Flamingo LV Poker Dealers are unprofessional & spoiled

[whiskeytown]

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Ever watch a movie, and root for the bad guys?

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I have been known to root for zombies in the living dead flicks - does that count [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

I was at Canterbury this week, and it struck me as interesting how very sincere every dealer I tipped was in getting me a thank you - I note this with some good recall as I hardly ever dragged a pot and when I did, it was usually a crappy one (slumming at 2/4 - didn't feel like gambling - LOL) -

My memory of Flamingo is hazed over by lots of Bushmills or some other cheap ass whiskey, but it wasn't quite THAT bad.

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[kozip]

1. two weeks ago i spend 4 nights in the flamingo playing poker and of the ~30 dealers i have seen EVERY ONE wore a name tag.

2. the dealer mistakes i witnessed were only a few. one time i bet 25$ into a 35$ pot and hoping for a fold, and the dealer miscounts my bet and says that its "20 to call". fortunately villian folds, i take down the pot and dont tip. the dealer says or does nothing about it. he makes a mistake, i dont tip. no complaining.

3. the dealers in the cashgame tables have shuffling machines and generally deal fast.

4. the floorman is a very friendly person, who cares about his players.

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1. two weeks ago i spend 4 nights in the flamingo playing poker and of the ~30 dealers i have seen EVERY ONE wore a name tag.

2. the dealer mistakes i witnessed were only a few. one time i bet 25$ into a 35$ pot and hoping for a fold, and the dealer miscounts my bet and says that its "20 to call". fortunately villian folds, i take down the pot and dont tip. the dealer says or does nothing about it. he makes a mistake, i dont tip. no complaining.

3. the dealers in the cashgame tables have shuffling machines and generally deal fast.

4. the floorman is a very friendly person, who cares about his players.

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Ok, I'll admit the thread title might be a bit vague (not ALL of the Flamingo dealers are bad, just a few that I noticed).

[Mr_Mxyztplk]

for that kind of crap they should be fired. they wanted to break down a game so they could get more breaks, and that kind of hustle for tokes is way out of line. i would fire their asses in a second, and see if they could figure out why.

[kozip]

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Ok, I'll admit the thread title might be a bit vague (not ALL of the Flamingo dealers are bad, just a few that I noticed).

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then change the title.

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for that kind of crap they should be fired. they wanted to break down a game so they could get more breaks, and that kind of hustle for tokes is way out of line. i would fire their asses in a second, and see if they could figure out why.

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the floorman is the one who breaks games up, dealers dont. and they do break up short tables and create a new one because they dont want that people get bored from playing 5 handed and leave.

[bav]

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the floorman is the one who breaks games up, dealers dont. and they do break up short tables and create a new one because they dont want that people get bored from playing 5 handed and leave.

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You miss the point. The point here is that is should be the PLAYERS who request the games be combined. If the players are happy playing short-handed, the house absolutely should let it continue and do nothing to screw that up. It helps out the dealers by giving 'em another table to work and earn tokes from, rather than sitting in the break room or sitting at a dead spread. And the house earns more rake by keeping two short tables going. It makes no sense at all for the staff to try to break a game. And as OP pointed out, there are sometimes major downsides to doing it, like losing your limited access to the donating fish. If I'm at a 5-handed table with all rocks, yeah, I'll ask for a table combination. If I'm at a 5-handed table with 3 huge donators I'm saying not a word. It should NOT be the staff coming in breaking things up.

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the floorman is the one who breaks games up, dealers dont. and they do break up short tables and create a new one because they dont want that people get bored from playing 5 handed and leave.

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You miss the point. The point here is that is should be the PLAYERS who request the games be combined. If the players are happy playing short-handed, the house absolutely should let it continue and do nothing to screw that up. It helps out the dealers by giving 'em another table to work and earn tokes from, rather than sitting in the break room or sitting at a dead spread. And the house earns more rake by keeping two short tables going. It makes no sense at all for the staff to try to break a game. And as OP pointed out, there are sometimes major downsides to doing it, like losing your limited access to the donating fish. If I'm at a 5-handed table with all rocks, yeah, I'll ask for a table combination. If I'm at a 5-handed table with 3 huge donators I'm saying not a word. It should NOT be the staff coming in breaking things up.

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Far too often it is the staff breaking it up. Often it will be a dealer that gets to go home or a misguided floorman that assumes everyone wants to be at a full table.

[RunDownHouse]

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4. the floorman is a very friendly person, who cares about his players.

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I'm not sure you realize how your misplaced comma affects the meaning of that sentence.

[bav]

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4. the floorman is a very friendly person, who cares about his players.

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I'm not sure you realize how your misplaced comma affects the meaning of that sentence.

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I'm a native english speaker and it took me about 8 readings of that before I caught on.

[pig4bill]

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4. the floorman is a very friendly person, who cares about his players.

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I'm not sure you realize how your misplaced comma affects the meaning of that sentence.

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I'm a native english speaker and it took me about 8 readings of that before I caught on.

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Eh, not really. You'd need a period and a question mark to really change it.