how about when dealers give you complete wrong advice at the blackjack table?

or tell the other players they lost because you took their bust card when you do something correct like hit a 12 vs 3?

pit dealers are so entitled when someone wins a decent amount of money it's disgusting. and that's a problem because when you tip you're tipping a bunch of shitty ungrateful dealers who pool your money.

While I don't agree with tip pooling, how about you just limit your tipping to rewarding good service rather than using your choice to play a game with bad odds as an excuse? If the dealer doesn't do the things that annoy you, then tip them for being good and thank them (literally tell them why you're tipping them so they can continue to serve you as you like to be served).

If they do the things you don't like, treat them like humans and tell them you don't like those things. Lots of pit dealers have a hard time reading their players and what they want. So trying to cater to the tippers is what they'll do. If telling all the tipping players that you took their bust card gets them laughs and tips from the other players, then you're actually reinforcing the annoying behavior by not saying something and refusing to tip.

I've almost never played blackjack at 6/5 except for when I've been at Harrah's in AC and only had an hour to kill. It wasn't worth me going elsewhere just to play 3/2. It's more of a chip thing than anything. If I hit a blackjack at 3/2 I get a pink chip on $25 bet and I put that as a dealer bet most times. In 6/5 there are no pink chips and I never change reds for whites.

While it's not the dealer's fault that the casino doesn't use more favorable odds it does affect them because players are less likely to win. If they are less likely to win, they are less likely to tip as often. If dealers aren't getting tipped as often then maybe they will speak up or work for a different casino that listens to player and dealer feedback.

Does anyone know for sure when exactly the double points promo on Thursday runs? Is it 6a Thursday until 6a Friday? I have really good offers Thursday and Friday but can only come in really late on Thursday (like 11p). I am trying to figure out if it is worth it or not.

Did we seriously need a Survey for this???

If the Foxwoods Poker Room installed a secure system to transport your cash and chips to the cage much like a drive up bank teller so you would not have to leave the room, what would be the likely hood you would utilize the system?


◯ Very likely



◯ Likely



◯ Neither likely nor unlikely



◯ Unlikely



◯ Very unlikely

You mean like a chip runner????

I told them on the survey they gave me, that if you have a cage outside the poker room, then you MUST employ chip runners.

I got a canned reply.

I've been less annoyed by the lack of cage recently. They have been good about buying in at the table and cashing out has been moving along. I support the idea of a chip vending machine though...

That's a problem in itself. Most players are buying in at the table. It's annoying for the other 8 players waiting for the dealer to complete the transaction when the cage should be close by in the room.

Fwiw, The Head of Security was telling me last week that they couldn't have a cage inside the room due to safety reasons with outside access through the exit door so close. She told me it wasn't feasible to have security, legit security not those who wear badges but can't walk up stairs, working 24/7 which is what would be necessary to have a cage in a room next to an exit/entrance door.

Easy solution, don't build the poker room there if logistics don't allow a cage.

The old room had a cage and a direct exit to the street.

Now don’t go punching holes in his story.

I know which is why her comments didn't pass my smell test. I was only passing on the words of someone in the administration.

The survey they emailed earlier in the week renders her point useless

No one's gonna rob the cage anyway. They're going to grab chips off the table and run.

Are you sure?

You can realistically grab 10-15k off a table (and a lot of that would be players' chips, not casino chips). You can rob the cage for 100k+

https://abcnews.go.com/US/alleged-ro...ry?id=61727817

See how that dude dies at the end? Snatch and run is simple. Armed robbery is not.
Most robberies aren't oceans 11 heists. 10-15k is a massive score.

From a security standpoint the snatch and run is far more likely and easy to stop, although the current cage isn't much farther from the door than it would be if it was inside the room. There's just 50 feet and an extra glass door. Unless there's an armed cop posted, that's not going to make a difference in this room's case.

I am not saying either option is a great idea (in fact casinos are terrible places to rob due to sheer amount of security involved). The security supervisors just want to limit their own liability (whether real or perceived).

quick question. will thanksgiving be totally dead at the poker tables?

In the morning and early afternoon, yes. By the late afternoon and evening, it will be busier than normal as people are done hanging around with their extended family and decide to head home with a small detour.

Did anyone notice the $5 massage chairs in the corners of the poker room? I can understand having to charge something or else people would live in them...but $5? Am I cheap?

You're a poker player. Thus inherently cheap.

I mean if it’s $5 a minute sure that’s expensive, but I’d still probably use it here and there just to get some blood flowing

It is $5 for 10 mins. I guess it's kind of reasonable. I just don't think that I would sit in one for 10 mins, but for someone cramping up who needs to relax, I'm sure the $5 is worth it.

If fishfry is playing, just sit at his table. He'll fund any activity you want.