This was HUGELY stressed to me when I was learning. I was taught not to be lazy and not to pick up bad habits from other dealers. Smallest denomination hits
the come first. Just stacking and handing payouts off was unacceptable. I've been to a couple of the other casinos around the Midwest (mostly newer
casinos w/ newer dealers) and I'm surprised to see that everything just gets stacked and handed off. For example: $14, 2 red in the come, pick 4 white and
just stack it onto the red and hand it off. Most of these dealers have only been dealing a year or so (not that I haven't seen so-called vets do it), but
shouldn't the box be stressing fundamentals to break-ins?
I just kinda wrote it off, but recently we had a guy who used to work in Cali is now dealing at our casino in the Midwest. His dealing is nothing special. Anyway, he did that move and the box nicely told him that we don't do that here and everything hits the come (smallest denomination first). He didn't say much, but I noticed he didn't even listen to it and later went off about how "What the hell is he talking about? That's fine, you can see it when it's heeled that it's clearly this amount. That's the sign of a weak box." And kept going on about how this box is just weak.
I actually consider this box to be pretty strong, but this Cali guy seemed pretty stubborn and kept saying "It's not like that anywhere else." What's the scoop? As I said, it was hugely stressed to me, how much of an issue is it everywhere else?
I just kinda wrote it off, but recently we had a guy who used to work in Cali is now dealing at our casino in the Midwest. His dealing is nothing special. Anyway, he did that move and the box nicely told him that we don't do that here and everything hits the come (smallest denomination first). He didn't say much, but I noticed he didn't even listen to it and later went off about how "What the hell is he talking about? That's fine, you can see it when it's heeled that it's clearly this amount. That's the sign of a weak box." And kept going on about how this box is just weak.
I actually consider this box to be pretty strong, but this Cali guy seemed pretty stubborn and kept saying "It's not like that anywhere else." What's the scoop? As I said, it was hugely stressed to me, how much of an issue is it everywhere else?
