Dealers that don't count

I just found out the Belagio Cup has three starting days. Man, more decisions! I will go down tomorrow and scope it out, I think I will play tommorow as well. I don't foresee that many amatures comming back on the weekend, so not that much reason too wait around. May just depend on how I feel, as I will be in town all weekend regardless.

Not much going since I busted out of the WSOP, so I will take the opportunity to talk about what I think is one of the most common and serious mistakes I see dealers make. It happens way too often that I see dealers try to take a shortcut when one player doubles through another by trying to "match stacks", rather than count the chips, even when there are lots of stacks to match. This should never-ever be done! It is hard to follow and even harder to correct mistakes, which are actually, in my oppinion, made more often than not when this is attempted. Too many times have I seen stacks matched and then rematched. The winners chips should always be counted out so all can see and then the pay-off should be counted out so all can see. A couple years ago I even had a floor supervisor come over in the main event of the WSOP and stop a dealer from doing it correctly and show him the easy way to do it, fortunately I haven't seen this guy on the floor this year. Do not let a dealer do this at your table, let them know this is unprofesional and unacceptable.

Oh, and how about Jeremiah Smith, chipleader at the WSOP. He is a guy I have been friends with for a few years now. He used to be a reporter for pokerwire and now works for FullTilt putting together there lessons from the pros. Apparently he has been getting something out of these lessons himself, as he is tearing them up here in one of the few tournaments he is able to play. He is a great guy and I am really pulling for him.