this is just a rant
I have refrained from posting my thoughts about this room on the forum for the past few weeks because i have a lot of respect for the professional dealers and casino staff that came from other casinos in the area and do an excellent job.
However some of the dealers here who are clearly new to the profession act as if its their job to put a show on for us with comedy bits aswell as INFLUENCING ACTION OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
I almost don't blame the dealers themselves for this. They seem competent and willing to do a good job. Its as if they've been misinformed that they are the 11th player.
Ive seen a dealer say things like "decisions, decisions" to someone facing a river bet.
Ive seen a dealer say "why not, never know whats coming" to a guy mulling over a preflop decision.
Ive seen a dealer say to a person who was posting "why dont you just straddle"
One dealer told me personally "waters warm" to a preflop $7 multiway spot to which i folded out of spite!
I saw two remaining players decide to chop a multiway hand on the turn and muck their cards to which the dealer correctly said "you cant do that here". So naturally they both pulled two TOTALLY different cards out of the muck and the hand played out. It seemed nobody at the table could care less that this happened.
Ive seen languages other than english be allowed at my table for whole sessions.
Once the board ran out 4
5
6
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on an all in. One player showed a set of sixes at showdown. The other player looked back at his hole cards and read the board. A third player who was out of the hand said "Do YOU HAVE A SPADE?" To which the dealer replied "Or an EIGHT OR A THREE".
All of this in only about a 30 hour sample size
It seems like a lot of the player pool here are unfamiliar with poker in casinos and don't see any of these things as issues. I REALLY WANT THIS TO BE A GOOD PLACE TO PLAY POKER. Am i expecting too much from a new room? Am I just spoiled by the dealers at Mohegan Sun? Should I just sit back and be happy that this room is lax and so casual player friendly? I dunno.
Also two sessions in a row the same woman at the cage shorted me $100 on her count so make sure you know how much money you should be getting cashing out.
And YES the cards get cut CONSTANTLY