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So if the house is going to let higher limit players scream and holler and play in the 20 games and belittled players when they get there and get beat by them. They want weak players making bad draws but when they get there they act like complete idiots and chase the soft players out of the games. ( I just saw this happen, were in just a couple of hours 3 players just picked up and left. one the idiot even through his cards at. So one big mouth cost us 3 players in just one game). Now how many also left because of his behavior I can not know but the 3 who picked up immediately yes and the dealers never said a word to the abuser.
Hint: There are no winning 40 regs who match this description.
But you are right that there are jerks who play the 40, and some of the winning 40 players don't always steam well, and on rare occasions I've seen one berate a dealer. But my overwhelmingly experience with them is very positive. The winning 40 regs help manage the game, catch mistakes and ensure it's run fairly for all, and are very friendly and pleasant to play with.
And they care about enforcing fairness of the game, many times I have personally seen situations where a mistake would have benefited a winning reg, but the reg stopped the action and made sure the mistake was corrected, whatever it was, improper button position, improperly shipping them part of a pot in one of the weirder games, etc. You can count on these players to post their kill whether the dealer tells them or not, and on the rare times a kill is missed, they almost always are first to remember and voluntarily post their kill in same or worse position so they gain no advantage from the omission.
I will also admit when a dealer misses something in the 40 mix (hate the word "mistake" given so many moving parts in the various games) occasionally regs can be blunt about it. Often it's because it's a sub par dealer and this latest oversight is just par for their course in the mix games. But can also happen occasionally when a good dealer just misses something, and even though players dropped the ball too, sometimes a stuck reg will be rude to the dealer. But it's rarely a winning reg.
I play both games. There are good and nice people in both, and there are jerks in both. The difference is most OE regs don't cultivate their game well. They are predominantly me first players. Some seem to feel if a dealer makes a mistake in your favor, it's not your job to point it out, but if it benefits their opponents, they demand it be fixed, even if it's a minor issue that doesn't warrant it.
The 40 is a friendlier game because the winning regs understand they have to play with the same players every day and behave to make the game friendly and pleasant. One example, one winning reg in particular who used to exhibit subpar game demeanor has improved greatly, and clearly worked at it and cares about how they are perceived by their peers.
But unfortunately there are always players who consider themselves winners but lose all self control when on big downswings and act like total *******s to the dealers and the table. I hate to see it when it's someone I play with regularly, but don't know what I can do to help, just hope they turn things around. I know sometimes behind an angry steamer there is a decent person, just driven temporarily miserably insane by a bad run of cards.