Re: some nuts a gonna get kicked
 

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My usual contrarian position, on behalf of the dealers:

Every time we tell a yapping player to shut up, WE GET THE DIRTY LOOKS.

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That's because you should never tell anyone to "shut up". If you can't figure out how to deal with situations such as these, then you shouldn't be a dealer. IT'S YOUR JOB. IT'S PART OF THE MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS TO GET HIRED AND KEEP YOUR POSITION.

I'm not saying I know exactly how to do it. I don't know how to do heart surgery either. But then, I don't try to collect salary as a surgeon, do I?

Re: Player out of line, Dealer asleep at the wheel
 

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What's the dealer supposed to do? Hit him in the head with a shovel?

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No, with a spade.

Re: Player out of line, Dealer asleep at the wheel
 

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It's possible the dealer didn't want you to stack someone who would likely hit huge suckouts and rain chips on him.

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Nah. Drunk wasnt tipping well because he was to drunk to think of anyone but himself. I tip around normal, bu tit was pretty clear the daler of think of rainbows, or square dancing or some random [censored] that wasnt more importnat this hand

Re: Player out of line, Dealer asleep at the wheel
 

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The reason he isn't speaking is because then it will be even more obvious that the regular is correct.
He was kind of trapped and was hoping the dealer would do something or that the regular would show any amount of tact.
Andy Fox's suggestion that you can just tell him not to discuss the hands is okay but it still starts to look like you've got it even more.
And, of course, I think OP was just as surprised as everyone that he continued to do it throughout the hand and not just the one time considering that he should know better.

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this was exactly my point. i've played a ton of poker and seen and done enough stupid crap that basically nothing phases me at a poker table but this hand serisouly had me on life tilt. I cant be the only one who's had this happen so I was curious as to how others would handle it becaus ei'm positive I handled it less than optimally.

Re: Player out of line, Dealer asleep at the wheel
 

In a home game I used to play the following was a common scenario:

Whenever I was just about to stack the fish on the river, some other home game regulars would take all the effort to talk the fish out of calling my river bet.

This was so frustrating to see the fish pile all of his chip and start shoving them into the middle, but then the discouraging talk started and it made the fish hard to call and don't look a fool if he lost (obv.) the big pot to me.

These god damn regs just try to preserve the fish's money for themselfs.

Re: Player out of line, Dealer asleep at the wheel
 

Was at my local casino yesterday and this situation came up (though in a Limit game), the dealer simply said "No discussion on the hands in play folks", and when the player tried to protest she followed up with "Sir, if you insist on breaking the rules, I will call the floor over" He shut up after that.

Thinking of this post, I thanked the dealer even though I had already folded because I knew that this scenerio may happen to me in the future and I wanted the dealer to know that I supported her.

In this case, I would have waited til the hand was over, excused myself and talked to the floor privately. There's no reason to humiliate the dealer in front of everyone, but to not control the table in this situation is unacceptable. If the floor didn't take my request seriously, I would ask to speak to a shift supervisor.

Re: Player out of line, Dealer asleep at the wheel
 

A dealer is supposed to do his job. Maintaining control of he table, including stopping the folks violating basic rules like one player to a hand, is part of that job. A professional doesn't let thoughts about who is tipping more, who is a regular vs a drop-in, or who has more breast showing influence how they behave. And a professional does their job despite the possibility that there will be negative repercussions from doing so from some subset of his customers.