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dealer, however, wasn't complaining. we had been
making good bets for the boys so that the crew was
winning along with us. The floorman wanted to break
the rhythm of the game, somehow hoping that, by
annoying me, the dice would change, just another
stupid superstition held by casino personnel. At
other times boxmen (the casino executives who supervise
a craps table from a seated position) have objected
to the way we threw the dice during hot rolls. When
the dice are cold, they never object to the throw
or the manner in which bets are raised.
In fact, in this instance, it wasn't the business
of the floorman. we were raising our bets in a legal
manner and wasn't slowing down or hindering the
game. He was, with his constant interruptions. Finally,
he got to our friend, who simply raised all the
bets to the maximum on all the place numbers but
the 4 and 10.
Floormen get downright nasty with some winners,
and these winners mistake the rude individuals they
are facing for bosses. But they don't have that
exalted title. They have middle-level positions,
get moderate pay for their work, and stand on their
feet all day long in the midst of the noise and
the smoke and all the rest of the activity that
goes on in a casino. After a while it gets to them.
They have essen boring jobs, and they get jaded
and especially annoyed when they see a player win
a fortune and walk out, while they have to hang
around for another four or five hours on their feet.
These men take out their frustrations not only on
the player but on the cocktail waitresses and dealers.
But most of all on the players, whom they despise
for the most part as idiots and suckers.
As a player, unfortunately, you're going to have
to deal with them. Some are good human beings, particularly
if they haven't been in the job for too long a time.
After a while, the action and the gambling gets
to them.
Handle them the right way, firm and in a disarming
fashion Never cater to their whims or anger, especially
if they are arbitrary and have no relation to the
rules of the house, and never, never get into ego
battles with them.
Above all, make them feel that they know all there
is know about gambling, and you know the rest. In
other words, make believe that you're just an innocent
waiting to be plucked, although the opposite will
be true after you read this book. Your look of innocence
will make them content and put them at ease, for
few of these men can recognize the They've been
in casinos too long. |
