I haven't spent alot of time at the tables and I'm thinking in really general terms of what I should be prepared to see at the table as far as dealers are concerned. Are there certain types of deawlers I should avoid, how do I spot them before it's too late? Are there certain types of dealers to gravitate toward? These may sound like stupid questions but any insight into the matter would be greatly appreciated.
New dealers, those that are learning how to deal I've heared (from several sources) are slower and can make mistakes. Is there a certain time of day that new dealers are broken in or a location. I'm most interested in new dealers in the Las Vegas and Laughlin areas. Are there any tell tale signs I should be looking for to identify a new dealer? I saw a dealer not burn cards at random from a shoe, was this a learning mistake or was this an atempt to throw off the shoe?
Thanks to everyone here on this fairly active board for being nice to me and tollerating my newbie questions.
Curtious dealers are fine,but the friendly dealers(mostly sexy looking females with nice jewels) seem to talk at me too much. I dont mind small talk,but carrying on and blah,blah,,blah ..annoys me.
I guess it's part of the crap I have to put up with for being a good looking guy.(humor)
A fast dealer is good. A fast impatient dealer is bad. There are many tactics and idio-syncs that dealers may do that will also annoy me,but I would rather not explain what they are. All I can say is try your best not to piss off dealers and do tip them once in a while during sessions.
Sexy looking females talk to you too much? Hmm that sounds like a distraction that I wouldn't mind. The only talkative dealer that I've run into was pretty old with a heavy accent that liked to talk way more than she wanted to deal. Everyone at the table started making up stories, it was fun but not very productive for playing blackjack.
Apart from being far too slow it can be very annoying when they announce wrong totals while your hitting your hand. So you have to correct them and still keep the running count.Furthermore in case of doubt a dealer will rather go wrong in favour of the house because he doesn't wont to lose his job so you'll have to check each settlement very closely.
Even if they go wrong in your favour their will usually be a superviser to correct it. Lately I witnessed a case where a customer had to return $1000 several minutes after a wrong payout.They had noticed the mistake while checking the video tape.
Francis Salmon
Sexy looking females talk to you too much? Hmm that sounds like a distraction that I wouldn't mind.
Except when they're casino employees. You have NO FRIENDS in the casino.
>Except when they're casino employees. You have NO FRIENDS in the casino.
Not even me?
I'll take the money and remain a mystery man,while you pacify the dealer by singing love songs,fair enough?
The Friendly Dealer is probably the one exception to "no friends in the casino," at least until he gets a promotion.
The point I was trying to make is great-looking female or otherwise, you don't know who you're dealing with.
She may be juiced in because of a present or previous relationship with a shift boss. She may be the daughter of the casino manager.
She may be trying to brown nose to get a promotion, or a better shift, or some semblance of job security, such as it is in the casino world.
You just don't know. Too many fish in the sea to risk fishing off the casino dock.
I have covered this before; people simply do not engage the conversation further when you have a speech problem. If you have a real annoying voice, friendly people tend to shut up. People also tend not to continue conversation if they think you have a slight mental block such as slight retardation. Its stigmatic. Added bonus is that it can help for cover purposes as many people would think a mentally deficient individual is not capable of counting cards. This is less believable when spreading black but works great with red. Just remember it helps to look the part. If you want to go over the top, slightly drool at times.
It just occured to me by reading your post, a deaf mute act with a speech impairment would work fine. The problem is several friendly talkative dealers already know who I am.
No need to act retarded at many casinos. I believe some dealers already think I am. How many times have I had dealers tell me "15,it's a 15". I say "Duh,ok." If they only know I have other things in mind.
Nobody who has seen this excellent film will think that a person with speech problems is incapable of cardcounting.
Refusing to engage in small talk will more likely be interpreted in the sense that you didn't come to have fun but to make money and that you need to concentrate in order to keep the count.
I would rather say it's good cover to socialize.
Francis Salmon
It's amazing how in the heed of casino noise,whistles and bells how it is not that diffcult to cue in on a pit conversation from quite some distance,but maybe I just have an acute sense of hearing the frequencies of human voices very easily. I recently overheard one of the so-called friendly dealers I'm speaking of tell the pit boss I'm a tricky guy.
Now,I'm all confused.
How about I just stare at cleavage while the dealer shuffles and stick to the game while it's in play. I'm more of a voyeur really, which is kind of sad. I like to see interactions amungst people more than being a flirtacious person. Sometimes I don't catch things even in blackjack that others do.
I was dealt two sixes and hit for a third six and stood on the 18 like I was supposed to and the dealer busted out. I was pleased but my mom next to me was freaking out. I didn't see 666 like she did but a hand of three cards for 18. Superstition isn't taken in acount in basic strategy as far as I know but I did get some looks from the rest of the table.
Do they make playing cards in braille? I've never tried to find any...wait yes I have, just now on eBay. It would be pretty obvious if a blind person was counting cards though.
I love dealers who can't add, but then again, I have seen many cases where the mistake was never corrected. I have also seen cases where the mistake was later caught, but the PC did not make the player pay back the difference.
I have never had a casino with the balls to go back several hands and make a player hand over cash. I have heard of this happening, but it seems like a simple request to view the tape for yourself so that you can be sure would at a minimum put them in an uncomfortable position (when they have to refuse and basically say that you should take their word on it).
Of course, if you notice the mistake, you can just immediately leave and make them chase you down in the parking lot. That should be alot of fun.
That would be pretty funny, what if it was taken to court, who would win? If the video was never allowed to be viewed by the patron at his request but rather dragged into court for it?
