BURN AND TURN. Dealers Please!

[Andy B]

There's a dealer at Canterbury who claims that he has never burned and turned prematurely in 6+ years of dealing because he always taps the table first. If your dealers always pull in all bets and tap the table before burning and turning, errors in this area should be almost non-existent.

Accuracy should not be sacrificed for speed.

[daveT]

Nice post youtalkfunny.

Calvin Coolidge to his secretary: "Your dress makes you look pretty, please dot your I's"

Excerpted from "How to Win Friends and Influence People." If you work in management and have not read this book, then you shouldn't be working in management.

[RR]

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Other than termination, what can I do?


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Insist on proper dealing procedures. Many dealers attempt to take a short cut of leaving the bets out while they burn and turn. The correct procedure is to bring the bets in and then deal the next card. While the dealer is bring bets in the players have plenty of time to speak up and say they haven't acted yet.

[Al_Capone_Junior]

I've burned and turned too early once since I've been dealing FT again, which is about a year and a half. I have two habits which keep me from missing anyone - I rap the table pretty hard, or sometimes tap of the edge of the rack, so everyone knows I'm about to burn and turn. Also, I take a quick peek both directions as I'm burning.

The cause of B&T too early is usually rushing things, trying to make more tips. The thing these dealers don't realize is that if you take an extra second or two to make sure action is complete before you proceed, it only costs you one or two hands per night. However, the players do notice and appreciate dealers who are careful and make few mistakes, and ultimately players tip these dealers better.

"Every night" is friggin' ridiculous. Try my time tested method of kicking them in the nuts.