While we all have different thoughts, opinions and results at the Baccarat table in brick and mortar casinos, we all lose and win with influential events we are part of if we like it or not. Other players can easily bother us, as well as push our winnings higher with camaraderie. Lots of us choose to totally ignore other players or engage with them on a selective basis.

But we all still have to engage with the dealers. A dealer can easily make us feel positive, strong, no pain and compliment  ourselves. As well, a dealer can easily make us feel negative, weak, painful and regretting we even desired to play the session.

Most of us have our favorite Dealers at the properties we play at regularly. Favorite dealers are great IMO and experience.  On the other hand, we also have our not so favorite dealers at those same properties. Many say, play with your favorites and  not with the others, especially the non-favorites. Not always so easy especially when there is only one or two tables going. Maybe you were winning and desire to continue and the favorite  gets tapped out by that not so favorite and undesirable dealer. For me, easy to turn off the players, but not so much the dealer's actions and attitude. The dealers are taking chips and giving chips, The dealers control the flow of the hands, the dealers can impose regret extremely quick, the dealers can change my outlook and thoughts faster than anything else at the table.

There will always be the favorites, the not so favorites and the neutral ones. That will never change, never ever.

Okay.  The Dealers.

The Dealers That Really Do Care.

Make happy winning, make losing a bit less painful, their  emotions are basically the same as the players. Somehow it doesn't matter if there was both losing and winning players in a hand, they really do know how to remove your losing chips a bit less painful and how to shrug their shoulders.  They do not say offensive things. As well they know how to smile discreetly in front of those losing players for those that won hand.  They are normally on the side of a unanimous table that won the hand and as well they do not chastise a unanimous table if they lost a hand.

The Oblivious Dealers.

They tune out almost completely all the players. They do not engage the player's remarks, especially the negative ones about the dealer when they lose. Their non eye contact is for well-thought-out purposes. They very seldom make mistakes and if they really get chastised or they really get humiliated they just call the floor supervisor over to put a stop to it. All they really want to do is deal the game, take their breaks, finish the shift and go home.

The Negative Dealers.

They sweep the losing bets off the table with fast action. Lots of verbal comebacks for most anything said by the players. Such as, "I only deal the cards, you could have wagered on the winning side" or "don't blame me, I didn't tell you to bet your losing Wager", etc. Just about everything is done negatively  and against the player themselves by these type of dealers.

Dealers That Play Baccarat Elsewhere.

I have played with numerous dealers at other properties from my regular property and vice versa. Those will look continuously at the scoreboard while they deal. They voice their opinion with their friends and/or regular players and if asked by others of course. You can see their real pleasure in paying out larger wins, successful side bets, substantial color ups, etc. etc. Their regret for players losses are completely obvious as well.  The list goes on.  High-fives, fist bumps and eye contact are pretty much produced without a second thought continuously throughout all the games they deal.  Generally a special bred of dealer and great to play with IMO. 

The Super Player Conscious.

No matter what classifications are above, except those totally negative dealers of course, these dealers are truly being thoughtful, polite, understanding and most professional. Like when a player loses says, "thanks for playing" and  said in a non-offensive voice when the player gets up to leave. As well, asks the floor personnel If it's okay when a player bets a few seconds late as the first card is just on its way out, instead of a harsh verbal, "no bet,!" or a swipe back of the chips with the dealers other hand, etc. I think these are the dealers that have lots of experience and they're good people and know how to handle customer service a lot better than many other dealers do and take very few things on the personal basis.

MISC.

When it's slow in particular, nothing too exciting happening at the table talk is engaged in between dealer and players. Some of course they know from being regular players while others they know from the local community.

Girl Talk.  They talk to their friends playing usually always females about private things. Such as the salon they just tried that attended to their private area with waxing and how it felt, etc., etc.  Or about a supervisor going out with a dealer, etc. Just a couple of examples.

Guy Talk.  About various after hours clubs and bars in the community. About going to other casinos of course. About people splitting up, etc. About their part-time work. Cars, lawn equipment and house related item purchases of interest, etc.

I enjoyed reading your thread.

Very often players forget that dealers are there to work so deserving the utmost respect.
In our opinion the vast majority of bac dealers are excellent employees even though there are some rare exceptions.

Now I'm looking forward for a post about floormen, Al!

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