I just wanted to share my method of tipping dealers.
I put a $1 chip on the side bet for the dealer. I tell them that I am playing it for them. This has multiple benefits. It is a good way to reduce the amount that you are tipping, it gives the opportunity to make a tiny tip a much larger tip, and lastly it creates a small amount of cooperation between you and the dealer.
If the dealer gets a small win, I don't immediately give them the tip. I keep the winnings near the playing circle and I ask: "would you like your tip or would you like to play again?" I keep doing this until they request their tip or until we spend their tip trying to win. One dealer said: "don't be cheap, put all of the win on the bet. So I put it all on, three $1 chips and he lost it. He thought it was quite funny, called the pit boss and said: "I lost my tip."
My hope is that I can get some big wins for the dealers. Not too high. I wouldn't play a side bet with a $1000+ win because that would be difficult to give away and could even be suspicious to give that much to the dealer.
But say a $100 or $200 win would certainly make me very popular with the dealers, and they would very much always want me to win.
Even if I win them $200, I won't cry, because I have budgeted that amount as a tip for them, and I know that I am making a regular profit anyway.
When my bets are high and I am winning back large chunks of money very fast however, I find the dealers tend to get really grumpy. In those occasions I just throw them reds. Putting a $1 chip on the side bet would be a slap in the face.
Licentia.
I put a $1 chip on the side bet for the dealer. I tell them that I am playing it for them. This has multiple benefits. It is a good way to reduce the amount that you are tipping, it gives the opportunity to make a tiny tip a much larger tip, and lastly it creates a small amount of cooperation between you and the dealer.
If the dealer gets a small win, I don't immediately give them the tip. I keep the winnings near the playing circle and I ask: "would you like your tip or would you like to play again?" I keep doing this until they request their tip or until we spend their tip trying to win. One dealer said: "don't be cheap, put all of the win on the bet. So I put it all on, three $1 chips and he lost it. He thought it was quite funny, called the pit boss and said: "I lost my tip."
My hope is that I can get some big wins for the dealers. Not too high. I wouldn't play a side bet with a $1000+ win because that would be difficult to give away and could even be suspicious to give that much to the dealer.
But say a $100 or $200 win would certainly make me very popular with the dealers, and they would very much always want me to win.
Even if I win them $200, I won't cry, because I have budgeted that amount as a tip for them, and I know that I am making a regular profit anyway.
When my bets are high and I am winning back large chunks of money very fast however, I find the dealers tend to get really grumpy. In those occasions I just throw them reds. Putting a $1 chip on the side bet would be a slap in the face.
Licentia.
