Do you tip when you're down?

[sharpie]

If not how many BBs down before you don't tip? And do you go by whether you're down in the session, day, or some other timeframe?

[Chipr777]

If the dealers doing a good job why should that make a difference? It's not his/her fault you play bad.

[sharpie]

Never said it was the dealers fault we get bad variance. I'm talking about winning players, maybe full time players that feel like they're working alongside the dealer.

[The DaveR]

I tip every pot regardless of my overall session results, my mood, the weather, or other unrelated factors.

[PokerBob]

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[Jim Morgan]

I approach tipping from a different point of view than many folks. I consider my overall cost of playing poker when deciding what to tip. I do not make a distinction between money that goes to the house and money that goes to the dealer. The only control I have over my expenses is through the way I tip or by simply choosing not to play.

When the rake is high in comparison to the limit or in comparison to what I deem a fair cost, I greatly reduce or even simply eliminate tipping.

The Oaks club has decided they cannot live with $4 drop in their 4/8 O8 game. I really feel no obligation to shell out a tip in addition to a $5 drop. In my way of thinking, the casino is stealing my $1 toke and expecting me to happily replace it with another.

Nor do I tip in 3/6 holdem games with a $4 drop. Again, the rake is too high for the game. I will tip in 6/12 or higher or in a 4/8 game with only a 4$ drop, but except for Omaha, which is hard to find in higher limits here in the Bay Area, I will only stay below 6/12 while waiting for a seat in the higher game.

I find no merit in the argument that a dealer relies on tips for his or her living. Dealing can be a tough job, but it pays very well compared to the skill required. If people tipped less, dealers could always look for better work. The only reason I tip at all is due to the social custom. The custom here is that players have 2 costs: The rake and tipping the dealer. However, when a casino chooses to over-rake my pots, I will compensate by tipping far less often. The "villan" here is not me, 'the stiff". The villian is the casino for its greed. The money going into the rake is a passive thing and people don't think of it in the same way they think of tipping, even though my cost to play is identical if I tip 1$ and have a 3$ drop vs. having a 4$ drop with no tip.

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[DirtyDiggs]

So if the casino were to drop thier rake, you would then throw in $2 bucks because of the casino's "generosity"?

[jason_t]

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I tip every pot regardless of my overall session results, my mood, the weather, or other unrelated factors.

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[swede123]

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What he said, with the only exception being when it's hailing outside, then I save my tips, unless of course I'm feeling melancholy.

Swede

[VORP]

I have no idea why being down would matter.