chsbob: unusual situation.....

[chsbob]

....at least for me, never seen this before. At an eight deck game, five players including me. Dealer is killing us, maybe three BJs in a row, lots of twenties and pulling saving 4s, 5s and 6s out of the hat.

One guys says he is going to stop playing the shoe, the other three say the same thing....I'm a bit non-plussed but join in anyhow. The players are rebelling! Two floor people are watching and, no problem, shuffle up. Ten dollar table so not a matter of keeping high rollers happy, etc.

I have never seen that before, the players stand up for their rights. Am I misssing something or just haven't been around enough?

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chsbob

[Don Schlesinger]

> I have never seen that before, the players
> stand up for their rights. Am I misssing
> something or just haven't been around
> enough?

Have been at many such tables. Pit boss calls it a "courtesy shuffle" and usually states that he'll do it once but not again.

Don

[Victoria]

If they do not think you are counting. If they think you stopped playing because of ploppy superstition and do not go to another table to play, then if you were the pit, you would want to find a way to get these players putting down their money again. It is good business in this kind of situation but a bad habit if players think you would do this for them everytime they loose a few hands, so you do it rarely.
For the dealer who is kicking the tables butt: He is showing the players that he wishes things were better (tokes) and if he asks the pit for this, he gets the players on his side.

There are casinos with a policy against this (paranoia or superstitious greed).

[Coug Fan]

I once saw a battle of the wills at a no mid-entry DD table. The lone player decided that he wanted a shuffle. Pit refused, so he just sat at the table and refused to bet. Since it was no mid-shoe entry, no one else could join. I had wonged out and came back expecting a fresh shuffle, but could not have joined even I had wanted to.

The pit was basically sitting with a dead table and willing players for 20 minutes or so before he finally relented and told the dealer to shuffle. It was funny as hell.

I have also had a player who refused to act on his hand because I wouldn't tell him my cards (I was trying to get rid of him). I finally told him that I had 2 sixes and he finished his hand. That was only a 5 minute delay.

[Sun Runner]

> I once saw a battle of the wills at a no mid-entry DD
> table. The lone player decided that he wanted a
> shuffle.

I guess 'preferential shuffling' cuts both ways!