Is tipping from your pocket illegal?

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This thread contains some of the stupidest house policies I've ever heard of.

[Mygtar]

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Where did this happen, and has the floor been tested for retardation yet?

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Wait for it................Foxwoods.

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Shock, dismay, I can hardly believe my eyes. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

From now on there better be no more complaining from Vegas, CA, or AC people about dealers. At least you all can go someplace else. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

[jjshabado]

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So let me get this straight, one can tip the dealer with pocket change/chips?

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of course. why wouldn't this be allowed? hell you can give the dealer a piece of gum from your pocket as a tip if you want.

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If anything, it would make sense to NOT allow tipping from your stack. But since this would make life very difficult and hurt dealers tips it doesn't make sense.

[boscoboy]

If anything, it would make sense to NOT allow tipping from your stack. But since this would make life very difficult and hurt dealers tips it doesn't make sense.


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[bwana devil]

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So let me get this straight, one can tip the dealer with pocket change/chips?

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technically speaking isnt this really the only proper way to tip? i thought by most rules one was not allowed to tip from one's stack since it takes money off of the table but the rule is never enforced (nor should it be).

[kailua]

[/ QUOTE ] why wouldn't this be allowed? hell you can give the dealer a piece of gum from your pocket as a tip if you want.

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Simultaneously chewing gum and dealing at FW?

[Quadstriker]

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This thread contains some of the stupidest house policies I've ever heard of.

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[Rick Nebiolo]

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So let me get this straight, one can tip the dealer with pocket change/chips?

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technically speaking isnt this really the only proper way to tip? i thought by most rules one was not allowed to tip from one's stack since it takes money off of the table but the rule is never enforced (nor should it be).

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I've never heard or seen a complaint about tipping dealers from a stack. But ten years ago I worked the floor at Hollywood Park and occasionally someone would complain about the fact HP allowed people to play the horses with chips from their stack. Generally I'd handle it by asking to talk to the player away from the table at his convenience.

If we got away I'd say, "Sir, most people believe that allowing people to bet the horses helps the action here. Betting from their stack is a convenience for them even though it takes a little money off the table. Look at that table (pointing to a table full of horse bettors) versus that table (where nobody was betting horses). Which game has more action?

That never failed to quell the complaints except for an uber-nit or two. And keeping uber-nits happy should never be a cardroom priority.

~ Rick

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I've never heard or seen a complaint about tipping dealers from a stack.

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I dealt with a complaint once and told them to give the tip back. A regular player's wife was the cocktail waitress. He won a nice pot in a $1-$2 NL game and "tipped" over $100 for his next drink.

[jjshabado]

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If anything, it would make sense to NOT allow tipping from your stack. But since this would make life very difficult and hurt dealers tips it doesn't make sense.


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What's so confusing? There are rules in place to keep money in play on the table. Tipping the dealer from your stack removes money from the table. Tipping from your pocket doesn't remove money from the table. Its not rocket science.

Its a stupid argument either way.