I Got My First Poker Dealing Paycheck -- Day 19 of 50

This summer will have about no poker, but it will have a lot of dealing poker. I'm dealing the summer poker series at The Orleans on W Tropicana in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 2024 Orleans Summer Open is the official name. Here are my tales.
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[@chromersv]

No clue why I enjoy hearing an incredibly detailed account of dealer pay, but i do.

[@cpataxpro]

It's the delivery style, the tidy nature, and the raw keep it real content. 💯

[@elasticharmony]

Because this dude is gambling (with his life)

[@cpataxpro]

@elasticharmony Just to be clear, "dude" is generally a rather derogatory term, and uninformed negative personal opinions are generally best kept to oneself. That said, I have blocked 🚫 and muted you from my YT account since you most likely know better. Bye now.

[@brianslade6891]

​@@cpataxprosnowflake

[@jeremym6813]

Ok dude.

[@California_Poker]

I would email payroll about missing orientation pay and also would have spoke to floor about my missing down. I’m not working for free.

[@petepeters6503]

Really fun video learning about your paycheck. Look forward to more of this content.

[@dakotajarvis5356]

I used to be one of the first to watch your videos…Today, I am in the 600’s…. wtg Rice, growing your channel!

[@VegasPokerNomad]

Thanks

[@freakinElvis]

Spoiler he doesn’t jump off the roof 😆

[@bipolarpunt5721]

I believe the Nomads Poker Bankroll Management is just as iron clad.

[@VegasPokerNomad]

Thanks

[@ericbush1544]

Yes, where ideal Poker in Florida we are paid on Friday following the week that ends on the prior Saturday. So the week goes Sunday to Saturday but we get paid on Fridays.

[@VegasPokerNomad]

I know what the pay period is. But it could be different for OT purposes.

[@craigsisson4313]

Have you considered getting a full time dealing job when the summer is over? Poker is never going anywhere and you can always play anywhere in LV on your days off. Not a bad gig imo

[@VegasPokerNomad]

I'd hate it. -- If things were busy like they are now all the time, I'd consider it. I'm not having a schedule 5 days per week to get 20 hours on the clock.

[@steveseattle140]

​@@VegasPokerNomadwhy do you assume they'd screw u over on hours? One would think with the effort you're putting in, floors would be EAGER TO HAVE RICE DEAL!

[@aydtsucks123]

If he gets put on the 11-7 shift daily and no games run they will send him home. As a new dealer he will most likely not get his preferred shift and will most likely be the first to get sent home. Having to plan your week around being scheduled 32-40 hours and then getting much less would not be good. Also, wouldn’t be able to go home for weeks at a time for the holidays. I wonder if he could get on for different tournament series throughout the year though. Just work the deepstacks at Venetian here and there or something like that. WSOP circuit events, etc… Get to work a handful of months a year, then do his normal thing the rest of the year. not sure if that is viable though.

[@user-qu6pg1mc2n]

I was thinking similar, but a flexible part time may be best, full time = commitment

[@VegasPokerNomad]

@@steveseattle140 I've talked to other dealers who deal all year. It's just not that busy most of the time.

[@dollarcostbackpacker1226]

like the insights and this dealer content. i was always curious/.

[@PokerWithDr.Parlay]

Sounds like it’s going well!

[@704studio]

dealing a great gig for the Rice Man, still in the action and making bank - celebrate payday with a milkshake

[@shadyo3736]

I’m sure they have an HR department to ask any payroll questions..

[@VegasPokerNomad]

I've asked some. And the answers don't always match reality.

[@CheapSlots]

Pretty easy to find out when the pay week is just ask the supervisor

[@VegasPokerNomad]

I doubt the floor know. And I'm not bothering them with this when it's so busy.

[@BluffytheVamp]

This is a huge deal you can’t let these corporations walk all over you

[@VegasPokerNomad]

Sounds like you've never been scammed before. This is the best I've experienced.

[@joshmorrow9872]

Atleast your +$100 hopefully the accounting stays in your favor rest of the summer.

[@harveywright2502]

Just because you're ahead of where you expected your overall figure to be doesnt mean you should just let go of those acconting errors. Email the accounting department, or ask management about, about when the pay period begins and ends. If you know they shorted you of a down, tell them. You arent working for free. I'd also enquire about orientation pay too: should only take an email or phone call.

[@VegasPokerNomad]

I've done some of those things at this position. And I've done things like this many times in the past. Employers love stealing from people. From experience, only awful things will result from this. If I got shorted, I'd talk to someone. I've been paid more than I was guaranteed. I'm not complaining.

[@MikeMarloweMentalist]

5.5 hours differemce sounds like 30 min lunches .. i noticed in a previous video you worked 9.5 hours and calculated pay off of that, but didnt mention a meal period. Could that be the difference in hours paid? Im assuming lunches are mandatory.in NV also, so.if hours were calculated including meal breakd it would be closer to your actual pay. Like this content, thanks for it!

[@VegasPokerNomad]

At UPS, we were forced to take a 30 minute break/lunch every so often. Take it or not, you weren't getting paid for it. But they didn't tell us anything like that. And the total time on the clock was almost exact. So I don't think that's a thing here.

[@MikeMarloweMentalist]

@@VegasPokerNomad i figured you would catch that if it was but put it out there jic... Bummer, hopefully it works out in your favor however they are doing their math.. pretty sure none of these casinos would risk anything on those kinds of issues. Just subbed, so going through back videos now, digging it.. 🤘

[@mickeyfinn72]

@@VegasPokerNomad My employer paid us for lunch. However, the 30 minutes for lunch was not actual time worked, so it didn't count towards overtime hours calculations.

[@VegasPokerNomad]

@@mickeyfinn72 I don't think that's the discrepancy though. The cash floor never tell me I'm out of the lineup after 8.5 hours. It's always 8.

[@Xanzia1972]

The OT situ is weird because your calculation for the standard rate is correct.

[@BrianBowman-mw9vt]

You’re trying to double dip on OT hours. I would wager that the OT rule is simply any hours over 40 worked in a week. If you’re counting any hours over 8 in a single day and any hours over 40 in a week, you’re double counting some of the hours.

[@California_Poker]

A.) If an employee makes less than one and one half times minimum wage ($15.375/$16.875) per hour, the employee would be paid overtime for time worked over 8 hours in a 24-hour period. If and employee makes more than one and one half times minimum wage, the employee would be paid overtime for time worked over 40 hours in a week. The only exception is if an employee agrees to work 4, 10 hour shifts. However, any deviations from the 4-10 rule could cause overtime to accrue (NRS 608.018). Straight from Nevada Dept of Labor

[@VegasPokerNomad]

@@California_Poker Lol. Exactly. No need to guess.

[@Wipes3177]

Poker should be a hobby, not a job for 99% of the people. I see you step into right path in life. Casino dealer is not a bad job. Can be boring and exciting at times.

[@jblow9275]

I'm guessing the extra money from the tournament downs is from the tips from the players who finished in the money

[@VegasPokerNomad]

Probably

[@300lbcanary2]

Maybe someone else suggested (and considering these are delayed about 10 days) I'd ask the same dealer that helped you with the tape on your ID about the OT accounting.

[@VegasPokerNomad]

I think he knows dealing stuff. But about no one cares about the pay stub stuff.

[@iLikeBhr]

Can someone explain please what a tournament down means

[@jimmyspinnler9686]

The amount they pay you for dealing one 30 minute period at a tournament table

[@JohnIshee]

what is a down

[@VegasPokerNomad]

30 minutes

[@karlmuckit2968]

Sounds like the Nomad is no longer the Nomad. You've been sucked in by stability.

[@jamesguest4741]

I dealt in Donald Trump's first big Atlantic City tournament. Believe it was 1995. Think was called Usa tournament. Dealing in his extremely busy room was fun. What some don't know was his rake was very low. 4 max most live tables. Also his room was beautiful and 95 percent of all games were seven stud.

[@VegasPokerNomad]

4 maximum in 1995? When I moved to Vegas in 2015 most rooms were 4 maximum. Sahara was still 4 maximum last year.

[@JohnnieV]

Do you have time to play poker anymore? Did you say how long you plan on doing this dealing? Maybe you can become a traveling circuit dealer. Nevada pays OT on over 8 hours in a day? Id be very surprised. Over 40 in a week I could understand

[@garrickmusic]

My guess is that if you do under 40 hours a week then the OT hours over 8 in a day kick in. If you’re over 40 hours a week then it’s the higher of the overtime hours only. The ability to “double dip” the OT hours seems unlikely in Nevada or the US in general. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@WulfTrax]

Rice has said previously that dealing at the Orleans is a "summer gig". Once he's done with the 50 days, he'll go back to playing poker and taking trips.

[@ItsallaboutfoodLasVegas]

Should still say something about the tourney down missing and the orientation pay.

[@VegasPokerNomad]

From experience, nothing good happens. It shouldn't be that way, but it's reality.

[@brad2109]

comment for the algorithm

[@dwayneb72]

Overtime doesnt start until you get 40 hours in the pay week

[@VegasPokerNomad]

It varies by state. In Nevada, it's also over 8 in a day.

[@randytanaka8724]

Sounds like tips were added to tourney downs...

[@VegasPokerNomad]

Probably

[@benjaminbuckley2077]

How can 5hours of missing overtime only be worth 30dollars total?!? Surely this is not correct 🤔

[@fkscopes]

Because his base pay is only $11 I think. (15 extra per tourney down and tips ofc for cash games) So 5.50 X 5.33

[@MelodyMaker]

Good point Ben. It could be a function of how the pay stub reported hours. Suspect they aggregated all hours and then separately identified the overtime component at 0.5 when a better way to do it would be how you logically conceive it. (take gross at reg and a separate gross for O/T hrs).

[@BrianBowman-mw9vt]

He’s trying to double dip on OT hours. It can’t be any hours over 8 in a single day AND any hours over 40 in a week. Let’s say he worked 10 hours a day for 5 days straight. 50 hours total should be 10 hours of OT pay. The way he’s calculating it, he’s counting it as 10 hours of OT for going over 8 in a single day AND 10 hours of OT for exceeding 40 for the week.

[@LookOutside...]

Because those missing OT hours are there as regular hours. He gets paid 11.50/hr. OT would add 5.75 /hr. 5x5.75 =28.75

[@VegasPokerNomad]

$5.625 is the additional pay for an OT hour. $5.625 * 5.33 hours = $29.98.

[@OGdailydabber420]

You would ask the HR department

[@VegasPokerNomad]

Yes. And when those answers don't become a reality, ask who next?

[@California_Poker]

You ask payroll department, not HD. They will they will fix the issue and add to your next paycheck, especially for the orientation pay. The missing down issue is more complex but the orientation is an easy fix.

[@JohnnieV]

Look at your weekly schedule. I’m sure that is the pay period

[@VegasPokerNomad]

That's Fri-Th.

[@edpslots7935]

Comment for the algorithm

[@coxie2foxy]

Your pay week starts Monday and ends Sunday

[@miked5256]

#morenomad

[@karlmuckit2968]

30 bucks is 30 bucks

[@VegasPokerNomad]

A = A

[@mikea9014]

$$$

[@loydbridges6214]

Sounds like it’s going well!