I have met some of the most fun people through this site. They read me, then make sure they meet me when they come to Vegas. How cool is that? Better than crunchy p-nut butter and apricot jelly sandwiches. Yummy!

Before I left for Aruba, I met Joe from Florida. He was waiting for me to come to work, and fortunately I got to deal to him. He was in Vegas on business but it was a two fold blessing for him because he was out of the ‘hurricane zone’ and slamming chips at Bellagio. Nice break for him, nice down for me.

Last week, I slipped into a $2-5 Blind NLH game and the 4s asked me if I was ‘the writer’. I said, “Yes!”

He told me he really enjoyed my writing and it was nice to have something to read while he was busy on the net. Chad from Seattle. Aura like a creamy caramel hot chocolate on a cold winter’s day, he was gracious, cute, and fun to visit with. He also loaded chips into my pocket before I left the down so it was profitable and fun. I got out to play shortly after that and I slipped back to visit with him one more time before I left for the night.

There are so many ultra cool people in the poker world. The best part of it is that I get a small glimpse of their lives as they pass my island of green felt and through their emails and exchanges on the Clan Forum – which by the way, there’s a new section for dealer posts. Sure, anyone can post there. But it’s a section for dealers to sound off and hopefully gain some insight.

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Way too many times in my dealing career I’ve listened to people state that poker rules should be standardized throughout the USA. Try not to die laughing because that’s what I’m doing right now as I think about it…the whole USA and all its poker rooms conformed to all situations so the rules and decisions are mandated the same way by every shift boss. Sheesh…yeah, right.

In our room, they can’t even agree on this:

P2 – Button

P1 – just posted BB P3 – just posted SB

P2 leaves.

I – and some of the supervisors – contend that the button moves to P3. P1 posts BB. P3 posts SB as it has now gone to heads-up.

Some of the supervisors argue that a player can never have the BB twice (They are correct – EXCEPT when it goes to heads-up play) so the Button goes to P1.

Try explaining to the supervisors that P3 just paid the BB – then the SB – and it’s now his button. If the button moves to P1 – P3 has to pay 3 blinds in a row before he gets the button….arghhh!

The supervisors stand firmly committed to the fact that a player can never have the Big Blind twice in a row. They won’t get together with a unanimous decision or go to the Card Room Manager. One of them stated that he would ask a few players how the players thought it should go.

Of course, Moi, and the other supervisors that agree with me have been in the industry since the opening of The Mirage – 15 years ago – so there’s no shot in hell that we would know what we are talking about…

This is just one of the points of minor/major confusion in rules and I know it doesn’t just happen in Vegas. How could we ever get one clear cut rule book that everyone followed correctly? I’m willing to wager it can never happen.