Explanation of Dealer
Brick and mortar casinos have a designated dealer who is paid by
the casino. The dealer deals the 💵 cards, makes sure players stick to the rules, and
provides other services such as assisting with chip counts and monitoring 💵 the size of
the pot.
When poker is played at home, it’s rare that a player is assigned designated
dealer duties 💵 as in a casino, since everyone likely wants to get involved in the
action. To keep things fair, dealer duties 💵 move around the table anti-clockwise on a
hand-by-hand basis. This responsibility moves in accordance with the dealer button.
The
dealer button 💵 is hence not only used indicate who occupies the favoured button
position, but also whose responsibility it is to deal 💵 the cards during an individual
hand of poker.
Example of Dealer used in a sentence -> We decided to tip the 💵 dealer
after raking in a big pot.
How to Use Dealer as Part of Your Poker Strategy
It’s
possible to become a 💵 professional poker dealer provided we have a good grasp of the
rules. Dealers need to know the rules of poker 💵 inside out, including rulings that the
average poker player might be unfamiliar with. For example, how should a dealer respond
💵 when a player at the table makes a string bet? How should a dealer respond when a
player at his 💵 table folds out of turn? How should the dealer respond when a player at
the table makes a raise size 💵 which is not quite the size of a legal minimum raise? Most
players never think about these aspects of the 💵 game, but the dealer has to know correct
policy in all cases to ensure fairness of the games.
The Tournament Director’s
💵 Association might be a great place to start for any budding poker dealer since it
contains a complete set of 💵 poker rules covering all unorthodox situations.
Casino
dealers expect to receive “tips” (also known as “tokes) from the players at the 💵 table,
especially after winning a big pot. Although such tips are not mandatory, a balance
needs to be found. Never 💵 tipping could make a player unpopular with the dealer, the
floor, and other players. Overly liberal toking can however, result 💵 in a player killing
his winrate. Remember that edges in poker are already small enough – we don’t want to
💵 be furnishing the dealer with our entire profits. He is already paid by the casino
after all.
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