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World Series Of Blackjack
Brandon Brooks:
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Mar 16 2004, 03:06 PM\'] [quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Mar 16 2004, 12:22 PM\'] I'm gonna disagree. The dealer might exhibit the smallest tell based on looking at the hole card.
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But why? The dealer has no money stake in the game, so all she cares about when she's checking that card is whether it gives her blackjack or not, so she can properly execute her job duties. It's not like she's gonna get excited inside over seeing a 19 or a 20, because her job doesn't change whether she has a made hand or she has a 12. She has no reason to react. At all. [/quote]
Yeah, s/he does, and s/he does have a financial stake. When the patrons are winning, they are more willing to give him/her nice fat tips (I do the same). When they are losing, they leave.
Brandon Brooks
clemon79:
[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' date=\'Mar 16 2004, 03:48 PM\'] Yeah, s/he does, and s/he does have a financial stake. When the patrons are winning, they are more willing to give him/her nice fat tips (I do the same). When they are losing, they leave.
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Which has absolutely zip to do with a televised tournament where the players are all using funny money. I'm more inclined to accept DrBear's hypothesis.
MikeK:
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Mar 16 2004, 03:06 PM\'] [quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Mar 16 2004, 12:22 PM\'] I'm gonna disagree. The dealer might exhibit the smallest tell based on looking at the hole card.
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But why? The dealer has no money stake in the game, so all she cares about when she's checking that card is whether it gives her blackjack or not, so she can properly execute her job duties. It's not like she's gonna get excited inside over seeing a 19 or a 20, because her job doesn't change whether she has a made hand or she has a 12. She has no reason to react. At all. [/quote]
Is the dealer human? If so, she'll have a natural tendency to make minor tells which experienced card players pick up in a heartbeat. It can be with how she handles the card after seeing the hole card (similar to what DrBear said), inflections in her voice, or the dealer's body language. You may think it's a pile of horse feces. As a person who sounds like he's seen a few of these poker shows, you should know that these tells, which 98% of the viewing public can't see, can possibly tell the player what the unknown card is. Just because said player got one of 3 tells right doesn't mean it's bad card playing.
Then again, the visually impaired player won, so maybe Chris is right about how useful visual tells in poker really are. :-P
whampyl03:
Didn't like it.
Matt Vasgersian, the lack of excitement, and those annoying in game wrap-arounds with that lady did me in. That, and the show was just plain boring. Although it was sort-of fun to strategize with the player's hands, the fact that the show would be nearly silent without that color commentator and Vasgersian drove home the boredom factor for me.
I'll will give it another shot next week and try again to get into it, though.
weaklink75:
I sort of liked it...The graphics were done perfectly I think, all the information needed in one line. Yes, it was quiet, maybe a little too quiet, maybe if it was in a theater in the casino instead of on the floor it would be better. The commentary was useful (the one thing I do want to know is what size shoe they use--It looked to me like it was a six deck one). Maybe the action will go faster and earlier if a person gets a big early lead or in the Wild Card and Championship Games (where there's no reason to play conservative, since there's no incentive for coming in 2nd). I'll continue to watch it.
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