Re: \"CHATTY PLAYERS\" --STOP INITIATING CHAT WITH DEALER
 

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Bad impression. The worst games I have ever dealt in have all been the most quiet.


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Ummmm... don't think there's an acronym for me changing this to reflect my opinion from the box. QFMyT?

Re: \"CHATTY PLAYERS\" --STOP INITIATING CHAT WITH DEALER
 

No reason a player can't chat with a dealer most of the time.

A good experienced dealer can do his or her job, and still be conversational. Engaging players can actually speed the game up at times instead of the other way around. For example, if I have a newer player who's having trouble paying attention to the action, I might kid him with something like, "Whenever there's a big pause in the action, that means it's your turn." It usually gets a little laugh from the table and is a friendly way to encourage him to pay more attention, without giving him a hard time.

I try to keep about 80% of the chit chat for the shuffle & when I'm pitching cards or some other lull. During the actual hand it's a good idea to keep it to bare minimum because you don't want to distract from the action.

All in all - you want to keep the game moving because that's how you make money as a dealer in the first place. But at the same time, you have to remember that most players play recreationally. If you lose a couple of hands an hour for the sake of trying to keep the game friendly, so be it. They lose a couple hands, the house loses a little rake and I lose a toke or two. Big deal. It's a small price to pay if guests have a more enjoyable time, which is more likely at a friendly table.

And that's nothing compared to what I'm like working a pit game, especially blackjack (which you can deal in your sleep).

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No doubt, you just know going into whatever game, the type of persona that you may want to carry while dealing a game.

3-6 is going to be more of a conversational, social atmosphere. In fact, players that are too serious or getting upset bc of beats on the limit game, probably shouldn't be in the game anyways since they don't understand the dynamics of that level of game.

While dealing a higher NL game from 2-5 up, maybe even some tables of 1-3 should be approached much differently.

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Let me preface this by saying that I really don't like to chat it up while I am in the box... I am really a "down to business" dealer. This is really changing with casinos and their hiring practices. They want dealers to be more entertaining than ever so their new guests will keep coming back and enjoy their experiences.

It used to be that casinos wanted dealers to be total robots and just grind hand after hand after hand as fast as humanly possible. I think it has changed to where the casino would take a one or two hand an hour loss if it meant that the tables were a little more lively, and the not so everyday player will have fun and keep coming back, tipping the cocktail waitresses, eating at the restraunts, ect...

However, the dealers need to be properly trained and schooled to be able to keep the game pace up and keep the conversation in-between hands only. If the dealer can do both of these things, I see no reason he shouldn't be talking and taking the casual players mind off the poker game.. all it can do is help the thinking player (which is YOU)

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Also, I have noted, where dealers keep their own tokes, they are more concerned with getting many hands out, than with chatting. That makes sense--more money for them, more hands being dealt to the players. But you have players who seem oblivious of that and continuously jack their jaws, despite the response from the dealer, sometimes being little more than a nod. Anyway you look at it, those jaw-jacking players are slowing-down the action.

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Having a talkative table is most definitely ++++EV.

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I Deal at TS I don't talk unless the player talks first. I will not get involved in conversations unless asked .But never during a live hand if there is a question about the property or somthing the answer is reserved for the shuffle. We keep our own tips so my main concern is running a smooth clean game the more hands I deal the more I make.
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