Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Okay, so that's what I thought.
Now I should give you perspective from the other side.
Ultimate Texas Holdem is a negative expectation game, meaning that players will lose over time. The guy who hit the $14,000 jackpot has likely lost far more than that at casinos in the past year.
While $14,000 seems like a big score on the surface, in truth it's just getting back a fraction of the money the guy has lost gambling at casinos like yours.
While I understand that the dealers work for tips, you can't expect large tips when people hit a big score, because they are probably still losing overall.
Similarly, you don't tip them when you deal them bad cards and they lose (which is most of the time).
$100 is actually a pretty good tip for a dealer. You should put out of your head how much he "won", and instead be happy that someone gave you an extra $100 for doing your job as you normally do.
While some players may tip more on jackpots like this, you shouldn't EXPECT such a tip.
In fact, unrealistic expectations of high tips is why I stopped tipping dealers entirely. I found that if I gave them what was fair/realisitc, they gave me a sour face and acted like I was an asshole. So if I'm going to be an asshole for tipping them something fair, I'd rather be the same asshole in their eyes and keep the tip I was going to give them.
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