The more you give, the more you get.

[NYWalker]

This is a question for those who has won some money from tournaments.

How much do you give to your friends and the house after winning a tournament?

For me, till now, I always give 3% as tip to the house/casino staff. 5% to my friends who sweated me. I believe the more I give, the more I'll get.

Here is an interesting story:
On Wednesday, after bubbling out twice at the Bike, I decided not to play the $1580 event and sold $1000 tournament chips to a friend at the Bike's registration desk. Just when I was about to leave, one of my friends came over and said this to me "Shan, you should play today, you are going to win this one. You didn't lose the other two tournaments, you bubbled out. That's different. I give this lucky xxxx to you for a good luck. Don't give up!" He gave me a pretty green leaf keychain with "BC" (Bicycle Casino) on it. I was moved by someone who trusts me so much. I registered the event and actually won it. Yes, this friend along with many others were with me till the very end. They make me feel strong and confident at difficult time when I had low stack.

Someone says 8% is too much, I don't agree. Without the friends and the house, there is no 92%.

In Chinese, we say "Running over the lakes and rivers (Jiang Hu, which means to survive in the real world), you need true friends." This is so true in poker.

[timex]

I give 5-10% in rake, and once gave a friend 1% for telling me how to play the tourney(his hourly rate was still 4 figures).

Can I sweat you some time?

[registrar]

I bought my dealer a ticket for the European Cup Final after a big cash. I needed a driver to get there though so this wasn't especially altruistic. Different type of dealer too.

[Annulus]

you are a giving man indeed. god bless you. and can i borrow a few bucks? ill pm you [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[JoseGonzlez]

yeah i dont know.

if they are really your friends why do you have to pay them 5 percent.

if they give you a similar 5 than its great especially with the variance of live tourneys.

im glad to hear you do well everyone used to rip you when you first started playing. maybe i need to give away 5 percent when stars lets me when the little [censored] tourneys they let me win. than maybe ill actually get lucky in the bigger ones.

[nath]

I usually tip 3-5% if I remember correctly. I don't give my friends money. They don't play the tournament for me and they don't need to be paid to be supportive.

[Gildwulf]

no wonder they sweat you till the end

[schwah]

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no wonder they sweat you till the end

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[ASPoker8]

Most people end up giving X% to Timex, obv

[timex]

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Most people end up giving >5% to Timex, obv

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