me vs dealer at wynn

[sublime]

so this week i come into room and get listed for the 30 game. they are running a 15/30 must move so i decide to sit and wait. i buy a rack and as i approach seat i notice its about to be my BB. dealer asks if i want it and i say yeah and grab 3 chips out my rack and place em. so i carry this messenger type bag that carries my ipod, notebook, chloroform and gum etc...anyways as the dealer starts dealing my hand i notice he deals my first card in front of my three chips (i am in like 5 seat) which i despise anyways but im like whatever and grab my ipod from bag and proceed to sit down. i then hang my bag on the chair (for some reason looking away from table for a moment..perhaps saying hi to regular) and sit down only to see i dont have any cards anymore (i didnt see him muck them or i would have stopped him). (only UTG had acted to this point) im like "dude where are my cards" hes like "you need to protect them, i mucked them". i say "are you an idiot? why would you muck my hand after one person has acted?" hes like "protect your hand rule #1" im like "i understand, why act like an idiot and not just push my cards behind my 3 chips" he says "protect your hand sir, its your fault". im like "well action goes from left to right, why would you even reach for my cards?" "protect your hand sir"

so i call the floor because well they love me there and i was about to break this guys face. plus the doucheclump next to me with aviators on is saying i am wrong. the floor doesnt really issue a 'ruling' but instead go to the cage and grab 3 chips for me and continue the hand. must be some petty cash thing.

anyways i am telling beau this last night (awesome dealer) and hes like well he didn't break any rules, but yeah whoever the dealer was acted in a very awful manner.

thoughts?

[chucky]

If you are gone from the table during the dealing of a hand, most casinos make it a policy to fold the player out automatically. Did you leave your seat? I suggest putting a chip on the cards. The dealer should have been nicer.

[pig4bill]

Wynn has a couple dealers like that. Luckily they also have a decent floor.

[Your Mom]

people who think the dealer is right are complete douches. You just got to the table, you are in the process of sitting down, surely he should be able to see that since he just asked if you want to take your blind. I think I would go crazy in this situation.

[sublime]

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If you are gone from the table during the dealing of a hand, most casinos make it a policy to fold the player out automatically. Did you leave your seat? I suggest putting a chip on the cards. The dealer should have been nicer.

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did you read what i wrote?

[Jeffage]

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I think I would go crazy in this situation.


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Exactly, you were clearly getting sorted and it wasn't at all your turn to act. The dealer sounds like a total jackass who likes his authority position and lets it cloud his common sense. Stiffing him about 1500 times should do the trick - something to jot down in that notebook.

Jeff

[Brettski]

It's one thing to require a player to protect their hand. It's another thing for a dealer to use that as an excuse for poor customer service.

[Nick-Zack]

One nice thing for you is that you will never have to tip that dealer again.

[UprightCreature]

Very few things upset me when I'm playing cards, but this would definitely do it. It sounds like it was completely obvious that you were getting settled and hadn't even touched your cards yet. I'm not sure if the dealer made a mistake and tried to cover with the “protect your hand” line, or if he was just being an ass.

I've seen peoples hands get killed when they hadn't looked yet, but the action is almost always actually on the person when the hand gets scooped up. Of course in these cases the person is eating, talking to someone behind them, or otherwise distracted, and the dealer is assuming they already looked and are just passing. Mucking the BB before the action has passed UTG is ridiculous.

[youtalkfunny]

I'm the local "don't blame the dealer" poster around here...

...but even I can't defend the dealer for this one.

My only guess is that he's had to endure your "Are you an idiot?" rants in the past, and is now exacting a small amount of revenge.