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Originally Posted by EndoBird
Who's to say you couldn't take 20 cards and put them face down and deal out a flop, turn, river and then flip them over 1 by one and be able to distinguish between the high and low and muck their cards accordingly? Is this a common practice? Learning baccarat, we did this. 3 8 special, 4 2-7, 5 4-7, 6 6-7. Keep dealing out hands and pump every combo you can until you got it.
I've never dealt craps, but I have dealt baccarat. I learned it in an afternoon, then it took one time on the table to feel comfortable with it. It's a
much smaller set of possible outcomes. 38-Special, 42, 54, 66. That's it, now you know baccarat.
The hands that get to showdown aren't random 4 cards from the deck on a random board. The hands that get to showdown have connected boards and connected hands. The ones that are disconnected don't make it to showdown. Now, I consider myself decent at Omaha, and I've done the method you described. It's
helpful, but it's not really the same thing.
We also have a vicious cycle. LLO8 players are grouchy and stingy and slow, so dealers don't want to deal them. The dealers that come in are bad, so LLO8 players get grouchy and stingy. It's like teenagers and Denny's waitresses. They're obnoxious, so they get crappy service, which makes them obnoxious.
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Originally Posted by EndoBird
I believe you guys all take pride and strive to be the best dealer you can be otherwise, you wouldn't be on here, right?
For us, yes. That's why were on here. But for most dealers, it's just a job. It's better than digging ditches. They don't really know or care about poker.
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Originally Posted by EndoBird
you would THINK most would want to step up their game and become better. Then again maybe not. I don't know. That's why I asked those questions.
Deal a fast game with friendly players and make more tips, or deal a difficult game with grouchy players and make fewer tips... most dealers aren't in it for love of the game, they're in it for love of eating and paying rent.
This doesn't apply to me. My favorite game is high stakes PLO or mix game. But most dealers just want to get paid and go home, man.
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Umm, there are six combinations of hole cards. The board cards also are considered. There are 60 combinations, or if you count high and low as separate events 60 for high and 60 for low.
Yes, thank you. I meant individual hand combinations. 120 possible final hand combos.
Last edited by pfapfap; 11-22-2013 at 05:03 PM.