what happens in live poker tourneys?

Buistyboy

Hi everyone

I noticed that the Glasgow leg of the Sky poker tour is being held in the Alea so I popped in last night to have a look at the place as its a pretty new build.

There was what i presume is a standard multi table tournament on with 20 minute blinds, and players dealing.  I was wondering what the typical protocol was for choosing the dealer at each table.  The guy i noticed dealing had all the fancy tricks and shuffled in about 3.47 seconds.  It ocurred to me that if it was me dealing, we'd be lucky to get 3 hands in the 20 minute level and more than likely each player would keep getting the same hole cards, leading to me being thrown into the river clyde by a disgruntled gentleman with 7-2 off for the 5th hand in a row

  I figured players would take turns to be the dealer but at this table the same person seemed to keep the job.

Ray

namesb0nd

he sounds like a pro,i have never played in a casino before but at home games with my friends i deal all the time because i am fast.The button goes around as normak naturally,but it is just more convinient and faster if the best dealer deals.

margatemaf

Hi Ray,

i had my first casino experience a couple of weeks ago. We had the same thing, on the first table a guy agreed to do all the dealing which was ok till he got knocked out. After that we all took it in turns which was not a problem either. 

Me personally i was happy with someone volunteering to do the dealing, as i could fully concentrate on my game. But on the same token i had no issue with dealing either

Kaidus

Generally the player in seat 1 or 9/10 will be asked to be the dedicated dealer, however if they're not confident they generally ask the table if someone wants to deal and swop. If they get a swop then perfect, if not see below.

Either this or its passed round with the button every hand, depends where you play. It's not uncommon to have an MTT where 2-3 tables have a player who deals every hand and the others are passed around.

Just dont fall into the trap some old-timers will try every night, the "You're in seat 1, you HAVE to deal every hand". It's bull.

mike1975

the table dealer is assigned by the seat you are draw at the start of the tourney, if you are drawn seat one, its the dealers chair.

i didn't know this until last Saturday when i played live for the first time, i was drawn seat one and didn't have a clue what to do, luckily a nice lady at my table took pity on me and swapped seats with me.so if you play in one and are drawn as dealer, just ask if someone else minds dealing if you are uncomfortable with it, from what i saw, some people enjoyed being the dealer.

if the buy-in is £30 or over i think you get a dealer provided in most casinos i should think.

mike1975

In Response to Re: what happens in live poker tourneys?:

Just dont fall into the trap some old-timers will try every night, the "You're in seat 1, you HAVE to deal every hand". It's bull.
Posted by Kaidus

I didnt know that, some old-timer did try that with me, untill i was saved... good to know.

Kaidus

If they do try it, just say "I can't deal, we'll pass round the table if nobody wants to." Will shut them up.

Buistyboy

thanks for all the replys.

this was a £40 buy in, had about 90 runners, but dealers werent provided.
Thanks for the advice about being tricked into dealing, kaidus. good shout.

freechips1

my local casino has a £30 NLH F.O every saturday and u get a dealer,
in cash games every player pays £5 hour for the dealer. its well worth it

Buistyboy

hi freechips

£50/hour.  thats quite an hourly rate if its a 10 seater cash table.  Think i will practise my shuffling after all!

Kaidus

LOL - Yes, the casino takes £50ph off the table if it's a full table, but the dealer is lucky if he sees £7-£8 of it. 

Tikay10

The reply by Kaidus is the correct one.

But.......

At ALL SPT Events, House Dealers will be provided for the Main Event.

Sometimes, we self-deal the SNG's, but only because we prefer it that way, as we wanna mess about a bit.