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I promised a Tourney Report from Southend, but not found time to do it yet. And the Ppker 425 Southend Edition somehow disappered, & they are showing the Barca one again for some reason, so by way of consolation, here's some blonde pics from Southend.....

Heres the ex-Chippendale to begin with.......

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And guess who THIS is - it's the Chairman of the Chilli Pepper Man Club. Sorry, Fan Club.

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Here he is again, at his office......

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Here's Mr burns......

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This is Dingdell's beloved Bernard.......

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 Try and get a word in edgeways on THIS table.......

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Two pictures of RED-DOG or is one Bob Carolgies?

Words fail me......

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The world's friendliest dealer. She greeted everyone with a smile, & "how are you?". Lovely, you can''t pt a price on a smiling face. And it's free! That's Luke Smith, Doc12345, behind.

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I love smiles, & here's a beaut of Whacker Bush.

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Another great smiler........Luke Smiith. This is just before he moved his entire 90k in with 8-8, & walked into AA.

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Congrats Tikay, its a major achievement to get Bushy to keep still long enough to take a photo :)

I feel a misread coming on here......

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Joe Grech.......

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Jim Reid....

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Please remove the dealer pic, she is the twin of my exwife and it makes me want to stab someone whenever I see it  >:(

A geezer with dyed hair - this is Lovejoy, aka Kevin O'Leary

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Then Rhow lent me the camera, so here's a few of my efforts......

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I think this is Mrs Bambos

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This young Lady arrived alone in a new Mercedes Coupe, not that I was looking.....

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Ditto......

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I doubt if this Lady arrrived alone, and with Colchestrer Kev around, she had a difficult evening......

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Not far off your age I'd say Tikay. You looking to become a kept man  ;)

And this is Debbie Rogers, who Mrs Red found so enchanting......

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"This young Lady arrived alone in a new Mercedes Coupe, not that I was looking....."

Left in the back of an Escort van, not that I was driving........

As a box of frogs !!

you are the best reddog, one of the best posts ever

Have to agree there with Ariston ..vg..

He's TOO good, eh Ariston? "Follow that" as they say.

She plays at Luton, comes from Essex and unfortunately she is spoken for.

I sort of made a point of finding out, early doors if you will

I couldn't top that Tikay, you have to worship the master. I may even grow a pornstar 'tache of my own as a mark of respect

Here's the last one for now, but this gets a little more serious.

See THIS young lady? She dealt at Southend. A shy, introvert, young lady, just began dealing, but not equipped with the sharpness of mind or tongue to deal with players abusing her verbally. If she was youor daughter, how prouid would you be? She's lovely.

So twice, geezers move all-in, & she instinctively counts their stack. A little mistake - she is supposed to wait until asked - but two geezers lash into her - "DON'T DO THAT". She goes bright red, but says nothing. They give her some more, & she's misting up in her eyes, we can all see it. "Steady on guys" I say. They carry on, she shrugs her shoulders, as if to say, "I'm sorry, I never knew". "And it's no good shruggung your shoulders girl"...... I catch her eye, give her a wink and a rerassuring smile (OK, laugh if you like) & she gets it, & carries on dealing, by now her hands are shaking.

At the next break, I catch up with her as she mkes for the staff room. "I'm sorry aboit that" I tell her, she's crying now, & I ain't far behind. This is what she tells me.

"I'm a dealer at Brighton, just started. They asked me to come here at a moments notice, I did not want to because I have not finished training yet, but I thought I had better do as I was asked. I got verbally abused all day yesterday (the Thursday) and when I went back to my hotel room, I cried for an hour".

Ok, I hear you say. She's not cut out to be a dealer, get another job. But there are ways of saying it.

Sometimes, I am truly ashamed to be a poker player.

There endeth THIS thread, methinks......

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Not much you can say to that I'm afraid...there are certainly a lot of rude and obnoxious people around, not restricted to poker players

There's no excuse for badgering members of staff, who are just trying to do their job

No one, BUT no one, has the right to abuse someone who is just trying to do their job

Poker players in a ranking comp are entitled to expect competent dealers (no excuse for abuse) dealers have to do as they are told, it isn't their fault if they are not properly trained

The only people left with any choice in the matter are casino management, they put people in the firing line and thats where the blame lies

But I will repeat there is NO excuse for abusing the dealer

Hee Hee funny all your efforts were female Tikay  :D

Great Pics Tony!

Nice to see some faces - I should be down at the Gutshot on Saturday night to have a goggle at whoever is there :)

Heid
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How did you get "Blonde poker " on your photos Tikay?

wtf? - what was barry thee from thine wearing on his head? - i know he wants a sponsor (don't we all!) but that is rediculous!  ;D

yes! someone please tell barry to stop prostituting himself.  I'm sure his charm, physique and good looks will get him noticed anyway without shoving a hanky on his head!!  :)

I am taking the blonde wig with me tomorrow ... expect to see barry photographed wearing it :)

I'll train her!!! 3 sugars please!!.

seriously though it is down to bad management, on defence of the cardroom staff. Every casino I have worked in there is always a lack of poker dealers (or is there?) Most experienced staff have dealt poker, some to a fantastic level. But when they apply for a job, they don't declare that they know it and refuse to be trained (although I know they are great dealers, they have just been pushed once too far). We don't get paid enough to take the shit that we do. And this looks like a classic "in at the deep end, knock your confidence! Never want to be in the cardroom again" syndrome.
So next time people wonder why we don't employ more cardroom staff, please remember 75% of casino staff can deal the game, 100% of these have all had bad experiences in a cardroom, so you are probably lucky to have the ones dealing to you, but please remember that some are on the edge of having their back broken by a straw!!
There are gentlemen in cardrooms but they are becoming a rare breed. To these players A BIG THANK YOU you are ambassadors of the game.
But for those of you that get your kicks out of abusing dealers, buy a computer download a poker site and go and live your sad little lives on your own. ps. Try not to kick the cat too often!!

Heid - you at Gutshot tonight? GREAT. Please come up & say Hi, I  wanna meet you please. I will be across there at around 7.30pm.

Nemesis - how do we get "blondepoker" on the pics? No idea, Rhow does it - I'll ask her.

Kaibobble - all my pics were women? No, surely not. I never noticed......

I'm at Gutshot tomorrow night :) I'll be there from about 6.30 I spose, with me change for the net terminals :) I'll certainly come and find you :)

Damn Rich i had a post similair in mind whn i was readin the topic lol.


Yeah get her at the broadway and i'll have her quipping in a week. Seeriously tho its a small minority of players who cause this and thre is a lack of competant dealers in most clubs due to the fact that most just dont care. This is why i had to applaud walsall's decision to test dealers Knowledge of the game etc(sorry boss ;D) as its one thing to know how to pitch cards and count chips but understanding certain things in the game is what sets the good dealers apart and has always been something i have tried to instill in anyone i trained

As it is difficult to get ALL the poker dealers in for a meeting, I take a different approach! A good three table home game with all the staff using comp rules covers most things LOL and very profitable too!! I do think it is a great idea what J10 have done and I am taking lead from them and devising my own. Its not just knowledge its understanding.

3 table home games??? my god how big is your house??? lol

What and where is J10?

Walsall, J10 of M6

Sort of Ooop north

J10 = Grosvenor Walsall, justly named as its situated on Junction 10 of the M6

 :)up  gotcha lol

didn't realise it got called J10 :)  learn sommat new every day

When did that start at Walsall, must have been in the last 48hrs.
I agree there is no need for dealer abuse, but I can see when it annoys some, when the dealer is consistantly yawning or saying they dont like it in the cardroom so they couldnt give a chit.

I always try and be helpful to the new dealers, but it can be very testing when you are continuosly having to watch the experienced dealers, making sure they get the pots correct.

By the way dik9, tried out the broadway on wednesday, and enjoyed it. Possibly due to the fact that your dealers were very good,on which I complemented them on.

Thank you I KNOW IT I have learnt over the last few years that it is important to have staff that WANT to be in the cardroom and not forced to be.
Sorry I missed you, and apologies for the poor turn out.
It is also nice that dealers do get praised, it makes them feel good and want to keep up with expectations. Thank you again.

Yeah i agree having dealers whow nat to be in the cardroom makes a massive difference.

Walsall have started an system where they will be checing on all dealers progress in the cardroom after an incident in their £300 game last week, the announcemnet was made on here by Hasanyonegotthisone.

And yes praising dealers goes a very long way, one poker forum had several posts praising dealers in blackpool by name and the buzz it created was unreal and standards improved as they all wanted to outdo each other lol. I have always said the cardroom is the one area where dealers get chance to shine and pick up some plaudits, after all players always remember good poker dealers but dont remember good roulette dealers do they?

Thanks Guys, but my point was...., DON'T abuse the dealers. In many cases, it's not their fault if they don't know as much as we'd like them to.

And when it is their fault, I say stone them. ;)

Tikay - thats becasue you were looking slightly south of the camera lol  :D

Damn you kaiboble, you got me there. It was another misread......