Casino etiquette

Nothing will invoke the rage of strangers like playing blackjack wrong.  I was enjoying a game the other night when a guy at my table was lighting up the dealer.  He got at least ten blackjacks in an hour – good for him, bad for everyone else, since he was blowing the table up.  The house would show a ten, he had a 13 and would stay.  Next hand, he had a 12, hit, got a 2, then stayed.  This would be smart, if the dealer stuck at 13.  They don’t, but if anyone finds this casino, please let me know, I’ll drive to Alaska to gamble there.

Erratic play is one thing, but being a table douche is worse.  The guy who is drunk and can’t focus, the player that asks the dealer what to do every hand…once I had a person at my table ask the dealer if they should hit on a nine.  21-9 = 12.  There is no 12 in the deck.

The number one ass of all time?  A guy came to my table and laid out $75 in ones.  The dealer had to count them out one by one to get his chips.  It took over ten minutes.  The second he got his chips, his cell rang.  He began talking, which is a no no at the table.  The dealer stopped the hand and told him so.  He got up and left, never to return.  I hope the call was to tell him his car was getting repo’d because his payment was one dollar short.