So What Do You Prefer in a Dealer?

[Randy_Refeld]

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Your dealing & shuffling is too slow, you are failing to keep the action moving, or you only deal low-limit retards who have never played B&M. 20+ hands/hour is not enough.


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There are some places that dont' know this isnt' enough because nobody working there has ever seen a real poker room. i once playin in a room in Indiana that has since closed and reopened that was got 14 hands out in the hour I counted. But yes 20 hands an hour is not good and would not be enough to get a job in a well run room. To the original poster keep dealing and the additional speed will come; you should not sacrifice accuracy to gain speed.

[Derek in NYC]

1. work on doing a faster wash, riffle, and box.

2. practice your pitches until you can land 100 cards perfectly in a row.

3. your verbals should be calling out the action as it happens. basically, you need to sound like the dealer on party poker

[Nomad84]

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1. Dealing as many hands an hour as I can (I am up to 20+)

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Your dealing & shuffling is too slow, you are failing to keep the action moving, or you only deal low-limit retards who have never played B&M. 20+ hands/hour is not enough.

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It's the latter, mostly. I believe you dealt to me on my first trip out there, Sarah. I assume there's only one Sarah out there... If so, you were definitely one of the better dealers out there. I liked when you (and a couple of other dealers) would help the new players with the bet sizes (Action's to you, sir. Check or bet 3.) to keep them from having to ask. There were definitely a lot of people out there who didn't appear to have ever played at a card room before and who were slowing the game down quite a bit. Also, even though Mason discourages talking, I enjoy it. I have found that the dealers at Thunderbird that talk and joke around while shuffling tend to keep the mood lighter at the table, which seems to lead to more loose calls. Besides that, it's just more fun, which is why most people play 3/6 anyway. I would probably feel differently if I was playing mid- to high-limit.

Also, calling out how many people are still in the pot is nice too, especially when I'm at the end of the table. "Five players to the flop," etc.

[toots]

I've said it before, but:

Maybe when people get to the mid and higher limits, they lose their sense of fun, but to me, playing at low limits tables with a chatty/joking dealer only adds to my enjoyment.

I mean, I am still there to have fun. People might knock the chatty dealer for lack of professionalism, but hey, I'm there to enjoy myself. It ain't supposed to be like a pelvic exam.

[pokermama]

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1. Dealing as many hands an hour as I can (I am up to 20+)

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Your dealing & shuffling is too slow, you are failing to keep the action moving, or you only deal low-limit retards who have never played B&M. 20+ hands/hour is not enough.

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When I first went to the class there they stated that they wanted us dealing 20 hands an hour.. I can tell you that when I am at some of the tables, 2/5 NLHE it is higher until you get to the guy who has to think and think and think about making that all in call..
On the lower limit games, we have a lot of new players, fresh from the internet and out of the casino... so it is a lot of walking them through the game.. betting limits, action etc...

I can tell you that for the place I am working, my speed is great.... Just pray you don't get on some tables where they are dealing maybe 10-15 hands an hour...

Thanks also for the advice on practicing... I do the pitching practice, and work on the wash, riffle, and cut daily... hope it pays off and am sure it will

Thanks,

Sarah

[pokermama]

Thanks Nomad for the nice compliment.. I love dealing but will be going to part time next week, I will be dealing Fri, Sat nights and Sunday days..

Got tired real fast of showing up with 24 other dealers to work on 6 tables....

Come on out and see me again...

Sarah

[Maudie]

Hi Sarah -

Being home fresh from a session at the T-bird this eve I can think back on the dealers who stood out during the 7-8 hours I was there. I can point to two who were confident, efficient, made few mistakes and contributed to keeping the table relaxed and happy - you are one of them Matt is the other.

My table got pretty somber - and, consequently, tighter - at times and it was nice to have a dealer with some personality who would engage with the players between hands - it lightened things up.

One dealer this evening was announcing the pot amount along with the number of people in a hand - being the math dunce I am, I found that extremely helpful

Check out Felicia's post at her blog when she gets it up-she's and experienced player and has seen it all - lol.

Maudie
Poker Perspectives

[Al_Capone_Junior]

As a general rule, it never hurts to keep your mouth in the closed position while dealing. However, some banter can be acceptable, depending on the table and the people in it. The higher the limit tho, the more you should shut up and deal. If you just never talked in the box that would be fine, and in fact some houses don't want their dealers talking at all, except to run the action. Experience will help you figure all this out. If you are only three weeks into dealing I would keep the banter to a micro-minimum.

al