If the player is wrong, see rule #1
Dear
Mark,
Good-day from Melbourne, Australia. While having a surf
on the internet I came across your columns and found them
interesting. The questions you receive as a dealer took
me back to what I didn't know about casinos until I started
to work in one. I found some of your past columns informative
about a patron's feelings towards certain situations that
can be quite distressing to those uneducated in casino etiquette.
Patron feelings are something we dealers tend to forget
about in our very repetitious and occasionally stressful
shifts.
That
said, in your years of dealing roulette, did you ever have
a patron that did not understand the words "no more
bets," and then drop a stack of chips over the whole
layout to make a reconstruction of the winning wagers more
difficult (thank god for surveillance).
This happened to me today, for the first time, and all I could do was stand there with my lower jaw dropped to the table thinking obscenities I've never thought before. I was amazed, shocked, annoyed and possibly disappointed at the extreme actions of the player. Unfortunately for me the management decided it was my fault. How? That I will find out later. Any thoughts? No identification please, for job security
Front-line casino employees have two rules when it comes
to casino patrons. One, the player is always right, and
two, if the player is wrong, see rule number one. Not easy
when a certain percentage of players have an attention deficit
disorder in need of a Ritalin prescription. BUT, didn't
you state in your question "not knowing about casinos
until you started to work in one?" Like you before
casino employment, inexperienced players don't know or understand
casino procedures. You, in an untiring way, need to patiently
explain the rules to casino guests.
Casinos are not in the business of harassing, then alienating, a patron for life. You will never win an argument with casino management on customer service. Their main business is to extract as much money out of the customer as possible and put a smile on his face. Not allow you to wipe the smirk of his kisser.
So unless a player is cheating the house on the roulette table-past posting, I suggest you slow down, educate new players on the proper etiquette of play and be more tolerant of unskilled patrons.
Dear
Mark,
I witnessed a rare sight at the Monte Carlo in Las Vegas
this month. In a Caribbean Stud Poker hand, the player and
dealer tied-they had exactly the same 5 cards. There was
a minor dispute on what to do with the bet. The dealer initially
ruled a push, then called over pit boss one, who agreed.
Pit boss two then wandered over and declared that the player
should lose because the object is to beat the dealer's hand.
The player objected (he had a $25 ante and $50 on the back).
Finally, a third manager was called and he declared the
hand a push, returning the ante and bet back to the player.
Would a certain suit rule over another in case of a tie?
Also, what is the official ruling? Vincent K.
No
poker game, video or otherwise, is suit specific on any
hand. There are machines and games that offer a special
bonus for certain suited hands, but that does not affect
duplicate hands on Caribbean stud poker.
The correct ruling on identical hands would be a push.
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