Just realized I never posted this after my Vegas trip. Too busy to come up with something original today, so here you go:
The situation: Blinds are 1,000-2,000 in a small buy-in shove-fest at Planet Hollywood. Tournament pays four people and there are six left. I'm in the big blind with 6,000 or 7,000 in chips, which means about a third of my chips are already in the pot. (Still, I had one of the biggest stacks at the table at this point.)
The guy in first position has all his chips — 2,500 — in his hand. He's pondering his options, which are to shove knowing I'm going to call or to fold and play whatever two cards he gets dealt in the next hand for all his chips when he's in the big blind. Clearly, he should shove if he has anything — and I mean anything. Suited? Connected? One-gappers? Any one card 3 or higher? I mean freakin' anything.
But while he's pondering, the dealer chimes in.
"Just do it," she says.
After another 10 or 15 seconds, he does it, and instead of what might have been a walk and 3,000 more chips in my stack, I have to put 500 more chips in with 9-3 offsuit. He beats me with JT offsuit, and I am forced to scold a dealer for the first time in my life.
"You didn't have to encourage him," I said.
"He was going to do it anyway," she said.
"Yeah, I was," the other player said.
They were both right. But that was not the point.
"I know," I said. "But you didn't have to encourage him."
I didn't raise my voice. I was not overly upset. But dealers should keep their mouths shut in situations like these. I needed to make my point.
I did. She apologized a few minutes later.
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Totally unprofessional play by the dealer.
I can sort of understand in a cash game if the table is loose and the banter is fun and everybody is yapping, but not in a tournament, regardless of the buy-in.
BTW, made a 300 percent profit in 45 minutes of action in a 1-2 cash Wednesday. Played 3 hands down total. Mostly one hand by making a guy who was bullying around everyone with his bets and never showing his cards, showing to me. He ignored the fact I easily was the tighest player seated. I killed him.
If only I was as patient in tournament games.
One of the main problems with poker is that a large number of people who play it are complete d-bags. A related problem is that people tend to act or speak however they want without much regard for the rules. It's not fun to have to be the policeman, especially when the dealer herself is getting out of line, but someone has to do it.
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