shadroch said:
Lets see.
I tip $1 by putting it in front of my bet. If my bet wins, dealer gets $2 at a cost of $1 to me.
Your way, bet wins and the dealer gets $1. A few hands later you repeat and you lose. Dealer got $1 at a cost of $1 to you.
I'm not seeing where it reduces the cost of tipping, only where it reduces the tips themselves.
Please enlighten me.
The cost is the same either way (assuming you intend to keep using that dollar for tips until it is lost). With the "standard" tipping, you lose $1 whether you win or lose. With the "hanging onto our coattails" strategy, we win $0 on a win, but lose $1 on a loss (lets forget about doubles/BJ/etc for now). In a 2 hand time frame, a WW (Win + Win) gives a result of $0, WL = -$1, LW = -$1, LL = -$1 (we are not tipping again if we lose). This results in an EV of -$0.75. As you can see, anytime during the series of hands we lose, it results in a loss of $1. This means that given an infinite time series, our net EV will be -$1, as the WW..W series will be negligible.
This means that the only difference will be how the dealer perceives it. The standard tip will result in a tip of $0 or $2 (once again forget doubles/splits/bj). The coattails strategy will result in a tip ranging from $0 to $infinite. If you are on a "heater," you may be able to tip $5 or more, which may appear more generous. Its up to you with what you want to do with it.
However, using d-bo's strategy, we may not continue betting that $1 until it is lost, which means that the cost of the tip will in fact be less than the standard method.