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Ok so this isn't about poker but this seems like the most appropriate place to post this thread. I was playing a live poker tournament one time and at the first break I went down to play blackjack. I found an open table(as I like to play by myself,can't trust if other people know how to play) and I played for about 10 minutes and then a guys comes by asks if he can play, says he will only be playing one spot so, I say yes the shoe was ok but not great and by asking if he could and letting me know how many hands he intended to play told me he knows what he's doing. Ok so last swing before I had to get back to poker. He's playing is one spot at $20 and I'm playing 2 spot at $100 I get an 10 and a 15, he has 12 and the dealer has a 4. So now I have a double on a 20 and stand on 15 obviously. Now he hits 12 to 14 then stands on 14 ok so way hit 12 if your going to hit when you get 14. Anyway dealer pulls a 4 card 13, then pulls an 8 and says too many and reaches for chips to pay out and this guys says wait you have 21. Really the casino made a mistake in our favor and you correct them. Not to mention if he had stood which is what I would have done in his spot with a player with a $300 swing and I'm playing $20, we both would have won or if he hit 14 once we both win but no. So he gave the casino his $20 hand and crushed my $300 in hands. Like WTF with that. So I go back to poker with $150 profit when it could have been $750. Played blackjack by myself on the second break told people that came by to wait for the shoe to end and won $500. Also if your wondering I finished 2nd in the tournament for $535, $40 turbo freezeout, 110 players. So all in all a good night but still another $600 would have and should have by all counts been better.
 
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Honesty is the best policy:cool:
 
RidersFan

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Honesty is the best policy:cool:

Yes in poker that's true but playing table games against the house were they have the edge in every game. When they make a mistake it's not up to me or any other player to correct it. It's on the casino, dealer or pit boss to not make mistakes or to catch them. If the casino is going to put dealers on the floor to deal blackjack(one of the easiest games to deal) then it is their responsibility to make sure the dealers are properly trained and double check before they pay out. At this casino they don't train dealers properly, they start them on learning 3 different games at a time and that can include poker and craps which is insane. That's the casino's fault and if they're going to send dealers out who are going to be prone to mistakes, then you take advantage.
 
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Yes in poker that's true but playing table games against the house were they have the edge in every game. When they make a mistake it's not up to me or any other player to correct it. It's on the casino, dealer or pit boss to not make mistakes or to catch them. If the casino is going to put dealers on the floor to deal blackjack(one of the easiest games to deal) then it is their responsibility to make sure the dealers are properly trained and double check before they pay out. At this casino they don't train dealers properly, they start them on learning 3 different games at a time and that can include poker and craps which is insane. That's the casino's fault and if they're going to send dealers out who are going to be prone to mistakes, then you take advantage.

I'd be incredibly pissed, capitalizing on house mistakes is 100% fair game in a casino, very different from a mistake a bank teller might make--though not entirely. I think there is a chance that this guy was working undercover for the casino--they noticed that you seemed to be doing well and might've suspected something, I think he might have been sent to check on things and/or throw you off. If this was the case then obviously he would point out the dealer mistake and probably get a bonus when he goes back to the casino people that sent him. Just a theory.
 
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