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Originally Posted by foatie
I am almost 100% sure that I've seen a dealer throw out a blue lamer to signify a player being behind. Last Thursday I was there in the same scenario that you detailed. A guy took a monster hit to his stack, called for chips, was 200 behind but the chip runner was not back with his chips yet. He ended up folding to two raisers so he had the option to call off even more of his stack but did not opt to. I found it strange that the chip runner came by to take a players money and not have the cart with her. Sounds like unfortunately your dealer made a boo boo.
I practically live in this room, play several different games, and have
NEVER seen lamers used when a player has money behind. The dealer and the runner both announce the amount when the runner takes the cash.
Mostly they do this well, occasionally they aren't as loud as they should be.
I've played a lot of places and can't recall ever having seen lamers used for this, everywhere I've been (that has runners) uses the same system they do here - dealer announces, runner announces. Although it doesn't sound like a bad idea.
Regarding the chip runner not having the cart table side...
I've noticed recently that they have started using two chip runners per cart; one stays with the cart, servicing tables, while the other responds to calls from across the room, running back and forth between tables and cart.
I think it's great that they are providing faster service and don't find it "weird" at all, lots of rooms do this, and lots have runners without carts at all.
Last edited by luvzpoker; 10-24-2013 at 07:20 AM.