When a player rolls their eyes …
Since I started dealing poker at The Poker Room NH in Hampton Falls I have met hundreds of poker players. Some of them I have met on my days off when I play poker, and others when I am dealing poker. Like all people, some days I am better at what I do than others. [...]
Controlling the action – a poker dealer duty
One of the most important tasks that a poker dealer has is to do, is to control the action at the table. Right before everyone is dealt cards, I, the dealer, might have to ask for the small and big blinds to be posted as well as for the antes. After the cards are dealt, [...]
When free poker is not completely free …
Last Sunday evening, Diane and I do what we always do for an evening of free poker. We drive to Manchester NH to the City Sports Grille located on 216 Maple Street. We play free bar poker sponsored by City Sports and run by TavernTainmenT. This weekly event draws more than 45+ serious people to [...]
An uneventful evening
For the past four months I have been working regularly on Friday’s and Saturday’s from 3:00 pm on, at The Poker Room NH in Hampton Falls NH. My first time dealing poker as a professional started on January 3, 2012, this year. I am probably their least experienced and least capable dealer but I am trying to [...]
Bad Santa
Dealing poker at our local poker room, The Poker Room NH, can become very interesting at times. I work two days a week, Friday and Saturday, and I get to see many people coming to play at our tables. I deal at the tournament tables and also at the cash Limit Hold’Em tables. The cost to play [...]
Being consistent … not
One of the things that makes for being a great dealer is consistency. There are at least 42 steps to each hand that a poker dealer deals. There is the shuffle, shuffle, riffle, shuffle. Making sure the blinds are posted. Dealing out the first hand. Collecting the bets. Burning a card. Dealing the flop. Collecting [...]
Dealing poker is different than playing …
I have been working as a poker dealer at a local poker room, The Poker Room NH, at least two days a week, since January 3rd 2012. I also play at the same room, “The Poker Room NH” on my days off, schedule permitting. My dealing skills are improving, albeit slowly, but I am getting [...]
Day 1 as a poker dealer is in the books
First day as a Professional poker dealer is complete. I worked for a total of six hours at “The Poker Room NH” on Tuesday, January 3. Right after I checked in, I was assigned to deal at a Limit Holdem 2/4 table (2/4 means that the bets start at $2 for the first and second [...]
Starting a different path – 2012
Last year I had my worst losing year on record in online poker. My live game is a lot more profitable. I am going to stick with live brick and mortar poker until there are more weaker players online. In fact, I will try to wait until online poker is legal in the US. By [...]
No Dessert for me
Yesterday I planned to enter the 7 pm Railbirds.com ranking event on LuvinPoker.com. To that end, I took a nap just before the tourney to assure that I would be at my best. Of course, I had failed to let Diane know of my plans so when I woke up 30 minutes prior to the [...]
