dealer errors

[wong out]

I was hitting my fav venue this weekend and had a couple of nice dealer errors in my favor:

I bet $130 and pulled a snapper (hate it when snappers come out on the low bets); anyhow the dealer got confused and paid me 200 instead of 195;

The second was a surrender of a 150 bet and the dealer returned 87.50 instead of 75.

Anyhow the two together added an additional 17.50 to the br. Not much but hey its free!

wong out

 

[Felix Rue-de-Guerre]

Teriffic!

The other week I had 3 mispays at the same table.

1 paid push
1 pushed loss
1 paid loss- this was a 16 on a dealer 18. I think he saw my 6 as a 9

All different kinds of mistakes, interesting.

I was at a table with some incredibly difficult people[understatement]. One of them lost the remainder of his stack and started yelling at the dealer because he was "dealing too fast".

After the player left, the dealer asked me if I thought he was dealing too fast. I reassured him and said he was doing fine and that some people just don't like to loose. He seemed like a pretty insecure guy, and everyone else was bitching at him whether they won or lost. The next hand was the paid push.

After a while he told me he thought he was about to be fired. Hmmmmmmmmmmm!!??

-Felix

 

[Counter - Intelligence]

Sloppy Dealers

Had a dealer blow right by my 13 the other day and flip his hole card up to show a 20. I immdiately screamed "Hey, I wanted a hit". He turned the hole card back down and hit my hand with a 5. He looked shocked when I asked for another card and pulled the 3 for a cozy 21 and the win.. Sweet!!

 

[SammyBoy]

I had a dealer pay a losing hand this weekend. I immediately pulled it down. After she payed the 2 other players she realized her mistake and took their money as they had left it in the circle. She said under her breath that she shouldn't have paid me. I acted like I didn't hear her and she continued to deal the next hand. I left a few hands after that. It was a $20 bet so it was a $40 swing to the good. I felt a little guilty about it, but only for a few seconds.

 

[gehrig]

correcting dealer errors...

it be a double (or triple) edged weapon. if the dealer corrects their error in the same round, when the hands are not as yet picked up, no harm/no foul. if the misspay requires, based on that house's mic's, the intervention of the pitstiff, the dealer may be subsequently penalized in some fashion. if surveillance notices the error, they may "write up" the "incident".

i do whatever seems to generate the least attention to the table. a surveillance agent might initially suspect a dealer/agent scam and would automatically hawk that game (and, my play).

occasionally a misspay is noted by other players, some of whom seek eye contact with other seated players. this is a sign of weak play. at worst, i feign ignorance of an incorrect settlement. obviously if i'm on the short end, i'll simply, casually point to the yet exposed hand.

unless the house's game/that table, has redeeming/offsetting value, i'll avoid dealers who err more than the "expected" standard, one per hour. offsetting values would include sloppy shuffles, erratic penetration, poor down card bury, et cetera.

 

[Automatic Monkey]

Re: correcting dealer errors...

Yes I walked away from a sloppy dealer last trip. We all like fast dealers, but this one was trying so hard to be fast she was throwing cards all over the table. Even put one on the floor. Sometimes sloppiness gives us an opportunity to take advantage of a dealer error but ultimately it can slow down the game and bring PC attention to the table so I keep away from it.

 

[Jim2]

I had 4 dealer errors in my last session, this was way above expectation. The dealer hit a 5 card 21 and paid off the table as if he busted. The table was very cool and no one said anything. I was amazed that no one commented.
He later commented that he didn't know why everyone was laughing. I said we were just happy to be winning.

I was paid on a 4 card 14 when the dealer hit his 12 to make a 19.($50 BET)
and the most inexplicable was a pay off on a stiff 17(2 card) againgst a dealer 20(2 card). Whoa! What was he thinking. The four errors netted me $105 in 45 min.

Hated to see him go, end of shift.