[pig4bill]

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My buddy and I played that 100NL about a month ago. Both tables had 4-6 regulars per table, they all knew each other, and there was constant "checking it all the way." It wasn't an unspoken thing like you see elsewhere but totally overt- "If I call, will you check it down?" "Yeah, okay."

I played about 4 hours and my buddy played almost 6 because he was winning. None of the dealers said a thing; they were very friendly with the regulars and were tipped well from the them (which I suppose explains a lot).

This isn't a whine, just an observation. I'm guessing these regulars keep the game going and because Casino San Pablo is relatively small I'm sure they don't want to ruffle feathers.

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Guess I was lucky, only 2 people at my table seemed to know each other and I didn't see them soft play each other.

I don't know where management's brain is. They could greatly increase the take by putting $2 chips into the 6/12 and $5 chips into the NL, and open more than 2 NL tables.

I only had one encounter with the floor, and it was a strange one. The dealer had dealt everyone 1 card and as it came around, pitched 2 to seat 10 (I was in seat 1) and couldn't discern which card was on top. Seemed like an easy mis-deal decision to me, but she called the floor. By then the automatic shuffler had the next deck ready. The floor comes over and plays 3 card monte with seat 10's cards to figure out which one she doesn't get to keep. He pulls one out, and I expect to get it since the next card was coming to me anyway, but he flips it over as the burn! Yes, it was an ace.