Tipping on Hand Pays

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Why mendon, whatever do you mean???

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I suppose I was the asker of the question in Bob's June 5, 2012 columnI would like to discuss this:[quote=BobDancer, supra]Although everybody has a different formula for this, most folks would
consider tipping 1% on such a jackpot to be in the 'reasonable' range. I
think it's the wrong question.
[/quote]As with everything in VP, "It depends."I wasn't looking for a hard and fast, "1% is the norm."  I was looking for validation that 1% on a 50c royal is reasonable and expected.  Obviously when you go up in denomination, hand pays increase and you have to further discount the paytable if you are going to stick to a flat 40, or 30, or 20 coins per hit.I would think that someone who plays higher limits with, hopefully, a small handful of handpays in a session would get to know the staff better than the guy who deals with them, hopefully, a small handful of times per year - and probably at different casinos.  I would imagine that you would tip them when you left, dependent on the service you received over the session.I have a love/hate relationship with handpays.  If I can avoid them and still get the coin in, I do so. That's why I play 23 lines instead of 25 on the 5c 50-play game at the South Point.  I could comfortably play 25 lines, but 23 is better because dealt deuces is "only" $1150.I have read your other thoughts on tipping, such as getting your machine back into action ASAP when you have to wait to keep playing - and all that makes perfect sense.  In my case I made sure to note that there was another machine next to me that was available but for want of another slot card, I didn't play it while I was waiting.First time I hit a 50c royal, I asked the old guy next to me what he would tip and he said $40.  And I did it.  Yes, it seemed excessive.  Prompt service must have made a huge difference in the coin days.  With TITO the only reason we have them is because of the damned IRS.Still better off than paying an extra bet or two for every flush or full house.  And long as every flush or full house isn't a handpay.

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I have a serious question for Bob. I understand from your book and many columns plus what I read on the Internet that you receive a large dollar amount of w2gs each year. Those all correspond to handpays and you play at many of the same places if Im correct here.

If the edges you talk about are so small these days, doesnt the tip chop seriously away from your edge? If so, why not skip on the tipping? Wont they still pay you, and wouldnt you still be allowed to play there?

I know theres the friendly faces aspect thats real. Are you somehow feeling pressured into giving these folks a tip on handpays or before you leave?

Thank you.

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Did you RTFA, homeboy?