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Originally Posted by BDHarrison
One reason for checking in at the desk is because there may be multiple tables with open seats and the floor might want to send him to a table that might have more openings.
It could go something like:
Player sits
Dealer tells him he has to go check in at the desk
Floor walks by while doing other stuff in the room and says there is no list and that is the table he would have been sent to anyways, but next time check in first
One reason that the floor might be walking by is because he is doing a fill on that particular table because the brush is unavailable. Maybe the brush stand was vacant for this reason. If you are married to the idea of the kid fumbling with a rack of chips, the floor can trade a rack for cash and do another fill. This would create a reason for the floor to come back to the table if you need him to do something else in the scene.
One way to establish a player is new is to have the dealer ask for a players club card and for the newbie to not have one. Maybe an established player can make a joke about an obvious rookie being at the table.
At some point, you need to figure out what stakes they are playing and how much Peter is buying in for.
It's probably meaningless, but I would consider making the board so that it is possible that Peter could be bluffing with a missed flush draw. If you wanted to add dialogue to the river, you could have his opponent openly wondering if Peter missed his draw before exposing his hand, but it is not something that has to be remarked on.
Thanks, so I can do this:
-Peter walks straight to table without signing in
-As soon as he sits, dealer tells him he needs to go sign in
-He starts to get up, but the floor is nearby and tells him it's alright.
-Optional: I don't understand how he'd go about getting the rack from the floor at this point, would he have to take Peter's cash and bring it back to him?
-Dealer asks for player's card, Peter has no idea what that is, so he just asks for ID.
The stakes and buy-in I'm not going to include. If people are interested, they'll be able to see it from looking at the table.
Not understanding your reasoning for changing it to a bluff? The opponent nearly gets Peter to show his winning hand so that he can know to fold. I want to try and keep the hand simple also.