05.16.07
Posted in Local at 12:49 pm by admin
So, I applied for a gig at a local casino (it will remain nameless just to be fair to all casinos in town) to be a part time poker dealer. I figured this would be a good way to raise money for trips to Vegas and maybe put some cash into savings.
I was surprised to find out that the school lasted FIVE weeks and ran Mon-Thu 6-9pm. I missed the first week due to some timings of interviews and what not. My next surprise was to realize at the first night of class that “class” consisted of the “students” playing pretend 3/6, while one of us dealt. So based on the number of “students” we really only dealt for a half hour, every other night.
My next big surprise was to learn that there is discrepancy about how to throw cards, what to do between the cards, etc. We even had a half hour conversation about minimum raises on a NL table. You would think that after 250 years of poker being played and the countless hands played, this would be fairly standard, at least within a given casino. But it’s clearly not.
So what does this mean to you as a player. Well basically rules are open to the interpretation of the room supervisor. If you don’t like a decision made at the table, ask for a supervisor and they may say something different.
It is important to note however, that when it comes to rake and taking of the bad beat that they did all agree on that. So for the most part, the stuff that matters is covered and consistent.
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05.12.07
Posted in Local at 12:49 pm by admin
So I played some 3/6 at Argosy on Friday. I ended up giving up about $20 and it was pretty uneventful, until . . .
I got seated at the Omaha H/L 4/8 table. Now when I sat down, I was very aware of the fact that there were some huge stacks of chips around me. Each person had at least $200 in reds and more in white. So, when I sat down with $80, this old guy said to me, “There’s a $100 minimum to sit down at this table.”
I didn’t know anything about him so I responded with, “You mean I can’t just lose my eighty dollars and then leave.”
It got him to smile, but he said, “Nope $100 minimum.”
So I decided to hit him with logic, sense humor did not work. I said, “Well you can have an empty seat for fifteen to twenty minutes while I waddle to the ATM, or you can have a player in this seat now, as I’m the last one on the wait list.”
That worked. Well I folded the first two hands, as I had crap, and then the old codger says, “Oh you’re going to play tight, ere ya?” I said, “Apparently,” with a grin and got the two people across the table to laugh.
Then I do play a hand. I have AA38 (suited with spaids). Flop comes 882, so I bet and get check raised. Now that confuses me so I just call. Turn is a 4, River is a T, no flushes out there and this guy is betting with authourity, so I’m planning on getting quartered and the clown has A238 or some such thing. Nope, he turns over his A3TJ (not suited) and proudly says, nut low. I say me too, plus the 8. So I quartered him.
Now he had a huge stack and either he sat down with a lot or he was underestimating the new player or some other people really suck at O8. I think it’s the last two really. So, I’m thinking I need to head back up there as they spread the game every Friday and Saturday now.
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