Tonight I had a player. Let's call him, "Texas". "Texas" is a real nice guy, but he doesn't tip. So, I don't know what to really think about him. Usually, I like people from Texas when they come to play. They tend to be good tippers.
Well, Mr. Texas wasn't tipping. He got a little annoying though when he started to lose. I would get a "21" and he would look at me as if I had some 'splainin' to do. I would just shrug my shoulders and deal the next hand. he started to swear a lot. "Jesus Christ", "Sh*t" and "F*ck" were common. He would yell out, "Unbelievable!!!" often. Then I realized something. He was up about $700. His loses stuck in your mind, but when he won he said nothing or quietly muttered, "It's about time". I should have shouted out, "Un - f*cking - believable" every time he made a "21".
Now, Texas is nice because he seems to blame the cards. A lot of people blame the dealer. For example, a well-known financial adviser would flip me off and say, "F*ck You Bitch!" whenever he lost. I am not allowed to say his name as long as I work for the Golden Nugget, but you probably do know him.
By the way, you can't swear at a dealer unless you are betting at least $100 a hand and even then it is iffy. He was betting $12,000 a hand, so whatever he wanted to do was fine with the casino. Who said casinos can't be bought....I guess there is no surprise there.
At $5 and $10 tables, swearing is not allowed period. They will kick you out of any of the casinos that I have worked at. This is pretty common and a shock to people who think of Vegas as Adult World. The Golden Nugget is pretty easy about it, unless there is a woman present.
Response from mkhobson:
I hate that. I hate the superstitiousness of players. I hate it when we're at the poker table, and some yutz says, "why can't you deal me a hand?" As if the dealer has anything to do with it. It's stupid and annoying. Other things that are stupid and annoying are demands for table shuffles and demands for new setups when people are running bad. It just slows up the game.
Oh well.
BTW, what's the Nugget's policy on card counting? You'll have to do an entry on that someday, if you get the chance. I really don't understand how casinos can say it's cheating when really, it's just playing the game very very well.
My response:
Card counting is not cheating and in fact is not illegal either. It tips the scales in the players favor slightly. However, there are safeguards against card counting. For instance, when dealing with two decks, we only deal down to 1/2 to 3/4 of the way down and then shuffle. If someone bets very erratically we are to let the floor supervisor know, ie. $10 one hand $500 the next, etc. I've never had anyone bet that erratically though.
I have never heard anything on a table about a player counting cards from the management. Supposedly, they will kick you out, as is their right to refuse service. I have had players think they are counting cards and so much as tell me, but they still lose. I think the idea of counting cards is just to get people in thinking if they use this strategy they will win.
There is apparently a winning strategy that was put out by MIT graduates, but I imagine it is very complex and requires several people. Probably though, it doesn't work.
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