In Budapest I noticed something I never noticed here. The pit people share the pool of tips with the dealers. Although I have seen some places where apit person on one shift is a dealer on another one and vice versa. There the switch can occur quickly and frequently. They do not go and change into a suit or a dealer shirt. They are all a lways dreseed in dealer garb. When you offer a tip the pit person is more likely the one to say thank you.
The role of the pit person is generally quite different than here. Since they do not seem to be concerned about card counters at all. Camaflouge play is not really necessary however the pit person is constantly watching table action. They sit on these tall chairs that look like lifeguards overlooking no more than 2 tables a t a time. They carefully watch each play of each hand of each player and every exchange of money. They seem to be highly trained and are as quick to call out a mistake against a player as one that goes against the house.
The dealers do seem to have been told to encourage players to play stupidly - of course both dealer and most players being oblivious to the count. If your hand is 15 or lower they will always urge you to double down with a dealer's 7 or more. They always say split with any pair except for aces when they say double down for some reason. In the house with surrender they will always encourage surrender with any hand up to 17 if the dealer is showing a 7 or better. All this of course while the game is European No Hole Card so that the player stands a good chance of losing their extra bet(s) should the dealer eventually draw to a BJ despite whatever hand the player may have made.
The role of the pit person is generally quite different than here. Since they do not seem to be concerned about card counters at all. Camaflouge play is not really necessary however the pit person is constantly watching table action. They sit on these tall chairs that look like lifeguards overlooking no more than 2 tables a t a time. They carefully watch each play of each hand of each player and every exchange of money. They seem to be highly trained and are as quick to call out a mistake against a player as one that goes against the house.
The dealers do seem to have been told to encourage players to play stupidly - of course both dealer and most players being oblivious to the count. If your hand is 15 or lower they will always urge you to double down with a dealer's 7 or more. They always say split with any pair except for aces when they say double down for some reason. In the house with surrender they will always encourage surrender with any hand up to 17 if the dealer is showing a 7 or better. All this of course while the game is European No Hole Card so that the player stands a good chance of losing their extra bet(s) should the dealer eventually draw to a BJ despite whatever hand the player may have made.
