There was some sort of problem on the hand the dealer made a mistake or misealt the cards in some way. I just got a really favorable pit boss decesion in my favor I had 14 against a dealer 5 and the player next to me got two cards thrown at him at the same time one was his card and the other was the dealers hole card. The pit boss looks at them one card is an ace and the other is a 10 card so the pit boss gives the ace to the customer and the dealer takes a 10. The person next to me makes a good hand wins and gets paid. The deal pulls a 3 and beats my hand with an 18 and the pit boss than tells the dealer to push my hand when I was fully expecting to lose the hand after the dealer had made a hand. I had $25 bet on the hand so to me it was like getting a free $25!
Most favorable pit boss decisions?
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Exactly how it always works in every player friendly casino
The error was the casinos or dealers, and a smart/player friendly casino will either give you a chance to opt out of the hand, or win, or push and that is what happened to you. From a casino point of view: You give all the players a break on that hand and win or lose they will think you run a decent place and will return. Do the opposite and they will bad mouth you to everyone they know. Also, it is one hand and in the casino mind, that means it might just take a few extra minutes to get everyone's money.
Based upon the fact that you found this surprising, I guess your casino, Chrystal Bay, does not do this. If so, why do you waste our time running commercials for them on this site.
Finally, I am still awaiting an apology for your accusations. And a thank you for the lesson I PM,d you, giving you an education in differences between legal advantage play and illegal devices.
ihate17
The error was the casinos or dealers, and a smart/player friendly casino will either give you a chance to opt out of the hand, or win, or push and that is what happened to you. From a casino point of view: You give all the players a break on that hand and win or lose they will think you run a decent place and will return. Do the opposite and they will bad mouth you to everyone they know. Also, it is one hand and in the casino mind, that means it might just take a few extra minutes to get everyone's money.
Based upon the fact that you found this surprising, I guess your casino, Chrystal Bay, does not do this. If so, why do you waste our time running commercials for them on this site.
Finally, I am still awaiting an apology for your accusations. And a thank you for the lesson I PM,d you, giving you an education in differences between legal advantage play and illegal devices.
ihate17
My casino has done simialar things!
I have seen the pit bosses push hands that the house should of won because there was a despute in the hand. Once somebody claimed they didn't signal for a hit and busted. They desputed it and even though they only had 16 before the hit and the dealer had 20 they still got a push. It doesn't happen often but it does happen. Sometimes I have accidentally skipped over a player especially in single deck when a player doesn't know how to properly signal for a hit. Messing up the order of the cards and if it doesn't favor the customer sometimes the pitboss will be inclined to give a push. If it does work in the customers favor they get to keep the win. I try to keep these mistakes to a minimum because I feel like crap when ever I mess up a hand I lose when I should of won.
I have seen the pit bosses push hands that the house should of won because there was a despute in the hand. Once somebody claimed they didn't signal for a hit and busted. They desputed it and even though they only had 16 before the hit and the dealer had 20 they still got a push. It doesn't happen often but it does happen. Sometimes I have accidentally skipped over a player especially in single deck when a player doesn't know how to properly signal for a hit. Messing up the order of the cards and if it doesn't favor the customer sometimes the pitboss will be inclined to give a push. If it does work in the customers favor they get to keep the win. I try to keep these mistakes to a minimum because I feel like crap when ever I mess up a hand I lose when I should of won.
I was playing high limit about 4 Weeks ago, $500/Hand, and the dealer had an ace up, while he was trying to position the card to check blackjack accidently revealed to hold card which was a 10. the entire table seen it, he called the pit boss over, he said to play out the hand as normal, there was bets of 1000's of dollars on that table, about 5 people playing everyone took insurance, that dealer error must have cost the casino at least $5000
I don't get it
The dealer should have asked for insurance bets before checking for blackjack. Playing out the hand as normal would have consisted of him flipping over his hole card and taking the money of everyone who hadn't previously taken insurance or didn't have a blackjack themselves. What am I missing here?
The dealer should have asked for insurance bets before checking for blackjack. Playing out the hand as normal would have consisted of him flipping over his hole card and taking the money of everyone who hadn't previously taken insurance or didn't have a blackjack themselves. What am I missing here?
Canceler said:
The dealer should have asked for insurance bets before checking for blackjack. Playing out the hand as normal would have consisted of him flipping over his hole card and taking the money of everyone who hadn't previously taken insurance or didn't have a blackjack themselves. What am I missing here?
My favorite pit mistake wasn't a pit decision at all.
I was playing blackjack at a small casino probably ten years ago, and was getting beat up even though I hadn't seen a count worth raising my bet in nearly an hour. When the count finally improved, I just pushed my remaining chips into the circle rather than buying in for more. I think the amount was something like $135 or so. It was a big stack of various chip denominations though, some green, some red, and some $2.50 pinks.
I was dealt a blackjack, and I could see that the dealer was stressing out over having to figure what a blackjack paid. Meanwhile, she had an Ace up as well. She actually peeked, had a blackjack as well, and flipped her hole-card face up. But, she didn't push me. Instead, she was still trying to figure out how much my blackjack paid! I just sat there, hoping she would figure out the amount and pay me before the pit came over.
No such luck. Here comes the pit critter, and I assume that my free payday is about to go away. Nope. The pit came over and helped her figure the blackjack payoff, never even noticing her own dealer blackjack sitting there on the table. She paid me, picked up the cards, and dealt the next hand.
I was playing blackjack at a small casino probably ten years ago, and was getting beat up even though I hadn't seen a count worth raising my bet in nearly an hour. When the count finally improved, I just pushed my remaining chips into the circle rather than buying in for more. I think the amount was something like $135 or so. It was a big stack of various chip denominations though, some green, some red, and some $2.50 pinks.
I was dealt a blackjack, and I could see that the dealer was stressing out over having to figure what a blackjack paid. Meanwhile, she had an Ace up as well. She actually peeked, had a blackjack as well, and flipped her hole-card face up. But, she didn't push me. Instead, she was still trying to figure out how much my blackjack paid! I just sat there, hoping she would figure out the amount and pay me before the pit came over.
No such luck. Here comes the pit critter, and I assume that my free payday is about to go away. Nope. The pit came over and helped her figure the blackjack payoff, never even noticing her own dealer blackjack sitting there on the table. She paid me, picked up the cards, and dealt the next hand.
i mentioned this before, but i was playing at a table with 2 guys playing max and i was betting $50. The dealers electronic reader didnt catch a blackjack and one guy doubles and the other guy stayed on 20, i stayed on 19...then the dealer flips over the blackjack and those guys called shinanigans (they were super drunk, i was also pretty tipsy)....the pit instructed the dealer to push our bets back and said that was the last time he would let it slide...a blackjack is a blackjack even if the checker fails....that was nice of him. I assume because they both had stacks of chips (more to lose of course) and were down a couple grand each...he let it slide for PR sake. :cool2:
At the casino I play at in Iowa, if the dealer forgets to check or misreads the card it is no longer a BJ. It's simply a 21, so it will pretty much beat everyone anyway. It's actually a state imposed rule that it be handled that way.
That's when I learned to not put out chips for a double till the dealer checks for BJ. I had my double out so quick the dealer dealt the card before checking. Fortunately for me, I got a 10 on my 11 or I would've lost the whole thing.
That's when I learned to not put out chips for a double till the dealer checks for BJ. I had my double out so quick the dealer dealt the card before checking. Fortunately for me, I got a 10 on my 11 or I would've lost the whole thing.
Well, I assume you would get doubles/splits back if the dealer makes that error. Otherwise the casino would be very much encouraged to make that error often.
Oh, and one more thing. Any time a pit boss tells you it a "state imposed rule" or "casino commission" crap, tell him to shove it up his a**. There is no rule in any casino, anywhere in the US, that prevents any casino from correcting an error in the player's favor, any way it wishes. If the player is happy, there can never, ever be any violation of any casino commission regulation. Ever. Not in any jurisdiction. There is always a "casino flexibility" to do whatever it wants to make the player happy.
Oh, and one more thing. Any time a pit boss tells you it a "state imposed rule" or "casino commission" crap, tell him to shove it up his a**. There is no rule in any casino, anywhere in the US, that prevents any casino from correcting an error in the player's favor, any way it wishes. If the player is happy, there can never, ever be any violation of any casino commission regulation. Ever. Not in any jurisdiction. There is always a "casino flexibility" to do whatever it wants to make the player happy.
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