this reminds me a few weeks ago I came accross a guy who NEEDED the word "dealer" on the button to be facing him when he's in a hand.

This guy would reach over people as long as the button was within his reach to turn it towrds him. On one hand someone had his arms out over it and I saw him nervously glancing at it waiting for his opportunity to turn it, and when the guy turned his head for a second, the guy reached over to turn it.

Wow, I thought I was reading my own post! Had this happen in Florida about a year ago. Guy would only have 4 stacks in front of him, whites (blues in FL), reds, greens, and blacks. He probably colored up 3 or 4 times per hour and was actually doing very well, sitting on $1600 or so I would say. But it definitely slowed the game down.

Players who ask for a wash/new set.

Players who limp-fold then say "that wasn't an X-dollar hand"

Players who sarcastically thank the dealer after a bad beat.

Players who are generally rude to the dealer/other players.

Bad beat stories that start with "I limped with aces." Bad beat stories in general.

When the dealer gives the button only one card, "I'm good, but not that good!"

When the player forgets to release his cards after the hand is over. "Can I keep them?"

Is there a dealer's pet peeve thread anywhere? I have always wanted to see if there was anything I didn't know about.

These would be the best threads that cover it, but you could post in the latter and ask dealers if they'd like to discuss it and/or start a thread for it.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/27...ealer-1327302/

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/27...thread-838744/

Just switched to live and mostly have been loving the social interactions while trying to learn how to adjust (amazing how many people are playing what I call Will Rogers poker: never met two cards they didnt like). Anyway, one of the few things that has bothered me is the number of people who rest their hands on the table in front of their chip stacks and/or cards so that you cant see their stacks, or even if they have cards or not! And if I'm in the 1 or 9 seat, its even more difficult. I dont want to ask, 'How much are you playing, sir?', because I feel like im giving off some kind of tell or issuing a challenge. Kinda wish the dealers would enforce some kind of rule so people wouldnt do it. Especially frustrating coming from online environment where all that info (including pot size) is immediately visible. Any ideas on how to deal with this? I'm thinking of quietly saying something to the dealers and offering them a little extra at the end of their downs or something, but im not sure its in their purview or authority (and might get expensive).

Player has every right to have his arms rest infront of him. If he's covering his chips u have every right to ask to see. Don't think it gives off much of a tell. And if it does just ask at a different time in a hand u don't plan on moving forward with. Now the covering the cards part is really annoying and usually somebody speaks up when it is done constantly. I do hate that when it makes me play out of turn or makes others play out of turn.

When people are soo ****ing oblivious to what is going on that they end up neddling you and they dont even know it.

Example:

He ends up stacking me as he underbets the pot enough to get callers and priec me in on a draw knowing i have no fold equity including calling his shove on the turn. When i brick he triumphantly tables QQ on a KK784 board and yells, you had "jacks didnt you!"

Now i never lose my composure at the table as it only makes the fishes leave but i couldnt help myself tonight. So, I very calmy informed him that he had won my money and that i did not have jacks. I asked him if the money was not enough, and if he needed to prevent me from folding my losing hand without inquiring to my poor though process during the hand he just masterfully outplayed me in. I finished the questoining by asking if he realized that what he was saying could be considered rude or if that was in the latter chapters of his hellmuth strategy book he was deeply studying.

Well maybe i wasnt so cal in my interaction with him because he sat down looking a bit shooken up and immediately racked up and went to another table. FML

Low-level slowrolls. Like the villain who rivers top 2-pair with some garbage hand in a limped pot that's been checked through flop and turn. I call and they wait for me to show my top-pair/weak 2-pair, by which time I think I'm good, then they show a winner. Just table your damn cards when I call FFS!!

Also people who announce their hand when called but don't table it.

This is my only pet peeve.

I think my only pet peeves are things that internet players do when they play live. Everything else seems acceptable in comparison. You folks need to loosen up!

Getting there is your pet peeve? I'll take all the ignorant babble in the world as long as I keep getting there.

Players that invade my space.

Anyone with even a mild case of OCD will concur with this.

Move the **** over. Move your chips directly in front of your spot and not over to the left in front of me just because you wanna put your little hands there, which, by the way, are in my way, too! Seriously, can't you keep your paws in a place thats not going to conflict with the playing view?

You're in seat one. Not one AND two.

/rant.

my biggest pet peeve is when UTG announces raise preflop and before he decides how much to raise or puts out the raise, UTG+1 insta-folds which starts a chain reaction, and before he even puts out his raise, about 7 people already folded. This is bad for the integrity of the game and it gives the initial raise an unfair advantage.

So if you're next to act when someone announces a raise, whether it's pre or post flop, just wait till he puts out his raise

I agree 100%. Think this might be my biggest peeve as well.

What I also hate is when this guy can't understand why he has to wait even after you've explained it to him and he still wants to argue. "but he said raise, so why does it matter"

The way I see it, I don't see the problem if they are not willing to call even the minimum raise. Verbal declarations are binding.

Is this a level?

Just in case it isn't a level.... It's wrong because you're giving more information to the raiser before he decides on an amount to raise.

To add to this, people that telegraph their actions. Like when the button holds his cards out like he is about to muck when it still on UTG. Or when they hold out the $2 (or whatever the bet is). If you're going to do that, you may as well just act out of turn, it's the exact same thing.

it has nothing to do with a binding bet. If I have queens UTG I might raise to 45 in a 2/5 game so I don't get 6 callers. If I know everyone before the blinds is folding, I might raise to 15 instead to get a caller in. Do you always get that kind of advantage? I dont so why give it to someone else?

I have to admit a week or so ago on the river I started to cut out chips behind the line while the guy insta-folded so I threw out red chip pretending I didn't know he folded. Just couldnt resist it.

I did something similar a while back in a live tourney, it was on me after the flop, I had a half decent hand (TPTK I think), but not a monster. Player 2 seats after me had been annoying the table since the start, berating what he thinks is bad play, telling people how to hold the cards and handle chips, claiming that he knew what people were going to do because he was an expert in live tells, all sorts of rubbish.
Anyway I moved my hand towards my chips to count out a bet, before I even touched them he insta mucked, with a smug grin on his face. So I checked.

A couple of hands later he called someone an idiot when they shoved pre with pocket 5s, "What were you shoving for, you've only got 5s are you a total idiot or something?".
A few hands later he was BB, Button raised, he insta shoved for about 35 BB, button called with AK and he turned over 33. How we all laughed as he put on his coat

People who think they are Phil Hellmuth really get on my nerves...

Ok, gotta revive this as there are some that are just annoying. I skimmed this massive thread but grunch:
1. seemingly unnecessary adding/changing on chips to an already full dealer tray...someone please explain this to me
2. dealers requiring pitboss approval whenever changing $$$...wtf, you don't trust your dealers? some casinos let dealers do their own thing as they should
3. after showdown in a massive pot when players in HU went ai the dealer insists upon counting the individual HUGE stacks....just match the damn colors and count the remaining, I don't care if you think that's the 'proper' way, it's damn slow and inefficient
4. clueless dealers/pitbosses, esp when a ruling is required and they give the obviously wrong decision

1.people that cough without covering their mouths
2.loud obnoxious drunk people (bust them quickly)
3.sitting next to someone that hasnt showered for a few days

thats just to name a few

Lol I opened to 60, 12x at 2/5 last night, got 4 callers. Clearly we play in different games.

My pet peeve is people who methodically cut chips to make bets. If you haven't already figured out what you're betting and have sized up exactly how to accomplish it, you need to move faster.

Also, agree with other poster that instafolding someone's verbalized RAISE is perfectly fine and well within the rules. If you're worried about info, don't verbalize anything, just push your chips over the line

Remember to spay/neuter you pet peeve. There are already too many unwanted peeves running around.

Have your pet peeve chipped so that if he is ever lost, whoever finds him can return him safely. Nothing sadder than a poker player who has lost his pet peeve, when it could have been returned to him safe and sound, if only he had chipped his peeve.

Lastly, think about getting a Rescue Peeve. Yes, some have "issues", but they need love and a good home too.

I have had my pet peeve Igor for 12 years now, and he is getting a bit old and feeble. I know the day will come when I will have to "retire" Igor and I'm not sure if I will get another. But then, pet peeves have a way of finding you instead of the other way around.