Be Nice to Your Dealers
All right, players. It's time to talk pet peeves.
We just witnessed an innocent situation at Table 392, but it ended up resolving pretty harshly. The dealer over there is clearly a bit less experienced than some, and she's just walked into the lion's den. On one of her first hands in the box, she flipped a card over on the second orbit of her deal. The table was furious.
The player in the eight seat — a WSOP bracelet winner, no less — slammed his cards down onto the felt and let out a big, audible sigh of frustration. The dealer humbly apologized and explained that it was a misdeal, and Mr. Player was not having any of it. "You shouldn't be misdealing in any game! Ever!"
Well now, the poor lady is really rattled. A couple hands later, we heard the table all screaming at her again all the way from our desk: "Down! Down!" She apparently exposed another card, and they're not making it any easier on her. She's visibly frustrated, and there's far more pressure on her now than there should be.
Someone finally yelled for the floor — which seems to be the correct course of action in this instance — and the staff member quickly came over to pacify the situation.
The entrants are paying a lot of fees for these events, and they certainly deserve to be dealt to by a competent dealer. But yelling at them and embarrassing them is not the solution, players.
Call the floor.