Tipping the Blackjack Dealer - Blackjack Dealer Tips

When to Tip the Blackjack Dealer

When you find yourself playing blackjack, at a casino, instead of a table on the Internet, you may hopefully find the blackjack players around you giving the blackjack dealer money, other than losses to the house. This money is known as a tip. Some blackjack players see tipping the blackjack dealer as a requirement, other blackjack players find that the money they lose to the house is enough money spent for their entertainment.

One of the biggest differences between playing blackjack on the Internet and in a live casino, on a live blackjack table, with a live blackjack dealer dealing blackjack to you, is the tipping factor. One of the best advantages of playing blackjack on the Internet, is the lack of tipping required. On the other hand, playing blackjack in a casino, tipping may not be required, but it sure is expected of you to some extent. A lot of fellow blackjack players may give you a lot of grief if you are not tipping the blackjack dealer and keeping the good vibes flowing.

A very good thing to keep in mind, while a blackjack dealer is dealing blackjack to you is, that blackjack dealer is most likely only getting paid minimum wage from the casino to be there and deal to you. The casino itself assumes that blackjack players like yourself will be tipping the blackjack dealers, so they only pay the dealer minimum wage, not because the dealer is only worth minimum wage to the house, but because the more the dealer makes per hour, including tips, the more the house feels the urge to pay the blackjack dealer's superiors more, to make sure that the blackjack dealer does not make more than his or her superiors. The problem that arises from the blackjack dealer making more money than his or her superiors is, how would the casino find anyone to supervise the casino's blackjack dealers, if it meant taking a cut in pay? It is important that the casino has supervisors for the blackjack dealers, to maintain the integrity of the game and to of course, hand out comps, or free dinners, free buffets, free hotel rooms, free valet parking validation and other great free stuff that the casino gives away to keep you coming back for more.

It is also good to tip the blackjack dealer well, for good karma. If you are not a karma believer, take this in to consideration, what if you have a larger than normal bet out on a certain hand of blackjack, and what if comes a discrepancy of some sort, where the dealer may have some influence on the blackjack dealer's supervisor's decision on how to rectify the issue at hand. What if the decision the blackjack dealer's supervisor makes could have an effect on your money? This is one of those times where how well you treated the blackjack dealer will come to make a difference.

We all believe that the customer is always right, but a lot of times in the blackjack world, the blackjack dealer's supervisor may take what the blackjack dealer says as gospel and ignore what ever story you are telling, in the spirit of thinking you are a blackjack player, greedy and looking for any opportunity to win back money off of a losing hand. A lot of times the decision is made in rectifying an issue simply by the discretion of the blackjack dealer him or her self. How the blackjack dealer feels about you, as a person, is usually based on how well you have treated them, as a person, in plain English, if you tipped them well throughout your stay at his or her table, even if you were not a pleasant person to be around, that blackjack dealer could make a decision that could make or break an outcome of a hand, which means money could be won or lost, just by the decision the blackjack dealer made. On the other hand, if all of the other blackjack players are tipping the blackjack dealer well, and you are not at all tipping the blackjack dealer, that blackjack dealer could, even if it is not right, acquire a disliking for you, which seems harmless, until the blackjack dealer finds an opportunity to have an impact on a hand of blackjack, that could cost you a considerable amount of money.

Even if the occasion never arises where the blackjack dealer could cost you money, the amount of tipping, or lack thereof could have a considerable influence on how the dealer treats you as a person, how polite they are to you, how accommodating they are to you. Keep in mind, a lot of times the blackjack dealer can be of great service to you, other than just dealing blackjack to you, such as, the blackjack dealer may have the ability to influence the casino management in giving you free stuff, or comping you a hotel room when the weather is bad, and you are out all of your spending money for the day, which in turn, could actually, literally save your life, by preventing you from having to drive home in nasty, unsafe weather conditions. How well you tip the blackjack dealer could have other, less direct types of impact on your life, such as maybe the dealer has networking abilities, that could benefit you in your professional life, or maybe even your social life.

Some blackjack players believe they only need to tip the blackjack dealer when they are winning, or ahead, regardless of how well the service from the blackjack dealer him or her self was, and if they are losing money at that blackjack table, or that day or over all for that year, or over all in all the time they have played blackjack in their entire life, that they need not tip the blackjack dealer. There are some flaws in this kind of thinking, a few big ones come quickly to mind. One flaw in this type of thinking is, you are most likely playing blackjack for entertainment purposes only, not to make money, or to make a living, entertainment is not free. When you go to a movie, or the zoo, you have to pay for the entertainment provided by that outlet, blackjack is no different. How about when you go out to eat, at a restaurant, do you tip the server or the cook? Most people will still tip the server, even if the cook did not cook the food to perfection, after all, the server still did his or her job, even if the food is not so satisfactory. Same goes true with blackjack, even if you lose money while playing, the blackjack dealer still did his or her job, which was to serve and entertain you during your visit at the casino. An other good example is, you could go to a grocery store and buy some beer, no need to tip any one there, but if you go to the bar, you will be expected to tip the bartender or the server that brings you your beer. Same rings true with blackjack, if you play on the Internet, no need to tip any one, nor any one to accept your tip, but if you go to a casino, and play blackjack, it is going to be expected of you to tip the blackjack dealer.