The Breakroom: low-content gaming employee chatter thread

[Quadstriker]

Welcome to the Breakroom!

What is this thread?

The goal of this thread is to give industry employees a place to chat it up about anything and everything work related. Something funny happen at work tonight? Did that Dual Rate finally let you EO? Did you stack that chump at the weekly dealer game? It's all about building community here and getting to know each other. Got something you want to say that might not be worthy of it's own thread? Shout it out here.

Of course, anyone is welcome to post here, whether you are a gaming employee or not, but I wanted to try to build a lowish content thread of chatter for all the cool cats here I've met.

[Quadstriker]

And I guess it's up to me to get the ball rolling.

So I'm pushing into a low limit game and the outgoing dealer says to me "The rack is great."

Uh... what? Normally if there's a problem with the rack here you'll just get a comment like "The rack is a dollar short, I already told the floor" or something like that. But "the rack is great"? That's a new one.

Obviously I spend an extra couple seconds counting the bank trying to figure out his cryptic message but to no avail. Then I look up and see them. Girl in the 5 seat. HUGE rack. Ohhhhhh, the lightbulb in my head goes on.

That half hour in the box was very enjoyable.

Of course, I used the same line for the next dealer coming in. I wonder how many dealers before me had said "the rack is great."

[toptopmedry]

kinda creepy

[LiveActionPro]

Not creepy at all! I like the idea of this thread, Lets keep it positive

[Bruenor182]

One of the most funny dealer stories I have heard at work went like this.

There was a 6/12 limit game going and a regular, who was a kid who was one of those who you wish got stacked during your down but you seemed to push him the most pots in 30 minutes, raises and everyone fold the said something smart to the dealer and was just being a general d-bag.

The dealer stacks up the $3 small, the $6 big, and the $12 raise and places them on the rake. The kid tells him "you wouldn't dare!" and then the dealer dropped the money into the rake. The kids eyes get HUGE and starts freaking out finally another reg who was an older guy tosses him $20 and tells him to "shut the **** up you got what you asked for".

If you knew the dealer, knew the kid, and knew the old guy this story is priceless. Even not knowing them, and working in the industry we have all wanted to do something like this at least once.

[Bruenor182]

And I don't wanna hear, HE SHOULD BE FIRED, ID CALL THE FLOOR!!!

This is the breakroom thread, this is the kind of stuff we talk about.

[Owlmanda]

Any room for a newly minted pit dealer in here?

[Quadstriker]

Originally Posted by Bruenor182

The dealer stacks up the $3 small, the $6 big, and the $12 raise and places them on the rake. The kid tells him "you wouldn't dare!" and then the dealer dropped the money into the rake. The kids eyes get HUGE and starts freaking out finally another reg who was an older guy tosses him $20 and tells him to "shut the **** up you got what you asked for".

rofl, that's a good one. You want a rake?! I'LL SHOW YOU A RAKE!


Got kind of a similar story. Older dealer getting stiffed during his down and is frustrated. This is a room where they have actual 50 cent chips, so every once in awhile there'd be a real cheapskake who'd throw you a buck and say "Chop it" meaning to give him 50 cents back out of the dollar.

Well dealer FINALLY gets a toke, and of course, the guy says "chop it." The dealer takes the chip, places it halfway into the alligator's mouth, and SLAMS the drop closed, breaking the chip neatly in half. Half of it falls in the rake box of course, and he takes the other half of the chip and places it in his toke box.

[Quadstriker]

Originally Posted by Owlmanda

Any room for a newly minted pit dealer in here?

Welcome to the jungle. In your honor I'll tell a quick story about my first night as a dealer. It's about 3am and I got through the night. I did pretty well for my first day. No major problems or anything.

There was 1 game left at 3am, a 4 handed 2/5nl game with regulars. In this casino, the cards were required to be changed every 4 hours. The cards are changed out and the 4 regulars are discussing whether to keep playing or call it a night. They decided to "play a few more hands".

The cards come out and the action goes like this. Fold. Raise to 30. Raise to 100. Raise to 200. All In. Call. Call. All in the blink of an eye. My mind is spinning. Whaaaaaaaat just happened??!!! All I could think was my god, do you guys do this at the end of every night?

Then they turn over the cards. On the very first hand it was AA, KK, and AK. Aces held up. The game broke up for the night. It was a dizzying and frantic way to end my first day on the job.

[Owlmanda]

I had a day today... in a new casino in PA, and if I do say so myself, I am one of the better inexperienced dealers.

I am on Three Card Poker, which is kind of a vacation to me. It's less stress, fewer "grinders" and generally a happier clientele than blackjack (or so I have found on my one other day on the job in TCP).

So my relief comes to tap me out and says "Hey, I am not real comfortable with the game, can you hang out a few hands and help me?" I tell him no problem. Well, it turns out he remembers nothing from training... nothing at all. So I basically retrain him in about three hands. I ask him if he feels better. He asks me if I can hang a couple more hands. I stay. When he finally says he is okay, I go on break and check the clock. I have 4 minutes left on break. Now, I could take my whole half hour and screw the rest of the relief string, but I don't want to be a dick, so I go back. As I am tapping him out, I say "You owe me 26 minutes next time through" He says okay... so I assume he will take the 4 minute break and give me 56 minutes of a break...

An hour and a half later I am tapped out again. I guess he forgot.

Oh, but this puts me in line for the early out, so no big deal... I am a little psyched...

Except a dealer gets sick and I am in there for the last two hours... no early out... in fact, a half hour longer on the floor.

[Quadstriker]

Welcome to the gaming industry, where no good deed goes unpunished.

[Owlmanda]

I also got a nice $5 tip from a gentleman who hit a straight flush and three of a kind on a $25 three card table. Thanks sir... thanks a lot.

[youtalkfunny]

So...who's hiring nowadays?

Not that I'm moving again any time soon. But it looks like Massachusetts is filibustering their way out of approving casinos again (deadline this week, doesn't look good), making me feel dumb for falling for that old gag again.

[Quadstriker]

Originally Posted by youtalkfunny

So...who's hiring nowadays?

6 months ago the answer was Pennsylvania. Now? I have no idea. I do know with the series over there's the usual hundreds of people out looking for a gig.

[Jeffawesome]

I know where I work 300 people (from other departments) applied for poker school. Seventeen made it.