Re: How often do you run into pro poker players posing as dealers?
I agree with OP, the know it all dealers tilt me too. The tyrant types who sit down and try to nail everyone for every little thing are pathetic as well. I appreciate a fun and professional dealer and tip them well when I have the pleasure. Based on my experience I have found that >70% are wretched people. Its gotta suck for those dealers who have legit talent and passion for the game.
Re: How often do you run into pro poker players posing as dealers?
This isn't really a "dealers talking strat" thing, but I swear I was close to tearing into this one dealer over a hand I wasn't even involved in.
So, there's this one hand that gets a small raise from MP, folds around to the blinds who call. Flop and turn get checked through, on the river, SB (with first action, not facing a bet) opts to just muck instead of going through the motions with his air. The dealer appropriately kills his hand (not 100% sure but he may have warned SB about checking out being bad etiquette/against the rules at this point), then BB throws a bet out there, which MP calls.
BB shows a rivered bottom two, MP shows a bluffcatching hand (reasonable given the action, I suppose), pot gets shipped to BB, but then the dealer pipes up and says to SB,
"See, this is why you can't do that -- you just cost this guy (pointing to MP) money; if he knows you're in the hand behind him, there's no way he can call with that (pointing to MP's bluffcatcher)."
SB waves him off, MP isn't even sweating it, but I'm staring at this guy dumbfounded. Get the **** out of here; if it's bad etiquette, let the players correct that, if it's against the rules, then say so, but for ****'s sake otherwise shut up and deal the cards and don't chastise people for taking a legal action in turn that doesn't create an unfair advantage for anyone else.
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