Hello guys, new to the board, not new to blackjack. I've read through a bunch of posts and everyone seems to have their opinions of other players and which casinos they like and don't like. I'm curious to see what kind of experiences others have had with dealers that were jerks. I once had a dealer that no matter what his cards would add up to said "21". Didn't matter if he busted or had 17. In one instance he dealt himself 6 or 7 cards and of course said "21". Because he did it so quick I asked him if he could hold on a sec as i had errantly counted 22. He seemed rather offended and when i explained that him saying "21" after every hand was annoying and i was just doublechecking (i've seen dealers mess up before), he got all pissy with me. Luckily he was at the end of his shift and was shipped back to the dealer bullpen. Anybody else ever see anything like that?
What was your Worst Dealer Ever like?
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I once had a dealer who was quick and assumed too much on her own. I was at third base, one other player at the table, had a soft 18 and wanted to double. She blew right by me, assuming I would stay, and flipped her card. I said "wait a minute, I wanted to double." Pit hears this and says for her to give me the card. I won the hand.
She looks all pissed off and starts dealing faster and faster. It was a counter's dream!
She looks all pissed off and starts dealing faster and faster. It was a counter's dream!
The dealer wasn't a jerk, he was joking around, but he caused me some real anxiety. Im sitting at the table, not playing. Count gets good, I place my bet. The dealer laughs and announces, "here comes mister PH.d, I bet he has written a book on this game" He got all the ploppies excited and one of them says, "he is counting the cards". The dealer then tells the ploppy, "quiet down becuase they might kick me out, plus he has to pay for is education somehow."
I ended up leaving a shoe at around T1.5 and getting the hell out of there.
I ended up leaving a shoe at around T1.5 and getting the hell out of there.
ihate17
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The A*ole in a go for your own joint
I am in an Indian casino where the dealers go for their own tokes and really play it up if they have any high toking regulars at their table.
I sit down at their highest limit table with two other players who the dealer obviously knew and take the seat at third base. After a few uneventful hands, I get a soft 18 vs dealer 6 and double, while the two other players stay on stiffs while also betting for the dealer. I hit a 10, the dealer turns 16, hits a 4 and before he goes to take everyone's bets he holds my 10 high in the air and waves it for the other players, doing everything but announcing that everything that just happened was my fault. I do not give one about fault but do care about this uprofessional attitude and told the dealer to his ear that that was unprofessional and that I considered him an asshole. He did not care, he was playing to his two regulars.
Two shoes later we get one of those shoes where over the first several hands the count is quickly rising. Everyone is hitting stiffs and making hands as tons of little cards have been coming out. About half way through the shoe I have max bets on the table and unlike most max bet situations the dealer is getting stiff after stiff and showing a 4,5 or 6 nearly every hand and I am also getting garbage but he must have busted 5 times in a row and the count was just about remaining the same. Finally, the count begins to go down and I score 3 blackjacks in 4 hands and perhaps win the following 4 of 5 hands after that. All told, it is a $12,000 shoe and as it is going on I am telling him what great cards he is dealing but it is against all I hold dearly to toke assholes. He is steaming and I am thinking that I could not have planned this revenge any better.
When his relief dealer showed up I did put a sizeable toke bet on the felt. The relief told him to deal another hand, mistakenly thinking that toke would be for him. I quickly corrected her and waved goodbye to my old friend, giving him something to complain about in the breakroom, I'm sure.
ihate17
I am in an Indian casino where the dealers go for their own tokes and really play it up if they have any high toking regulars at their table.
I sit down at their highest limit table with two other players who the dealer obviously knew and take the seat at third base. After a few uneventful hands, I get a soft 18 vs dealer 6 and double, while the two other players stay on stiffs while also betting for the dealer. I hit a 10, the dealer turns 16, hits a 4 and before he goes to take everyone's bets he holds my 10 high in the air and waves it for the other players, doing everything but announcing that everything that just happened was my fault. I do not give one about fault but do care about this uprofessional attitude and told the dealer to his ear that that was unprofessional and that I considered him an asshole. He did not care, he was playing to his two regulars.
Two shoes later we get one of those shoes where over the first several hands the count is quickly rising. Everyone is hitting stiffs and making hands as tons of little cards have been coming out. About half way through the shoe I have max bets on the table and unlike most max bet situations the dealer is getting stiff after stiff and showing a 4,5 or 6 nearly every hand and I am also getting garbage but he must have busted 5 times in a row and the count was just about remaining the same. Finally, the count begins to go down and I score 3 blackjacks in 4 hands and perhaps win the following 4 of 5 hands after that. All told, it is a $12,000 shoe and as it is going on I am telling him what great cards he is dealing but it is against all I hold dearly to toke assholes. He is steaming and I am thinking that I could not have planned this revenge any better.
When his relief dealer showed up I did put a sizeable toke bet on the felt. The relief told him to deal another hand, mistakenly thinking that toke would be for him. I quickly corrected her and waved goodbye to my old friend, giving him something to complain about in the breakroom, I'm sure.
ihate17
EasyRhino
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Wow, you made a dealer steam? That's pretty impressive.
There's dealers that are total lumps, with no personality at all... they're kind of annoying.
But more worrisome is dealers that tend to make errors that aren't in my favor. I can think of one dealer that would make about 4 mistakes about an hour, usually in adding up hand totals, and it never worked in the player's favor. Had to keep more on guard than usual.
There's dealers that are total lumps, with no personality at all... they're kind of annoying.
But more worrisome is dealers that tend to make errors that aren't in my favor. I can think of one dealer that would make about 4 mistakes about an hour, usually in adding up hand totals, and it never worked in the player's favor. Had to keep more on guard than usual.
Automatic Monkey
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Yes I've seen that too, and I hate it when dealers grudge a win. You're losing and losing, and finally you win a hand and the dealer picks up the bet anyway.
Dealers who point to your cards to get the ploppies against you (like what ihate17 described), dealers who flourish your bust cards, they're all annoying but I'll take a dealer like that over a losing session any day.
callipygian
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I had a dealer who excessively commented on my "bad" play - hitting 12 vs. dealer 2,3; hitting soft 18 vs. dealer 9-A; doubling soft 13-16's. Ugh.
At least I didn't feel bad about stiffing him on the tip when I left the table.
At least I didn't feel bad about stiffing him on the tip when I left the table.
Worst Dealer
I was sitting at a table with my wife, I have a hard 18, she has a soft 18, the dealer a 10. The wife waves off hitting, I turn to her point my finger at the felt between my hand & her's saying "with basic stratagy you should hit your soft 18 when the dealer has a 9,ten or ace" at which point the dealer without saying a word or me pointing to my hand...... hits my hard 18. Errrrrrrrg
I was sitting at a table with my wife, I have a hard 18, she has a soft 18, the dealer a 10. The wife waves off hitting, I turn to her point my finger at the felt between my hand & her's saying "with basic stratagy you should hit your soft 18 when the dealer has a 9,ten or ace" at which point the dealer without saying a word or me pointing to my hand...... hits my hard 18. Errrrrrrrg
Just wondering if you complained to the dealer that you didn't want the hit. I bet you could win this battle with any dealer and PB.
she took forever to pay out and add up the player's cards at the end, then I went to split 6's (against a 6) pulled a 10 on the one and waved it, pulled a 6 on the other and was counting how many chips i had in order to split again and she passed over me and hit the guy next to me, when i told her i wanted to split those she replied with "next time don't take 2 minutes to figure out what you're going to do" someone didn't get a tip that night, can you guess who?:laugh:
My worst is a really pushy dealer, trying to get me to play the ridiculous side bet. He kept trying to get me to play two spots as well. He said the casino loves his work, no doubt if he gets people to lose more money. The sad thing for me is that he knows me so well, that I feel uncomfortable going to that casino. Once a week or so I go. He watches me, because he says that once you win 50 bucks you should leave because you will lose it. I don't leave for hours and hours and he watches me. I don't like it. He is not always there though, or he will be dealing tables away from where I am sitting. He knows me too well... I would like some more anonymity.
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ihate17
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Hard to believe you lay down and take this stuff
Cplcam and Beat320?
Perhaps much more than 90% of pits will find a way to resolve these kind of hands in your favor or at worst let you push your hand. This also will re-enforce upon the dealer that he/she is not the self proclaimed authority at the table but just someone who is supposed to deliever the next card out of the shoe at the proper time and making it less likely that the dealer will do that again.
ihate17
Cplcam and Beat320?
Perhaps much more than 90% of pits will find a way to resolve these kind of hands in your favor or at worst let you push your hand. This also will re-enforce upon the dealer that he/she is not the self proclaimed authority at the table but just someone who is supposed to deliever the next card out of the shoe at the proper time and making it less likely that the dealer will do that again.
ihate17
Doofus
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Hooters Las Vegas
Hooters Casino has some of its dealers dressed up in the tight-fitting, low cut outfits that made the restaurant famous.
There is a redhead there, 55 years old if she's a day, who insists on setting her hair and makeup like a cheap 20 year old tart. And of course she has nowhere near the kind of body that such an outfit flatters.
But that's not the worst thing, I could still sit at her table were she a competent dealer. But NO! She's as slow dealing cards as Vermont molasses in January, and has no idea how to do payouts. Compared to playing blackjack at her table, watching grass grow is exciting.
Hooters Casino has some of its dealers dressed up in the tight-fitting, low cut outfits that made the restaurant famous.
There is a redhead there, 55 years old if she's a day, who insists on setting her hair and makeup like a cheap 20 year old tart. And of course she has nowhere near the kind of body that such an outfit flatters.
But that's not the worst thing, I could still sit at her table were she a competent dealer. But NO! She's as slow dealing cards as Vermont molasses in January, and has no idea how to do payouts. Compared to playing blackjack at her table, watching grass grow is exciting.
ihate17
yeah, you're right. I'm usually good about that too, I'm not sure what I was thinking at the time...maybe the fact that I had some drinks in me and it was around 3am had something to do with it. Then again, drunk and tired gambling is a bad idea no matter what; however, there could probably be a whole thread dedicated to that
yeah, you're right. I'm usually good about that too, I'm not sure what I was thinking at the time...maybe the fact that I had some drinks in me and it was around 3am had something to do with it. Then again, drunk and tired gambling is a bad idea no matter what; however, there could probably be a whole thread dedicated to that
I wasn't real happy with the guy, after I made a $5 bet at a min $10 table by mistake, everybody played their hands, he's paying out and collecting, gets to me, I had lost, finally notices the bet, and says I owe him another $5 for the below min bet. After all, had I won, he said he would have paid me $10
I wasn't real happy with the guy, after I made a $5 bet at a min $10 table by mistake, everybody played their hands, he's paying out and collecting, gets to me, I had lost, finally notices the bet, and says I owe him another $5 for the below min bet. After all, had I won, he said he would have paid me $10
I'm thinking you should have asked for a pit ruling saying the dealer should have noticed before the round. I think the WORST case was they'd settle for the $5
Most annoying dealer lately was a guy who showed no thanks and no real expression when you toked.
I did. The pit boss bitch backed him up. Didn't matter the dealer didn't check bets before dealing like he's supposed to.
And I had been sitting there for hours too so you'd think maybe I could get away with a reprimand for $5 lol. And I had been playing occassional hands for the dealer on both my wife's spot and mine. Not to mention I was staying in their hotel.
I took solace in the fact that I had now got the dealer in trouble for not following procedure and got the pit boss in trouble because she had no name tag on after going elsewhere to complain and she got reprimanded by her boss. And, after later being sure to compliment her on what a nice name tag she had on now, I could loudly tell new players at the table my story, much to her chagrin, how important $5 is to this place so be careful. All in all, well worth $5 lol. Probably actually saved me money as I no longer felt compelled to tip :grin:
I hate it too if they don't even say thanks for trying or whatever when you make a bet for them. Hasn't happened too often for me.
EasyRhino
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I would have still fought it. I wouldn't have expected to get paid extra if the $5 bet won, and I definitely wouldn't have contributed extra after the loss.
Perhaps suggesting to the pit that take that extra red chip and blow it out his ass would have smoothed over the situation?
Perhaps suggesting to the pit that take that extra red chip and blow it out his ass would have smoothed over the situation?
Well, you know it still pisses me off. A little anyway. lol. She said it was their policy. I asked the next 10 dealers and pit bosses in different pits the rest of that day and the next and it seemed it was a policy they were unaware of.
Basically they were like that guy pissed at the guy next to him who made him lose and just steals a chip from the guy. They stole a chip if you ask me. In AC I'm pretty sure it's against the law for a casino to pay off, had I won, based on more chips than are in play.
But you know how those Indian casinos are lol. Who the heck is in charge of them anyway lol?