Balancing act for floor people

[phage]

This past weekend I played in a number of the poker rooms in Vegas. Overall everything was great but I did notice that the floor prople at Mandalay Bay had a rather rough job at times. During my first session at Mandalay Bay the floor was called to our table at least six times in order to enforce the no swearing rule. The warnings were forgtten within a few minutes and no action was taken against the "offending" players. My feeling was that these players were simply acting as they would normally but one other player felt the need to have the no swearing rule enforced. Is this type of rule really necessary?
The following day I was moved to a game and immediately I felt that the atmosphere at the table was extremely tense. The reason for the tension was that the player in the ten seat was extremely drunk. He was so out of it that he was unable to stack chips, was betting without cards and basically passing out. A minute after I arrived the floorman asked the player to rack up and leave. He ignored the request and continued to try and bet (again without cards). Finally the dealer racked his chips and told him he would not be dealt any cards. At that point he tried to bet his rack. The floorman then returned to pick up the chips and escort the player away from the table. When the player got up from his seat he noticed that he had lost his shoes (so that held things up for a few more minutes). Since I had just been moved to the table I really wasn't affected by this player but the other were clearly not happy. Does this type of thing happen very often? I have never experienced these situations at my local cardroom and was wondering if floorpeople often have to walk a fine line between being accomodating and running a game that doesn't upset too many people.
Sorry for the long post but this was an amusing and eye opening experience for me

[Chipr777]

Ohhh you have no idea.. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] Besides the spitting on the floor, drunks, abusive to dealers, rare fights, ect., here's one in particular that comes to mind. I was called to a game and the dealer was gagging and all the players but one were standing up away from the game. The one remaining player had taken out his teeth and was wiping the days of crud from his teeth on the layout in front of his chips. I didn't know if I wanted to laugh or yell. Needless to say the table was shut down and he was escorted out.

[Lestat]

It seems to me that the floor created the tension at the table by being wishy-washy and not handling the problem right away. If someone is disrupting the game there should one very easily understood warning. On the next offense it's-- Bye-bye now. Simple. Easy. Game back on.

Also, doesn't Mandalay bay employ security guards? The dealer shouldn't be racking a player's chips and the floor shouldn't have to escort drunk players out of the room. That's what security is for.

So to answer your question: No. This does not happen often. In fact, it's very uncommon in rooms with a competent floor.

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...one other player felt the need to have the no swearing rule enforced. Is this type of language really necessary?

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