Dealers commenting about my play.

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Imagine now that the same guy said the same thing in the same context. Only this time, instead of sitting in the box, wearing a white shirt, he's sitting in 4-seat, wearing casual clothes.

In every case mentioned in this thread, the comment in that context is so innocuous that it is unworthy of a post. It is forgotten in a second.

Yes, I think the dealers should be held to a higher standard. But these are some of the most harmless comments I've ever heard, and you guys want the dealers taken out and shot for them.

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A new player sits down at the table and asks the dealer "how's he been playing" referring to me as I was the big stack. Dealer replies with "He's been playing everyone like a fiddle". At that point everyone at the table looks at me for about 3 seconds (but it felt like 5 minutes) and all I can do is smile while inside I wanted to punch the dealer right in his mouth. Of course after that comment everyone started to get super aggro with me and I had to change my play a little bit, but my point is no one would have noticed anything if the dealer hadn't said anything.

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The dealer did not bring it up, he was asked a question. Tell me, how should he have answered it?

A. "He's a very good player, that's how he got all those chips."

B. "He's a fish, he can't play a lick."

c. "I hadn't noticed."

d. "No comment, sir. There's nothing I can say at this point that won't spark a thread on 2+2."

Do you think that any of these replies, or any other you can think of, would NOT have led all the other players to suddenly notice you?????????

I just finished reading a book by Penn Jillette, where a full-time card cheat talks about his experiences, and this thread reminds me of a great line from that book:

"Poker attracts [censored] up people. Or poker [censored] people up."

You guys are so paranoid and self-centered, and so looking for a scapegoat.

Yes, it would be a better world if the dealers could keep their mouths shut. I don't say two words when I'm in the box that aren't designed to keep the game moving. But let's keep a little perspective, eh?

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Sure the dealer did not bring it up but when the new player is a local and friends with the dealer it becomes a slight problem because now the dealer has affected my potential action. Obviously people knew I was the big stack-they can see my chips, thats not the point - the dealer had been very observant on to how I was playing and when the new player (who did know the dealer as they ended up chatting the entire time at the table) asked him how I was playing he gave him and the rest of the table free information that I would not want disclosed. The rest of the table was under the impression that I was just some luckbox until the fiddle comment.

Had the dealer been another player who answered the question this would be a completely different situation.

Some answers the dealer could have said, "I don't know" "I haven't been here the whole time" or a simple shrug. I didn't make a big scene because I'm confident in my abilities but the dealer was still in the wrong in revealing anything about how I had been playing. I can't see how you can justify that it is ok.

Also, what if it was the other way around and I had been donking off a ton of chips and the new player asks the dealer the same question and the dealer replies with "he's playing garbage and is a total donk" Would that then be ok also? And, do you really think a competent dealer would ever say that?