[Al_Capone_Junior]

Bellagio 2-5. Two players in pot on the river. About 300 in pot. Sb bets all-in, 205. Player on button goes into the tank. Time passes, he's talking it through, deciding. No one at the table has a problem, no one says anything.

Out of the blue, the dealer announces the size of the bet again. Then he says he's putting a clock on the guy. Button asks "how long do I have?" Dealer replies "thirty second," looks at his watch.

About this time I chime in.

1. Nobody asked for a clock.

2. Dealer cannot put a clock on a player.

3. Only the floor can put a clock on a player, and the floor was not called.

4. When the floor IS called, the player will get a minute, with a 10 second countdown.

Dealer could give a rat's ***, that much was clear, but he starts yelling for the floor at this point.

Meanwhile, the inexperienced player is confused and trying to figure out where he's at in the midst of my arguing with the dealer. He finally folds in what was a real hurry compared to his previous thinking. Dealer gets immediately pushed out.

This is very unusual for a bellagio dealer to be this far out of line. I've had my ups and downs with the B, but generally they have some of the most competent dealers in vegas. Apparently this dealer was "new."

This did go to the bossman, btw.

Al