every time it happened. You don't want to slow or stop the game because you don't want life to know anythign about this.

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Post your trip report at <a href="www.allvegaspoker.com" target="_blank">allvegaspoker</a>

for more eyes to see it....

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Are y'all carrying AC trip reports now too? Or just general stuff about tip hustling? Or does the Tropicana in LV spread poker?