Tournament Strategy Question

[stinkee]

What? You guys don't tip over there? Over here, the dealers get tipped after every hand.. I've only played on $1/$2 tables and you always toss 1 or 2 chips back to the dealer after every hand. Which amounts to less than 10%.
People are tip crazy over here. You will usually find a "tip jar" everywhere - in a sandwich shop, sometimes at the gas station, etc... Maybe 'cuz the cost of living is so high.

[jacks_off4me]

i was talking more about that "extra" the man does at his job. the cost of living is expensive everywhere (heard the swiss are happy) and those tip cups is also at every corner...

the roulette dealer does his job, he spins the roulette. the game is based on how lucky the players are + that slight edge to the casino. if the player feels the dealer has extra helped him more than to others/to the house- it's reasonable to tip him for dome good spins.

the waiter does his job by serving people. he gets paid to do that but if the customer feels the waiter treated him with extra attention took care of him more than the others, theres no reason to tip him each with his own view of how much.

now the poker dealer does his job by shuffling cards at the casino, dealing them and watching over the clean game. and if poker is a game of skill, then its up to the players to outplay their opponents with their given hole cards, and that makes the dealer lets say "less elighable" for that tipping - surely not 10 percent of your winnings.

or maybe its just luck?

[Disturbed]

Originally Posted by jacks_off4me

i was talking more about that "extra" the man does at his job. the cost of living is expensive everywhere (heard the swiss are happy) and those tip cups is also at every corner...

the roulette dealer does his job, he spins the roulette. the game is based on how lucky the players are + that slight edge to the casino. if the player feels the dealer has extra helped him more than to others/to the house- it's reasonable to tip him for dome good spins.

the waiter does his job by serving people. he gets paid to do that but if the customer feels the waiter treated him with extra attention took care of him more than the others, theres no reason to tip him each with his own view of how much.

now the poker dealer does his job by shuffling cards at the casino, dealing them and watching over the clean game. and if poker is a game of skill, then its up to the players to outplay their opponents with their given hole cards, and that makes the dealer lets say "less elighable" for that tipping - surely not 10 percent of your winnings.

or maybe its just luck?

hehehe so you know how gamblers develop these things?

you know I tipped one waiter once alot for a bottle of water in the casino and all my friends looked and strated "the food/water is free what are you doing blablabla"

Anyways I won that day, and now everytime I go there I do the same thing. Everytime players look at me like a nutcase. but i donno it helps. I think alot of players do that because it makes them feel good and ur feeling good ur playing well. The guy from ace on the river said that.

[Disturbed]

Originally Posted by GypsyTea

I tiped them 10% they didnt ask for anything, I think 10% fair

GT

hehe what happens when you win something like 100K or 1 mil?
(thinking of becoming a dealer)

[Arjonius]

I'm inclined to push or fold. If I play the hand, I want to do so against only the all-in short stack. Calling gives the blinds better than 2.5:1 to call, and if the SB call, the BB is getting 3.5. So I'd rather try to discourage them from playing speculative hands that put my 99 at risk, like medium A or two paints.

You can't justify folding because a larger stack happened to have KK behind you on this particular hand. Rather, you have to consider the probability that either player after you will have a hand in the range that would call your push, and also the range of the all-in player.

With no sense of the opponents' styles, I'd guess that combination of these ranges would incline me somewhat toward folding.

[lordcd]

Everything depends on how juice earlier in mind always that identifies who plays better who is lying and who always has the AGREC bet when all this must be taken into account I think jeje

[siskos]

almost same happened to me at 40 dolar buyin tournament. top 8 paid, 9 players left. i was in low the 3. we low stacks never enter game. 2 chip leaders were bullying game. one of them put 4 times of big blind. but he was rasing all. i had 99. i alled in and he showed aces and i was eliminated. these situations are a bit luck

[pirates831]

Originally Posted by siskos

almost same happened to me at 40 dolar buyin tournament. top 8 paid, 9 players left. i was in low the 3. we low stacks never enter game. 2 chip leaders were bullying game. one of them put 4 times of big blind. but he was rasing all. i had 99. i alled in and he showed aces and i was eliminated. these situations are a bit luck

tough one there. but i think i would have folded and waited for a better hand against him. plus you only had to bust one more player to cash.

[wicked663]

I would reraise all in. I feel if you just call you are inviting action from other players. But there are better players on here that think different so who knows. I just think once you call you are pretty much commited if some one reraise you. And if the big stack has AK or AQ he/she may just call aswell but you gotta think they would fold a drawing hand over playing it into 2 all ins.

[RyANsuLLivAN]

considering the little bit higher than mid pocket pair with 99 i would have probably called the guy before you, and hope there is a raise after...if someone raises go all in and hope that ur preflop pocket pair is winning (which it usually is )