"Casino Malta" dealers were informed that they would have to go topless for the Ladies event, or be pulled from the tournament. Poker players are providing very negative feedback on this.

FOLLOW UP: Daiva Byrne reports that the issue was subsequently resolved following the first break.







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FOLLOW UP: Issue resolved after 1st break








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LOL I'm just imagining being middle aged and having to be topless as a dealer. Not a good look.

Gross.

Came in expecting young hot women topless.

Leaving ashamed and dirty.

Stones Casino: No casino can top us for bad PR this year

Casino Malta: Hold my Beer

Uncultured American swine! Being topless is totally fine in most of Europe.

That **** is funny as hell.. Come on people!

ban for misleading title imo lol

Surprised Venessa Selbst has not started a petition on twitter.

who came up with this idea?

Don't know but bet Mike Postle will get the blame.

thread is major disappoint.

I want my click back.

title needs to change to topless male dealers

Great idea. Let's have a "Mens" poker event with topless female dealers.

We live in a society of equality, right?...

Only if they started fully clothed and only went topless when 'You Can Leave Your Hat On' was played?

Female topless dealers would be a huge draw to any poker room. It would bring on the second poker boom.

And they would make big pairs even more desirable.

The moron who did this should be arrested for sexual assault.

Beyond stupid and insanely unprofessional and not even considering the flack had this been done in reverse.

I noticed 888 sponsored this event and I think it's appropriate for the person who proposed this idea to be fired. Imagine a dealer being forced to partake in this demeaning stunt out of fear of losing his job. So why shouldn't the organizer be held to the same standard.

I've met countless full time dealers whom work tourney festivals and are forced to work insane hours while always under the microscope and are somehow compelled to not make a single error. This is a tough job and the ones that can hack it have my utmost respect. Players please show the dealers that you feel their personal dignity is worth something and demand a firing of this insensitive idiot who put forth this stunt.

That's way too harsh? Yet 100% agree that whoever put dealers through this shouldn't do that anymore?

I hope whoever did this doesn't get "fired" if there wasn't any malicious intent to make fools out of fellow human beings.

Many who work for poker sites/venues are already having issues performing mass-tasks and taking on responsibilities they're unprepared for -- due to all the layoffs, room closures, corporate mergers, and focus into cross-selling of casino products going on. A person only has 8 arms and 16 legs (and 72 hours in a day) to get things done. Maybe that's what happened here... just too much going on to catch it from a common sense perspective until players brought it up.

But like you say, all dealers deserve at least a modicum of consideration and human dignity, that should avoid them being put into such a position going forward? It was a 100% unreasonable request to make of casino personnel, but in a way perhaps this brings to light what some in the industry may believe they can obligate people to do.

I read the dealers had to do a little dance on stage before heading to the dealer box. I find this hilarious but have no idea why anyone would think this was a good idea.

Bait and switch

watta clickbait

While the gimmick was an incredibly stupid idea, I really hope you didn't seriously mean this.

This top less poker thing (chicks only) would clean up in the right town surprised never seen it heard it before maybe hooked on to a strip joint ect would be popular quite a scenario dealer leans over to push the chips seats 1 and 10 have whole new meaning

Everyone is saying poker is dead, but when I see things like this, it clearly shows that there are still a loooot of dumb people in the Industrie, on the Player and casino side. So even if u can't make money anymore u can just try to move up in the casino ladder lol

No kidding