[nycbuddha]

I play in NYC at a place where I'm a regular and I tip more than most of you. Club dealers do not get a paycheck, they live entirely on tips. (Honestly, you pros and pro wannabes come off sounding cheap to me--and I'm a guy who thinks of himself as too cheap sometimes!)

I tip $1 for any pot, even a blind steal.
I tip $2 for a pot over $150.
For bigger pots, I tip 1% of my profit for the pot.

I am a winning player, so I'm not tipping myself into oblivian. I'm also an uber-tight player, so I'm not tipping that many pots.

At casinos I don't tip blind steals but I will tip every other pot at least $1.