Foxwoods Dealing Jobs - Page 2

Rick Nebiolo · #11 11-23-2005, 05:46 PM

This used to be the case if memory serves me. If this is still true, I'd think this may be one reason the room may seem like it isn't well run. Dealers who don't play at all in cardrooms tend to have a hard time following and controlling the action.

~ Rick

Photoc · #12 11-23-2005, 05:47 PM

Cost of living in that area went up big time when Mohegan doubled the size of the joint and had to hire 5k more people. When I first moved there, you could get a 2br apt for 700/mo in a nice area. Now they are 1k+ for the same places and there arent' that many of them to be had. Housing costs and taxes went skyrocketing in the past 5 years out there. All because the casinos keep expanding and bringing more people into the area from NY, Boston, and Puerto Rico. I tried to own a house up there and my taxes went up 76% in one year. I had to sell. I couldn't afford to live there on 35k a year working full time as a supervisor/dealer.

I do know of some dealers that were quite pissed about dealing baccarat every day, then being jammed into poker for 2 days, then back to Bj, then back to poker again. They do reserve the right to do it. I am sure it doesn't happen often, but it does happen.

lapoker17 · #13 11-23-2005, 05:47 PM

Croupier rules.

juanez · #14 11-23-2005, 05:49 PM

For some reason I sense a post along the lines of something like "Dealers are players who can't play well enogh to make money playing" or "Dealers failed at life, so they deal cards".

You're not of these nits are you?

Photoc · #15 11-23-2005, 05:55 PM

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Croupier rules.

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Enough said [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

#16 11-23-2005, 06:08 PM

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For some reason I sense a post along the lines of something like "Dealers are players who can't play well enogh to make money playing" or "Dealers failed at life, so they deal cards".

You're not of these nits are you?

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No. It was a stab at humor (which obviously failed).

Rick Nebiolo · #17 11-23-2005, 06:12 PM

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I couldn't afford to live there on 35k a year working full time as a supervisor/dealer.

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Are you saying that a typical male dealer might only make 35K? This seems very low by California standards (although entry floor won't make much more).

That area never had much housing, since Foxwoods is in fact in the woods and you can't expect places near the water to be cheap. But these prices are still cheaper than California.

Anyone know what happened to Norwich to the North of Foxwoods? That area used to be a dump (saw it about ten years ago), wonder if it still is. Also, with the decline of Navy research in Groton and the closing of the main sub base I'd think prices may be OK near there. But this person has a house in my hometown, about an hour's commute.

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I do know of some dealers that were quite pissed about dealing baccarat every day, then being jammed into poker for 2 days, then back to Bj, then back to poker again. They do reserve the right to do it. I am sure it doesn't happen often, but it does happen.

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This is unfortunate. Poker dealing is so different from other dealing that I'd think the poker room is big enough (120 tables by Spring 2006) to allow and want them to specialize.

~ Rick

AKQJ10 · #18 11-23-2005, 06:58 PM

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Anyone know what happened to Norwich to the North of Foxwoods? That area used to be a dump (saw it about ten years ago), wonder if it still is. Also, with the decline of Navy research in Groton and the closing of the main sub base I'd think prices may be OK near there. But this person has a house in my hometown, about an hour's commute.
~ Rick

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Norwich is pretty run down. I used go through there a lot on Route 2, then I realized that it's only a couple of miles farther to go around and miss Norwich, and Rte 2 is under construction.

I thought they'd gotten the Groton sub base closure reversed, or at least provisionally had removed it from the base closure list. Am I misremembering? Certainly the casinos and the sub base are the two biggest employers down that way.

Photoc · #19 11-23-2005, 07:04 PM

I made 36k my last full year there as a dealer.

As for Norwich, they are doing lots of reconstruction to the downtown areas and putting up all new buildings, parking structures, and so on. The marina is nice now too.

Rick Nebiolo · #20 11-23-2005, 07:08 PM

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I thought they'd gotten the Groton sub base closure reversed, or at least provisionally had removed it from the base closure list.

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That's good news. I used to do some work at the base, including teaching a class at sub school for Fire Control Technicians. The subs are really amazing machines.

~ Rick