Misdeal rules at Niagara poker room?

compueasecompuease Admin
in Brick & Mortar Casino Talk
I was playing 1/2 at Casino Niagara on Monday afternoon when a situation occurred which somewhat surprised me. Dealer (I believe her name was Kimberly) dealt first to the player under the gun and then continued around until everyone except the 2 blinds had 2 cards. (ie they each had 1). When this was pointed out before there was any betting she simply dealt 1 more card to each of them. A couple of us questioned as to, shouldn't this be a misdeal? She insisted that they are instructed to just give out 2 more cards as she did. I wanted to ask for the floor but didn't really want to cause a scene. A couple of the other regulars at the table said that this is pretty normal around here. I can't recall ever seeing anything like this at any of the casinos I have played at in either Vegas or AC and I know I have seen misdeals for different reasons, ie card exposed within 1st 2 cards dealt, etc.
The issue I have with this is the whole hand would have played out differently even if it was still a random deal. As it turns out there wasn't anything of significance that happened on the hand, but it could have.
Did she really do what she is instructed to do?

Comments

  • moosemoose
    OMG!!!!! I was SO right!!!!!
    moose wrote: »
    The issue is, your dealers do not know how to deal. Do you permit your dealers to start the deal other than at the small blind?
  • compueasecompuease Admin
    That was exactly what I was thinking at the time Rob. Was wishing you we're there.. lol... I'm much more easy going than yourself.
  • moosemoose
    Well first of all, you know I wouldn't be there EVER but if I was, I don't think I could have said anything. I think I would have needed to be carried away in a straight jacket because I would be laughing too hard. I think maybe I could have figured out a way to sue the casino for injuries caused by convulsive laughter.

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  • HP_JohnHP_John
    moose wrote: »
    OMG!!!!! I was SO right!!!!!

    To be fair, this was at Niagara, not Fallsview. Not all casinos have dealer issues (ie Rama has very good dealers IMO).
  • BBC ZBBC Z
    I believe the crappy dealers are an effect of tip pooling. There's no reward (of bigger tips) if you are good.. so the good ones skill up at the casino and then leave to greener pastures..
  • -ev-ev
    Never mind. (Niagara sucks. Fallsview blows. Lather. Rinse. Repeat)
  • AcidJoeAcidJoe
    BBC Z wrote: »
    I believe the crappy dealers are an effect of tip pooling. There's no reward (of bigger tips) if you are good.. so the good ones skill up at the casino and then leave to greener pastures..

    For a change I think BBC actually hit the nail on the head. At casinos where there's no tip pooling the overall quality of the dealer is a lot better in my opinion. Even in the clubs around the overall quality is better in a lot of cases.
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