Are you talking about the bartender or the owner of the room?
People don't tip these guys for watching our backs because sometimes the bartender or the houseman is not watching our backs. They are in cahoots with the house pros and they will try to get you to play their house pro. When you get beat, they divvy up the winnings.
The houseman is someone you cannot trust. They are usually the one's hustling you to play a guy. The guy doesn't need to open his mouth because this houseman or bartender just lined him up with a game.
I do this with my houseman or bartender and break him off for lining me up with unsuspected players. When they get beat and accuse me of hustling, my houseman is a tournament director and he can lie about my rating to cover my butt.
Don't trust a houseman.
