I'm pulling this directly from my blog... I had the WORST dealer tonight...
I edited out the names of the casinos involved for purposes of anonymity...
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First off, the only mistake she did that favored the player in anyway was to occasionlly flash her hole card. Not every hand, but she did flash a Q when she had an ace up so I won an insurance bet because of it.
Her mistakes really started to get on my nerves when the guy to my right bet $75 and got a blackjack. Dealer has an Ace up. The player doesn't show he has blackjack, but takes insurance for less instead ($25 insurance bet, $75 regular bet). The dealer has blackjack.
She pays him 2 to 1 on his insurance but takes his original $75 bet... which was actually a push. I leapt out of my chair and spoke up on behalf of the ploppy. The dealer gave me a confused look but I point out the mistake. She is confused by it and it didn't take me half a second to call "FLOOR!"
The pit comes over and he can't figure it out. He is now trying to claim that the guy loses his $75 but wins his $25 insurance bet which yields a $25 loss overall. I protest and say the $75 is a push and the $25 is a win and mention that if he didn't take even money in any way the two hands would have been a push. Of which the gears start to turn.
But he is still confused bythe play and ends up just telling the dealer to give the guy even money, which is $25 more than he would have won had the dealer not made the mistake.
I could tell the pit wasn't amused with my expertise.
Fast forward maybe 10 minutes later and I am no in no way tipping this dealer at this point. She is taking bets on pushes.
Then I had a bet of $75 out. 1 green, 10 red. I win the hand. What does she do? She tries to change out the red for green -- and she ends up leaving me with 4 green putting the rest in her tray. I was suppoed to have 6 green altogether. I call over the floor again. She rolls her eyes at me and the next hand she asks what casino I work at. I say <name of casino> and she then says "I can tell you're a dealer."
What gave me away? The way I count my chips? Clear My hands? Then I realized.. oh yeah.. I'm not a dealer.
This line I found mildlly entertaining. I have never dealt cards in my life outside of a home game. My question is how many mistakes weren't caught which the players never spoke up?
Most of the swing/grave dealers at the other local casinos know who I am. And they appreciate my action as I am ALWAYS tipping. Or laying out tip bets for them. They don't always pay off, but it's the thought that counts.
This is the first night I didn't tip the dealer. I'm a firm believer in karma and paying it forward, but this is the exception. She tried to take tying bets, underpay winning hands, hit players who wanted to stand. It never stopped. If you put a monkey at the table with no training whatever it was about the level I was dealing with.
Blackjack is NOT a hard game. And considering this was in the HIGH ROLLER PIT it makes it even more frustrating. Why is a dealer this weak dealing a game like this?
For the next two shuffles I actually counted out loud just to be an asshole. After about 7 or so hands she asks me what those numbers mean.. I told her I'm just testing her to see if she can still get the hand totals right with a major distraction.
I edited out the names of the casinos involved for purposes of anonymity...
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First off, the only mistake she did that favored the player in anyway was to occasionlly flash her hole card. Not every hand, but she did flash a Q when she had an ace up so I won an insurance bet because of it.
Her mistakes really started to get on my nerves when the guy to my right bet $75 and got a blackjack. Dealer has an Ace up. The player doesn't show he has blackjack, but takes insurance for less instead ($25 insurance bet, $75 regular bet). The dealer has blackjack.
She pays him 2 to 1 on his insurance but takes his original $75 bet... which was actually a push. I leapt out of my chair and spoke up on behalf of the ploppy. The dealer gave me a confused look but I point out the mistake. She is confused by it and it didn't take me half a second to call "FLOOR!"
The pit comes over and he can't figure it out. He is now trying to claim that the guy loses his $75 but wins his $25 insurance bet which yields a $25 loss overall. I protest and say the $75 is a push and the $25 is a win and mention that if he didn't take even money in any way the two hands would have been a push. Of which the gears start to turn.
But he is still confused bythe play and ends up just telling the dealer to give the guy even money, which is $25 more than he would have won had the dealer not made the mistake.
I could tell the pit wasn't amused with my expertise.
Fast forward maybe 10 minutes later and I am no in no way tipping this dealer at this point. She is taking bets on pushes.
Then I had a bet of $75 out. 1 green, 10 red. I win the hand. What does she do? She tries to change out the red for green -- and she ends up leaving me with 4 green putting the rest in her tray. I was suppoed to have 6 green altogether. I call over the floor again. She rolls her eyes at me and the next hand she asks what casino I work at. I say <name of casino> and she then says "I can tell you're a dealer."
What gave me away? The way I count my chips? Clear My hands? Then I realized.. oh yeah.. I'm not a dealer.
This line I found mildlly entertaining. I have never dealt cards in my life outside of a home game. My question is how many mistakes weren't caught which the players never spoke up?
Most of the swing/grave dealers at the other local casinos know who I am. And they appreciate my action as I am ALWAYS tipping. Or laying out tip bets for them. They don't always pay off, but it's the thought that counts.
This is the first night I didn't tip the dealer. I'm a firm believer in karma and paying it forward, but this is the exception. She tried to take tying bets, underpay winning hands, hit players who wanted to stand. It never stopped. If you put a monkey at the table with no training whatever it was about the level I was dealing with.
Blackjack is NOT a hard game. And considering this was in the HIGH ROLLER PIT it makes it even more frustrating. Why is a dealer this weak dealing a game like this?
For the next two shuffles I actually counted out loud just to be an asshole. After about 7 or so hands she asks me what those numbers mean.. I told her I'm just testing her to see if she can still get the hand totals right with a major distraction.
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