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Originally Posted by Javanewt
He is usually a dealer but sometimes plays. Buys in short. He is the type to pass on double-board bomb pots for $10.
Actually this is an important part of the read and probably explains part of why he's playing so passively (except the AK hand, where might even have been attempting a favor to get Hero to fold, hard to tell). Often off-duty dealers are just looking to kill time before their shift, and often they tend to softplay the regs who'll be taking hands from them an hour later.
Sometimes a player like that will make the nuts, shove, and tell the reg "Seriously, just fold. I have it." They're never lying.
No doubt there are some people who would stiff a dealer who took them to value town an hour earlier as a player -- hopefully not the majority of players! I doubt the tip equity they're saving makes up for the lost value playing poker, but that's at least an understandable way to think.
So yeah, this guy's probably just never raising much, except to keep you out of trouble.