Dear Mr Rastafish,
1. Who is your favourite DDT dealer and why?
2. In my experience, typical players assess the dealer on his/her abilities to give them good cards and their opponents slightly worse cards. The proper assessment of course is how well the dealer does their job properly: distributing cards, accuracy, efficiency, speed, how often they make errors, their demeanour/attitude, refraining from extraneous conversation with players, refraining from strategy discussion, neutrality, confidence, service, focus, ability to control players courteously, handling of awkward/irregular poker table situations etc. My second question is thus. Ignoring the 'gives me good cards' factor, what does The Fish look for in a dealer in a professional sense that makes the dealer in The Fish's wise mind a good dealer?
3. Any comments on DDT dealers/floorpersons in general also welcome. Any things you think could be improved upon?
4. What nicknames do you have for each dealer?
5. Do you think you will ever get into playing other poker variants such Omaha, Stud or Draw and their High/Low or Lowball counterparts? What experience, if any, do you have with other variants and betting structures (fixed limit, pot limit, spread limit) alternative to no limit?
Sincerely yours,
Giraffe Neck.
PS
Sorry about flipping over your mucked hand that time in that cash game, it was truly involuntary, I have no interest in your hand as a dealer unless you turn it over to lay claim to a pot! Please don't Kill me!
Hello Giraffe Neck
Who's my favorite dealer...? it's definitely not you... They're all good for apart from an exceptional few, which you're part of.
What makes a dealer a good dealer? Their demeanor, I usually get a feeling from different people, sometimes I good feelings sometimes negative feelings and neutral feelings from other dealers. Sometimes I'm wrong sometimes I'm right, but sometimes I'm wrong. It also helps if they're professional, respectful and know what they're doing.
I have too many nicknames for dealers haha
Other variants? Well I'm doing well at Holdem and in my experience when you're doing well at something you should stick to it.. Also if I'm learning how to play other variants I'm paying for the pleasure.
I know you didn't mean it man.. It was a spontaneous move you made, now you should have more compassion when players make mistakes, because you're a stickler for the rules. No I don't know whether to call you Giraffe neck or Stickler.
Much love brother
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