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the house rules.Nevertheless, I believe you caught a fair call. Despite the dealer¹s
probable mistake, the game was played out according to the rules that were already
in place when you bought in.Here¹s an example of the sort of thing that could
have happened. Say the
dealer had an 8 of spades, 8 of hearts, 9 of spades,
9 of hearts, and a 5,
6, and 10 of hearts.
The strong hands would be a
flush or a pair of 8s and 9s. Had the dealer set
his hand with the 8 and 9
of spades in the front and the flush in the back,
it could (not "would,"
as each casino has different house rules on dealer
hand-setting) have been
set incorrectly. Typical house rules dictate that
the 8s should be in the
front and the 9s in the back, with the flush going
by the wayside.
Same
idea shows up if a blackjack dealer holding an Ace, 2, 2, Ace, and a
face
card, stops at a hard 16. If he proceeds to pay the table, an
eagle-eyed pit
boss would come over and make the dealer take another hit.
You didn¹t
mention, Lane, whether the dealer possibly had a "foul" hand. A
Pai Gow poker hand is foul when the hand has either the wrong number of
cards,
or when the two-card hand has a higher poker value than the five-card
hand.
Using our example from above, the dealer would have fouled the hand
had he
put the 9s up front and the 8s in the five-card hand. In that case,
the foul
hand would have been a losing hand for the dealer, and you would
have been
paid. Dear Mark,
I get plenty
of high pairs in video poker, but rarely convert them to better hands. How often
should I be getting two pairs, trips, etc? Todd N. Here
is the list, Todd, straight from Valhalla, of just how often certain
combinations
should be obtained when you are holding a high pair.
Two pair: Every six times
3-of-a-kind: Every nine times
Full House: Every 98 times.
4-of-a-kind:
Every 360 times Of course, by holding
a single pair you cannot get a straight, flush,
straight flush, or a royal
flush. Matching your conversions against these
average outcomes should more
or less tell you how your luck is running. Gambling
thought of the week: "There is not much of a gamble left in a
casino.
Chance is only an illusion." John Alcamo
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