Pay Earned for Dealing Poker -- Day 26 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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[@ronbruh1878]

You ALWAYS bring the antes in first. Lots of angling could happen. If there aren't the right amount of antes then you need to stop and figure out who is missing. If you start dealing you're only causing a big problem for yourself. It's not a matter of speed it's a matter of accountability on all players. Everything else can be done how you please. But, antes come in first then you cut and deal. You're thinking hold em. This is completely different and you wouldn't belive how many times in a session a player will say "Did I ante?". I play this game almost every weekend at borgata (in a small mix of two games).

[@VegasPokerNomad]

HE has a BB ante now.

[@loydbridges6214]

That figures out to better the $40.00 an hour. That’s good wages by anyone’s standards.

[@WulfTrax]

Glad to see you in good spirits in this video, Rice. Over halfway done already! Do you have any plans set up for when you're done dealing or are you going to play it by ear for a couple of weeks?

[@VegasPokerNomad]

A lot of jambalaya and YT is the plan right now.

[@WulfTrax]

Sounds like an excellent plan to me!

[@stevestrassell9695]

Played the HORSE tourney and you were dealing next to me. Man that was brutally slow, played 6 stud hands in 20 minutes….

[@VegasPokerNomad]

Pots were probably big though. NL hands go quickly when it's raise pre and everyone folds.

[@taxbanker3044]

If you grab the deck and something else make sure you don't "roll the deck" meaning letting it turn over. It is a game security violation that dealers are not supposed to let happen. Many dealers are sloppy and roll the deck regularly.

[@brandonbowen8619]

Minimum wage went up on July 1. It’s now $12.00 an hour. Just an fyi.

[@VegasPokerNomad]

I know. Day 26 was June 20th.

[@JohnAsaro-by3od]

Nomad I smoked coggarwttes but lost my roll because felt guilty... about it but I'm stopping this month. I know said I would play poker but I did and lost cuz guilt but I stop to play poker aga8n next month right now

[@dwillis24]

Great series! You are the only poker KZbinr I still follow and watch.

[@VegasPokerNomad]

Awesome. Glad you're enjoying the videos.

[@TheSuperdaniel1970]

Procedure of ante games of shuffling, bringing in the antes, then cut and go goes more to accountability than speed, although it does enable the free use of both hands. I don’t consider this a hill to die on, and likely would not comment on it, certainly not rage. But yah, get in the habit of the proper procedure and avoid the splitting hairs altogether. High limit would definitely frown on deviating from this.

[@VegasPokerNomad]

First day of HORSE, a veteran dealer told me to put out the count chip after I grabbed the deck. He didn't mention the antes, so I was doing it after that.

[@thetrack4710]

Good content, keep it up!! Collect the antes before you cut the deck. Once you cut the deck you’re leaving the top card exposed and should start dealing the cards immediately.

[@VegasPokerNomad]

Exposed? It seemed more vulnerable when the deck was just sitting there, not in my hand. That's why I liked to grab it first.

[@digitalvisualtours3152]

It’s been a while since I went to dealer school. I think it was the same reason you burn a card before putting out the flop. The back of the top card in the stub could possibly be marked. So dealing directly after the cut minimizes the time the back of the first card dealt will be exposed.

[@alexhickey-grant6894]

Up here at Playground our 5 card PLO is all high it gets fucking crazy. One good table can make your whole week.

[@scottcarlson1692]

I walked by and said hello when I was playing NL 2-7. Agree with some of the commenters. Pull antes then cut the cards. Having a dealer with the deck in his/her hand when dragging antes would look odd to me. In the grand scheme of things does it matter? No.

[@VegasPokerNomad]

Yeah that makes sense. The first time I dealt HORSE, a veteran dealer was handing out the count chips and said to put one count chip out right after I grab the deck. He didn't mention antes. It just seemed like a natural sequence to do the deck first, then count chip because the guy told me, then "start the hand."

[@peytonpdx]

Shuffle, bring in antes, put out counter token, cut and pick up is "standard".

[@VegasPokerNomad]

The first time I dealt HORSE, the dealer handing out the count chips told me as soon as I grab the deck, put out the count chip next thing. So I had been doing that: shuffle, cut, grab deck, count chip, antes.

[@831bweiser]

Find someone who can teach you to pitch better. Itll help your shoulder.

[@harrisonrk]

Are you hand shuffling always? NO machine?

[@VegasPokerNomad]

Mostly shuffling. We only use the machines when all tables in the tournament have a working shuffler. None of the 24 temp tables have a shuffler. Even some in the room don't have one that works.

[@harrisonrk]

@@VegasPokerNomad Damn that's tough! I know you're prolly SO fast by this point but still. Carpal tunnel anyone? Good thing it's a temp job lol

[@harrisonrk]

old people tend to SUCK attitude wise, some are cool tho

[@donbdoe5798]

All of a sudden the 1/3 shit reg is 100% transparent with his hourly rates

[@VegasPokerNomad]

It's unfortunate that you think one day per week is 100% of days. Maybe there's a 5-year-old who lives in your neighborhood who's willing to be your math tutor.

[@iLikeBhr]

Do you get free food while working?

[@WulfTrax]

Rice has mentioned an employee dining room in previous videos. I believe dealers can go grab food on every break.

[@keithschleis1994]

What dealing school did you go to😂

[@VegasPokerNomad]

Didn't waste my time and money on that.

[@keithschleis1994]

@@VegasPokerNomad that makes sense now

[@batmasterson7091]

300 bucks a day. Is that sustainable? Nice! Have you dealt to any other KZbiners?

[@VegasPokerNomad]

A viewer said he had a non-poker YT channel. I dealt to him. -- It's sustainable during a series, not the rest of the year.

[@batmasterson7091]

@@VegasPokerNomad 300 x 50 is going skew your whole year and not getting any comps to boot. Ouch!

[@VegasPokerNomad]

@@batmasterson7091 I do like comps.

[@karlmuckit2968]

You are no longer the Nomad.

[@VegasPokerNomad]

I need to plan a trip and keep my Nomad card.

[@karlmuckit2968]

@@VegasPokerNomad Lone Butte sounds good.

[@benjaminbuckley2077]

2nd

[@brad2109]

Comment for the algorithm

[@BrianBowman-mw9vt]

You’ve got one helluva ego, I’ll give you that. 4 weeks into dealing and you already “do 20 things more efficiently” than other dealers. Be humble and appreciate the opportunity you have.

[@maliksealy5153]

the opportunity? it is a job & most people don't take their job as serious as this man does, you should calm down

[@joyride1598]

"...helluva an ego..."? Helluva is slang for hell of a or hell of an; it's redundant to place an after helluva because an is already included as part of helluva.

[@BrianBowman-mw9vt]

@@joyride1598 you’re absolutely right, mistake corrected

[@thaarbitor2003]

Ya he truly is delusional 😂