Dealers commenting about my play.

[Gonso]

There's nothing good ever coming of it, it's just bad practice for dealers to get into it.

IMO

[Brooklyn Fats]

Dealers should not be commenting upon any play of the hand.

Their job is to direct the flow of the game by making sure there is order and accuracy, period.

[StrictlyStrategy]

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Dealers should not be commenting upon any play of the hand.

Their job is to direct the flow of the game by making sure there is order and accuracy, period.

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Thanks nobody knew that.

I think 2 and 3 are terrribbleee but 1 I don't mind at all.

You know who kills me? Thomson or whatever. I remember one time I cold-3bet the turn with KT on a QJ49 board in an enormous pot and at showdown he was like "How do you call there everyone knows what he has!" Hey you know what? Shut the [censored] up, seriously. He's always doing stuff like that too. I've given him several like subtle suggestions GAH.


$10 says Thomson is in question at least somewhere in this thread.

By the way, his name is Josh, not Jay.

[FireStorm]

I'm sure I'll be told that this isn't the point, but pls, what Limits did these occur in?

[StrictlyStrategy]

It sort of is, hence the thread. We all know "the rules."

Josh plays 20-40 but if this wasn't at the Borg it was probably a 15-30 game.


I'm officially Josh's comical spokesperson! horah!

[BK1248]

the dealer must be a good hand reader, i can't put bad players on hands

[springsteen87]

I don't like dealers talking about my hands because they're usually pretty terrible players and I just don't like discussing strategy with them. I also think it's just a little awkward, I mean why should they care?

[jkamowitz]

I didnt say anything on any of these occasions (hand 1 actually occured to a friend but I included it as an example) I continued to tip the dealer as normally and didn't tell the floor or anything.

I was just curious how people would react.

Only hand 3 bothered me slightly.

[StrictlyStrategy]

Josh: he's the one that commented on my "cap ak" and pissed me off the most

[youtalkfunny]

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?