Dealers playing in their place of work - Page 4

jh12547 · #31 03-21-2007, 09:19 PM

Just FYI Dealers at Foxwoods are not permitted to play anywhere in house no matter if they deal poker, bj, or any other game. Basically if you work there and you want to gamble including slots you either go to Mohegan Sun or elsewhere. Same for Mohegan Sun employees. It has been like this since they opened in 92 and i dont agree with it but can understand why they have the rule.

terp · #32 03-21-2007, 09:59 PM

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One pet peeve is if I'm at a really wild and juicy short-handed NL game and a dealer in the box starts acting almost like he needs to pee--just bouncing. Then a few minutes before his down is done he's yelling for the floor asking if he can have an EO. Floor says yes and the instant he's tapped out the dealer runs to the back ripping his shirt off as he goes and is back in 30 seconds with a rack to sit in the game. Could you DO a better job of telling the fish that they're fish? Seriously, don't come sit in a game you just finished dealing.

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two things: most dealers are terrible enough that i'm happy to sit with them and i doubt the fish are even aware of what you just pointed out. most fish are kind of friendly and retarded and probably just think the dealer really likes them.

n.s. · #33 03-21-2007, 10:54 PM

In the cardbarn that I play in, dealers are heavily encouraged to play there when they are off-duty - I think it's the same in most WA state cardrooms. Dealers make up a large part of the regular player pool - it's not unusual to be at a table with 4 or 5 off-duty dealers in it.

When they play, they all play to the best of their ability (which often isn't much), although they are a better behaved (when it comes to berating other players and other such ettiquette) than most players. Mostly they just like to get drunk, gambool it up, and have a good time.

Occasionally an on-duty floorman will sit in a game if it gets short. When this happens, they do tend to avoid check-raising and other "unfriendly" plays.

VORP · #34 03-21-2007, 11:27 PM

A while back I was playing a 3 handed 15/30 game at the Wynn with a dealer who had just gotten off and another player. On one hand where it was just the two of them, the dealer c/r’d the other guy on the turn. The dealer won the pot and the guy went on this massive tirade about how wrong it is for a dealer to c/r a player and how he would never tip him again, etc. The guy just kept yelling at him for the next few hands; it was ridiculous. I mean, it was a freaking 3 handed 15 game, it’s not like the idiot wasn’t c/ring all the time, himself.

Stupid people like that are why I pretty much never play where I work. Especially in Vegas where I can just eo and go down the street.

donut lover · #35 03-21-2007, 11:48 PM

I deal poker in vegas, and i personally do not like to play in games that i regularily deal..other dealers do not care, but I for one don't like to put money in a game from players that just tipped me..i don't think thats very smart and causes animosity from your regulars..our regular players tip me out very well, and i do not want to jepordize my future earnings with a session of poker playing...it is easier to get in my car, drive down the street, and play elsewhere and take their money...this is just my personal feeling, but I love to play in games with other dealers because they are usally the juiciest.....and anyone who has been dealing a while will figure out real fast that I am a dealer just by the way I tip out...

MelloAceCV · #36 03-22-2007, 01:10 AM

I don't understand why people would stop tipping a dealer if he check raised you in a game. If your pizza guy sta in the same game and check raised, would you not tip on his next delivery?

MrFizzbin · #37 03-22-2007, 02:10 AM

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I was in a low limit game last month. A dealer was playing in the game. A big pot broke out, and this young dealer was ramming and jamming the turn and river in a multi-way pot. After he got his last bet in, and before anyone else had acted, he turned up a deuce. There was a deuce on board. Everyone put him on a set (or, "everybody missed their draws"), and folded. He pulled in a massive pot, and couldn't help himself: he turned up his other card, showing the table that he had just bluffed everyone out with his pair of deuces.

A few minutes later, he had to leave the game, as it was time for his shift to start. The players were furious with him. Two players, a young couple, had racked up and left as soon as that hand was over. They were pissed. As soon as our dealer left, everybody who hadn't left yet, vented about what an awful thing that dealer had done to them, and management shouldn't allow that...

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The only way I don't throw in a lousy $6 to see the full hand after building a pot like that is if I CANT BEAT THE 2 he showed. Cripe sake you call (or make) multiple raises but wont pay off the last 6 ? LOL they deserve to loose.... I'm sorry.

I do agree with Howard tough that the table talk bluff kind of sucks. Is it a valid poker play ? yes, but if I like a dealer, and trust them, using that trust just to win a pot is just kind of leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Rottersod · #38 03-22-2007, 03:08 AM

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I know this might be dumb, but I need some help.
I am 100% sure that dealers are not allowed to play any games in their place of work when they are off, but I've been challenged by someone who said it is not true, and it is only casino specific. I am wondering if that is a law that is legislated by the government, or it is merely an unwritten law that casinos abide by. If anyone has any links to legislation, that would be great, since I haven't been successful in my search.
Thanks.

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Dude, casino's would be broke if it weren't for their dealers playing off duty.

pfapfap · #39 03-22-2007, 04:08 AM

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I don't understand why people would stop tipping a dealer if he check raised you in a game. If your pizza guy sta in the same game and check raised, would you not tip on his next delivery?

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I don't mind if a dealer check-raises me, but the analogy is flawed. The check-raise is just salt in the wound. Think of it as a pizza guy using your tip money to buy a gun to rob you of your pizza.

Photoc · #40 03-22-2007, 04:36 AM

And your annology sucks. Think of it this way. A dealer is a human being that wants to gamble, so why shouldn't they? There is no "gun with a pizza" invovled. The dealer isnt' using a weapon, just playing the game. Just play the game you're sitting at and if you lose to a dealer, it's the same as losing to anyone else.

Want to know what the absolute best poker game in town is? Find the one with 9 dealers playing and 1 open seat. That's the one I want. Plain and simple.