Dealing to Mr. "A"

The "A" stands for annoying. This is a gentleman who comes into the high limit pit and talks the floor supervisor into letting him bet $25 per hand. On a dead game, we need players and will let him bet that low.

The annoying thing is that he does a blow by blow of what just happened. "I had 13 and took a hit and got a 3 and took another hit and ended up with 18. You had a 7 showing and turned over a 9 and got a 2 and so we pushed".

I just want to scream, "I know, I was there. It happened 2 seconds ago."

I told this to a fellow dealer and she suggested that I give the blow by blow before he does when he loses. "You had 17, I had 21, you lost". So, I went back and did just that and within 3 hands he went to another table.

The really annoying thing though and this only matters if you are a dealer. He would change a $25 check and get four $5 checks 4 dollars and 2 fifty-cent pieces(FYI, chips are only on roulette, everything else is a check). He did this so he could bet $12.50 on top of his $25 bet. $32.50 is a pain in the ass payout especially when he gets blackjack. Of course, he never tips... or so everyone thought. I've gotten a little bit of money out of him before. (It was like getting help from a republican.) At the other table, he was up about $5,000 and starting tipping like crazy. Everyone including that dealer was amazed. Usually people who put any fifty cent piece on their bet are not going to tip. He ended up with $9,000.

Never put fifty cents on top of your bet, it is like giving a waitress a penny.

Response from mkhobson:

OK, here's an idea. You keep a squirt bottle full of water down behind the table, and every time Mr. A does something annoying, you hit him in his puss with a stinging jet of cold water. Simultaneously, you say "NO" in a very loud voice.

Well, I dunno. It got my cat to stop peeing on the couch, but maybe it wouldn't work in a casino environment.


My response back:

I'll check with the floor supervisor.

And later:

OK, I checked....they were not amused. I thought it would be fun and exciting. But no!! They are just too professional.