Having read through two days of fantastic updates from Deauville (Great work as usual) I have been left greatly troubled by a post from day 1:
Marcel Luske - 19k
Marcel full of banter on his table, he loves to accumulate the small denomination chips and is refusing to change them up with the rest of the table!
As a TD, I have had to make a fair few rulings in situations where a lack of change on the table has been a large part of the blame for the incident. In my early days at Notts Gala, I remember reading a convincing article on Blonde called ‘More chips please’.
It highlighted how a shortage of small denomination chips could adversely affect the smooth running of the game (From everyone’s point of view: Dealers & Players).
In response to this article I immediately reviewed my practices and tried to ensure that sufficient change was available on each tournament table. The dealers appreciated this as it made their jobs easier and the number of ‘incidents’ where lack of change was partly to blame reduced.
In the last couple of weeks I have been detailing the chip requirements for Dusk Till Dawn. With this article still firmly in mind I have ensured a sufficient quantity of lower denominations in each set.
I have not however factored for players being unreasonable. This brings me back to the original thread:
Marcel full of banter on his table, he loves to accumulate the small denomination chips and is refusing to change them up with the rest of the table!
Could Marcel be forced to change up, if he hoovered up enough small chips to significantly slow down play at the table as the dealer had to sort out change every hand?
I can understand his reasons for doing this, but it strikes me as quite an arseholey/primadonna-ish thing to do.
I agree wholeheartedly. I believe that he should be forced to change up in the interests of the smooth running of the game for everyone. It is a behaviour that can cause the dealer a few problems that may eventually lead to a difficult ruling.
If there were 80 25point chips on a table and one person had all of them (refusing to share) is it reasonable to expect more change to be bought to the table?...
Absolutely not!
Marcel Luske is a reasonably well known player. In my opinion he should be setting an appropriate example for new players. His behaviour in this instance is naughty.
Surely he must understand how important the change is to the smooth running of the game. Maybe he should read the article on blonde:
It’s a great article about the subject. It can be found
here.
Hope you checked out who the authors were… if not check again (especially the second one!)
Ironic, isn’t it
And Naughty!
On a lighter note, “Norkage” is a fantastic word (if only ever so slightly naughty)
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