Tipping at table games,Am I too Generous$

Frankly if you are playing roulette the edge against you is so strong (10 times that of BJ and craps) that you should limit your tips to 2 bucks. I see people tip obscene amounts of money at BJ tables, leaving them no chance of winning. I tip a buck every third blackjack or so.
Note-in grind joints like Western, El Cortez, etc. the dealer may occasionally make a "mistake" and pay you for a tied hand or knock you for a 1 point loss. I make it a point to tip within a couple of hands any time these "mistakes" occur.

Dealer errors should be encouraged and rewarded, and I usually will bet for them the next hand, "on top" at a table game, and that wager will be about 1/3 - 1/2 of the error or bet saved.

I started another posting about dealer mistakes .

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I play low fixed limit poker, mostly 2/4 Hold'em. I was playing at AZ Charlie's Decatur on a Super Bowl weekend about 10 years ago, and one of the regulars (I might have been the only irregular player at the table) was only tipping the dealer 50 cents, even in pots he won that were over $100. I made an admittedly snide comment about his less than generous tipping policy. He didn't say anything right away. He waited until a seat opened next to me, and he moved to it. First hand dealt, he turned to me and screamed "F-you, F-you, F-you!" I didn't know why the guy was screaming obscenities at me, because this happened a good 20 minutes after I made the snide remark. His outburst was noticed by the room manager, and guess who was asked to leave the poker room? Me! A couple years later, I was back playing in that room and the cheap tipper was now dealing instead of playing. I smiled and tipped him 50 cents on each pot I won. Karma can be a bitch!

I play bar top VP. Whenever I hit a royal, the bartender is going to get a $20 bill for each beer he or she serves to me for at least 3 beers. I've been a bartender (owned a bar for a while) and I have a true appreciation of what it takes to be a good bartender.

The single largest tip I've left at a table game in Vegas was $100 at the French roulette table at the Paris. That $100 was at the end of the best session I ever had at that wheel. During that session, I was tipping with every win, and there were a lot of them - I probably tipped the croupiers $500 over the course of 3 hours. I lost three spins in a row and colored up. I bought in for $500, colored up at $4850. Those dealers had become my friends on a first name basis over the 12 months that table was on the Paris casino floor. They knew my betting pattern and would remember it even if it had been a month since I last played. They knew of my profession (I work in auto racing) and they were genuinely interested in it - lots of conversations started by them related to it. That table staff couldn't have made me feel more at home with a group of friends, and I really appreciated it.

The bottom line on tipping the people who make most of their living from tips in a casino is, when you are winning don't be a tightwad. Sulobo, you aren't too generous!

A question- Why is it that the players, who are risking their money, are expected to supplement the income of dealers who knowingly are underpaid by the casinos and who also willingly accept employment at the less than fair wage? I feel that any tipping I do should be because I have received better than expected service- not because it is expected, whether I win or lose. If I win and have received great service, I will tip. If I lose and or receive lousy service I will tip according to the value of said service.On the other hand, if I am a most welcomed customer and lose money, should I expect the dealers to take up a pool and help replace my losses? If not, why not?

I think a $20 tip for a $500 pot is over generous. But not if you aren't a regular. If you're playing for fun...why not over tip the dealer. After all, you're there for fun on vacation. The dealers really don't expect regulars and "working" players to over tip them as they are doing it for a living and each tip cuts into their bottom line.

When I was a "prop" player working in Gardena, CA., I had dealers tell me I was tipping them too much. I was giving them a dollar each pot unless it was a "walk". If I won a large pot, I would give them $5. However, if I was lucky enough to hit a jackpot, I would compensate them with a nice % of the pot.

I don't know about roulette as I rarely if ever play the game. But in black jack, I would throw them a toke of about a $1 now matter how I was doing if I hit a BJ. Since I'm a progressive bettor in BJ, I would progress their tip in proportion to my bet. Twice I had $200 going for the dealer when my bet got up to $2000. And mind you, they were getting tipped all the way up to my $2000 bet. On my streak, if I had to double down on a bet, I'd also double down for the dealer also. Same thing with a split.

A friend of mine who was a dealer just looked at each hand as just another hand. If someone hit a jackpot and never tipped him..which happened at times, he wouldn't even give the person a bad look if he didn't get tipped. It was just another hand.

Bagiant, which hole... I mean... casino in Gardena did you prop at?

If I was at a table and I hit for $500 I slip over a $20 and say thanks. Is this too much? And i think i would do the same thing as you! I usually tip $5 dollars every hundred dollars i win and if the dealers are really cool i may give a little more, it depends on the mood and vibe i'm filling. I always tip the maids $10 bucks(leave it on the night-stand when i check out) for cleaning the rooms because they do the dirty work which i never want to do.