I was playing 2 spots -1st base side at the table of a new dealer trainee. There was another dealer "shadowing" the trainee and the pit boss was almost continuously at the table watching him. Talk about "heat". I'm just glad it was not aimed at me.
Dealer was making frequent mistakes in procedure, counting hand totals, payouts, etc. All of which became very tiresome very quickly so I did not stay at the table very long.
While I was there the cut card came out during the deal of a hand in which the dealer had a bust card showing. End of shoe , high count, big bets out. I drew to both of my hands to inadaquate totals. The dealer wound up making his hand . Beat both of my hands.
Dealer worked his way around the table, collecting losses and paying wins. Well, he stumbled ridiculously on the player next to me. First he picked up the winning bet. Then he kept mis-paying him. Each time he took the payout chips back to start over he drew another suit to the table. When he finally got it right there were 3 suits at the table as well as the "shadow" dealer.
They finally got the payout right. Then the "shadow" dealer says. "ok, now breakdown his bet and pay him ( that's ME ) from the LEFT side of the rack. Everyone seemed so relieved the hand and shoe were over that I did not have the heart to point out that they were paying 2 big losing hands. I mean if 3 suits and 2 dealers figured I should get paid, who am I to argue ?
The dealer got so flustered in the process that he cut off about 1/2 deck from the next shoe ( 6 D). I stayed for one more great shoe and moved on.
Dealer was making frequent mistakes in procedure, counting hand totals, payouts, etc. All of which became very tiresome very quickly so I did not stay at the table very long.
While I was there the cut card came out during the deal of a hand in which the dealer had a bust card showing. End of shoe , high count, big bets out. I drew to both of my hands to inadaquate totals. The dealer wound up making his hand . Beat both of my hands.
Dealer worked his way around the table, collecting losses and paying wins. Well, he stumbled ridiculously on the player next to me. First he picked up the winning bet. Then he kept mis-paying him. Each time he took the payout chips back to start over he drew another suit to the table. When he finally got it right there were 3 suits at the table as well as the "shadow" dealer.
They finally got the payout right. Then the "shadow" dealer says. "ok, now breakdown his bet and pay him ( that's ME ) from the LEFT side of the rack. Everyone seemed so relieved the hand and shoe were over that I did not have the heart to point out that they were paying 2 big losing hands. I mean if 3 suits and 2 dealers figured I should get paid, who am I to argue ?
The dealer got so flustered in the process that he cut off about 1/2 deck from the next shoe ( 6 D). I stayed for one more great shoe and moved on.