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Originally Posted by GobiLux
I played in a Partouche Poker Event about a year ago and I can confirm that French players are definitely prioritized in their events.
Our table also had 1 player who couldn't speak French (he was Irish i think) and the Dealer and the Floormen just refused to speak English with him, he had a hard time figuring out what was going on on the table.
I also noticed a card that was marked, so I showed it to the dealer and he called a floorman to change it (this took about 10min). About 20min later I had another card which was clearly marked, I showed the dealer again and he just rolled his eyes and ignored me. I wouldn't let go and asked for a floorman (the same one arrived) and he just refused to change the deck. Strangely the whole table (all French, but me and Irish guy) wanted to play on and didn't care about the marked card.
In general I can say that French Casino's are very anti-foreigners, and I saw some strange things going on in cash-games!
This reminds me, during about the 5th hand of my first cash game session I noticed one of cards was marked (they had cards with a plain white back). After the hand was over I pointed out that the card was marked, a floor was called over and he took the card. I then started stacking my chips and the next hand was dealt. After this hand was over the floor comes back and gives us a new Qs (or actually Ds). The dealer puts the card with the others cards and continues his shuffle.
No one seemed at all surprised that we just played a hand with 51 cards in the deck. Guess the rake has to keep going