Play by play & color men

When I started playing in NYC awhile back it was clearly understood that there should be no talking during the play of a hand. Of course that understanding was sometimes ignored when players out continued a conversation started before the next hand was dealt but no offence was taken if they were told to be quiet. I can hardly ever remember players talking about what was going on in a hand in progress if they were not involved in the hand.

Today, all to often, folded players don't follow this rule. I notice, more and more, that two players seated next to each other, when both are folded, will openly talk about what is going on. One of them may have indicated what he had folded and they will converse along the lines of "I would have had a piece of that" and the next one advising him whether or not he thought it was good and what the other players may have and what they might do. They'll continue this way all the way to the end. They don't even try to keep their voices down. I've given up on trying to make them stop because they may stop for a little while and just do it again later and because I'd have to do it in every game I play. If anybody has come up with an effective way to get players not to discuss a hand in progress in this manner I'd like to hear it.

On a side note:

There are countless numbers of players who fold and then jump up, bang the table, or throw their arms in the air if the flop would've hit their hand esp. on a paired board. There's no way I've found to make them control that behavior either. The reply to my suggestion that they've given away information to players involved in a hand is often "I didn't say anything!" As if they HAD to "say" anything.

[STLantny]

Are you a dealer? If not, you are an idiot.

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Are you a dealer? If not, you are an idiot.

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Why?

[tonypaladino]

go back to RGP troll

I'm guessing "NYC" doesn't mean AC casinos. If you were playing in a "real" cardroom this crap wouldn't be happening. If the dealer didn't tell these pukes to STFU, anybody I've ever played with would. And some would welcome a shot at getting physical.

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I'm guessing "NYC" doesn't mean AC casinos. If you were playing in a "real" cardroom this crap wouldn't be happening. If the dealer didn't tell these pukes to STFU, anybody I've ever played with would. And some would welcome a shot at getting physical.

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I played in the private NYC clubs at first and then in AC. Enforcement of this rule was assured in the clubs and not in the casinos. I wish more people felt like you. I play in Arizona, LA and LV. The dealers absolutely should tell them to shut up but they don't, for the most part. They do if I tell them to but otherwise they usually don't say a thing. I've noticed that the old time dealers often do but there are many new dealers who don't have an appreciation for the game and this behavior is now so prevalent that it would be like trying to hold back the tide. It's sort of feeding off itself in a way. Some players see others do it and think it's ok if they do it and it spreads.

And then there are the players who do everything except shout that they folded one of the paired cards on the flop.

You got choices:

Call - Accept what's going on
Raise - Complain to the Floor Manager and/or his boss.
Fold - Stop playing there

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You got choices:

Call - Accept what's going on
Raise - Complain to the Floor Manager and/or his boss.
Fold - Stop playing there

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You know, you are right. I've become too accepting. I'm going to try "Raise" and talk to the room manager to see if he'll train/instruct the dealers to stop this behavior.

[sirpupnyc]

I think I've seen some of this just about everywhere I've played, and I don't think there's been anywhere (not even Motor City) where the dealer didn't cut it off if it was particularly notable or continuous.

On the bright side, people who can't restrain themselves when they're not in a hand probably don't do so well at it when they still have cards, either.

[STLantny]

Hey I got a GREAT idea!

next time I play, Im going to bitch to management, get the game to hate me for being an ass, and tell all the players that Im too stupid to realize they are giving me free information, and to shutup, because I think I should rule the world, because I am the cardroom king of the midwest.