Experienced this last week on a Cruise Ship: Shooting with a new dealer working my end of the table. Point established, bets placed across. First toss hits a box number, play stopped so the table supervisor can explain the pay out to the new dealer, I'm standing there waiting for the dice to be returned, there were three payouts of various amounts. It seemed like two minutes later I get the dice and another box number hit, same routine as previously described, there was no apology from the supervisor for the delay. Several minutes later the dice are passed to me and the point hit. Upon receiving the payout I took my bets down including the dealer bets and told them the pace of play was unacceptable. I had been playing with the more experienced dealers over a week and they understood. What were we taught about any interruption of a shooter, "turn your bets off", In this case quietly leaving the table was in order. TheUsualSuspect, Semper Fi carry on

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Posted by: Dominator on January 20, 2019, 1:22 pm

Right on!

Dom

Posted by: Dr Crapology on January 24, 2019, 3:55 pm

What a pain somewhere somewhere below the waist. The least the supervisor could have done was to tell you what was going to happen so you could leave before making a bet.

We do have some feelings for the new inexperienced dealer. He had to learn some time.

Rose and Doc

Posted by: HardNine on January 24, 2019, 5:32 pm

I had a dealer on a ship who was 2 weeks out of dealer school. Nice guy, and I was alone at the table a lot, so I would help with payouts and the others would say “leave one take one” and I’d pick up on those as well. Since I had to deal with him for the entire cruise, I treated it as a game, kept me cool headed and did well.
It seems perhaps your situation was worse and another tax, at least at first was definitely warranted. Nice move.

Posted by: MrPiP on February 4, 2019, 8:30 pm

On a cruise, I have all the time in the world.. I will just order a drink and go into a meditating state until the dice come back, thinking about the perfect shot. It is really not in their interest to not keep the dice rolling.

Posted by: ColorUp on February 5, 2019, 1:40 pm

Expect]anything to happen at the craps table on a cruise.

Some things I recently witnessed;

2 guys started to give lessons to their girlfriends while using their hands pointing to the numbers ON the table with the dice in the air!

Multiple stacks of money plopping down at the opposite end of the table WHILE I swinging my arm back.

Arms, fingers, drinks, hanging over the rail.

Waiters tapping me on the shoulder to sign for a drink.

Opposite end dealer knocking a tall stack of chips over as the dice were settling.

LATE BETTERS all the time. moving like the Flash on the opposite end.

Very little correction to bad players unless I told them to say something.

Tipping helps.

I am getting used to the distractions, had some big wins.


ColorUp

John

Posted by: Finisher on February 6, 2019, 6:48 pm

Glad to hear that you are dealing with distractions it will help when you go to a place that has them in furture . I know that will happen .
Good Rolling. :D :)