Paradox said:
If audited, excel files do not make them happy. Spreadsheets can easily be forged in a small matter of time. Along with your spreadsheets, they want to see the hand written notes you took at the casino that you then transfered to Excel or your PDA. Audits suck, especially when you think you've done it all correctly, only to find you haven't.
I'd add:
How many minutes I played, which table and the dealer's name. Heat received, what clothing I was wearing and I note which name I used, if I didn't play anon. Also, anything special-bad or AP-good.
The PC's name
Tokes, if any. Never toke without tracking it, NEVER! Humans have selective memories, don't depend on yours for tokes. No one should. It can suck you dry as quick as the house edge or faster. I toke when appropriate to my personal values, but I know exactly how much. I would never tip more than 15% of my EV or the house edge. 15% is a fair tip in my book. So many counters give away much if not most of their EV in what they consider "a little tipping." Working for casino tips must suck.
Paradox
that seems like quite a bit of info to keep track of, and for me, it would take a lot away from my ability to count, but the more the better, as long as you can handle it, which i couldnt; all that info would drive me crazy.. i keep track of the date, casino, win/loss total, and comps, and thats it, because i pretty much play 4 hours everytime anyways, and also, i wong, so i cant really divide wins by hours played with as much accuracy..
15% of your EV? that seems like a lot.. so if your EV is 1%, you give the dealer .0015*hph*avg bet? for me it would be .00045*75*10=$.33/hr? oh, i guess thats not so bad! it would actually be less than that because i dont play every hand, since i wong, so it would be more like $.15/hr (btw, im aware that my average bet would be more like $11-12 if im betting $10 flat, but whatever).. i was thinking of 15% of your hourly win rate.. wait nvm thats the same thing as 15% of your ev! duh..
i dunno, are casino dealers to be tipped the usual 15% like most tipping jobs? problem is, 15% of what? if it worked like restaurants, you would tip 15% of the total amount of money you put thru the table, which would bankrupt you.. probably 90% of people tip in bars and restaurants, if not more, but i see like 20% tipping at casinos, but then again there are the few people who tip probably 10% of everything they are putting out onto the table, which is crazy..
i am against tipping for most things, as i feel they should pay the employees more, UNLESS it is a job where the quality of the job to the customer can vary, such as a waiter, who can not refill your drinks, forget parts of the order, etc, but a dealer has to do the exact same job all the time, and yes ive heard about the various tiny things they can do such as not rat you out if your counting but pff, i dont tip ever, especially since my bankroll is $2000, but i tip up to 20-25% at bars, restaurants, etc.. it pisses me off when i see a tip line on a receipt at a fast food franchise, like kfc
