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A Fcuking disgrace....

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    #2
    Lafortezza
    Registered Users Posts: 8,806 ✭✭✭Lafortezza


    That is bad. I saw bohsman commented that it was pretty well known. Known by the staff/Fitz staff or by a reasonable amount of the poker public?


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    #3
    5starpool
    Subscribers Posts: 32,850 ✭✭✭✭5starpool


    Wow that is terrible. No wonder I never hear many good things about there. You wouldn't see that happening on the CPT in fairness to them :rolleyes:

    Thats it, I am cancelling my membership (not that I have ever been there :eek: )


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    marius
    Registered Users Posts: 441 ✭✭marius


    BigDragon wrote:
    Last nail in the coffin me thinks......

    http://www.antesup.com/boards/showthread.php?t=397

    Any chance someone could post the text - not allowed to view antesup


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    BigDragon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,897 ✭✭✭BigDragon


    marius wrote:
    Any chance someone could post the text - not allowed to view antesup
    ...
    sinking_ship wrote:
    I think it only fair that the great poker players of the Merrion Casino club should be aware that none of the tips given to the dealers is received by the dealers. Instead its used by the company to pay wages of all gaming staff including that of the managers.
    So the next time you win a tourny or big pot, dont give any tips as the money does not go to whom you intended.
    Long live the fitz!

    ...
    Shortstack wrote:
    It has been confirmed to me in a PM and I will for one will not be leaving any tips there in the future (not that I have had the chance to recently anyway :) )


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    peeko
    Closed Accounts Posts: 834 ✭✭✭peeko


    I don't get a chance to play live very often, so this tipping the dealers is new to me.

    How much would people generally tip the dealers and how?
    Thats pretty rough that the Merrion aren't playing fair.


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    opr
    Registered Users Posts: 8,267 ✭✭✭opr


    I find this amazing !! Would never have tipped in thier if i knew this was what happened to the tips. How has no one posted about this before now ?

    Opr


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    bohsman
    Registered Users Posts: 8,881 ✭✭✭bohsman


    peeko wrote:
    I don't get a chance to play live very often, so this tipping the dealers is new to me.

    How much would people generally tip the dealers and how?
    Thats pretty rough that the Merrion aren't playing fair.

    3-5% on a tournament win/2nd possibly 3rd left with the TD, 1euro plus on a cash game hand depending on the size of the pot.

    Ive known since before I started working in the Fitz, the last time I won a tourney in there 900 or so I left a nominal 20euro.


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    peeko
    Closed Accounts Posts: 834 ✭✭✭peeko


    cheers.

    why did you even leave the 20 if the company are just going to steal this money to pay their staff? I would of left nothing.

    Do you tip the dealers themselves? Or do you give the tip to who-ever pays you your winnings? And leave it up to them to distribute. How are things done in the Fitz?


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    bohsman
    Registered Users Posts: 8,881 ✭✭✭bohsman


    Just leave it with whoever pays you your winnings. At that stage the tips went to the Tournament Director afaik


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    califano
    Registered Users Posts: 5,440 ✭✭✭califano


    Is 'The Gentelman' affiliated to this club?. I think he is. I'd be surprised if he knew this bad practice was going on and let it happen?.


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    MadsL
    Registered Users Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    :eek: More Merrion Messing.

    That is all.


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    Dub13
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,252 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dub13


    MadsL wrote:
    :eek: More Merrion Messing.

    That is all.


    You don't start again.....:)


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    pppspecial
    Registered Users Posts: 446 ✭✭pppspecial


    i won the tuesday comp and took 1300 off which i left 100 as a tip for the dealers. god damn it stung again. ill be in there 2 moro and will have a word with bernard in relation to this as i find this situation totaly unacceptable. will report back what is said as it is under new managment and that situation will change as soon as bernard finds out so please guys cut a little slack till i find out more.


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    #15
    Hitchhiker's Guide to...
    Registered Users Posts: 3,322 ✭✭✭Hitchhiker's Guide to...


    It was the reason i stopped working there tbh. Got some tips, but definitely nothing relevant to what was actually left. They were giving the majority of the tips to the gaming staff, but the gaming staff tips were not shared with us. Seems to be even worse now.


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    MadsL
    Registered Users Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    You don't start again.....

    I did say 'that is all'

    /me looks over shoulder for PokerTroll....:rolleyes:


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    pokertroll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 375 ✭✭pokertroll


    MadsL wrote:
    I did say 'that is all'

    /me looks over shoulder for PokerTroll....:rolleyes:

    Pokertroll is no longer in Ireland so will not be getting involved ;-)


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    kinaldo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,563 ✭✭✭kinaldo


    MadsL wrote:
    :eek: More Merrion Messing.

    That is all.

    I think this thread should have been entitled 'Dealers Shafted by The Merrion'. Half the posters in that More Merrion Messing thread have disappeared


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    MadsL
    Registered Users Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    /me looks over shoulder for PokerTroll....
    Pokertroll is no longer in Ireland so will not be getting involved ;-)

    Zoiks! :eek:
    Half the posters in that More Merrion Messing thread have disappeared

    And I woulda gotten away with it if it wasn't for those pesky kids....


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    NickyOD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,124 ✭✭✭NickyOD


    Scoooby Dooby DOOOOOoooooooooooooooo!!!


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    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    This is a trick.


    The person who posted that (and I have done my usual Dectective DeV on it and know quite a bit about him now) was let go from the Merrion the night before that was posted. Bernard (who replaced Mags in charge of poker after she moved on) rang me to confirm that the dealers are paid their tips at the end of every month and the management do not use them to pay staff wages.

    I dont like being used as a platform for revenge or libel.

    DeV.


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    #22
    Doc Farrell
    Registered Users Posts: 2,882 ✭✭✭Doc Farrell


    I'll be back!

    You haven't heard the last of me yet!

    Muhuhaha!

    Flips cape and runs down the street a la Professor Moriarty.

    'And it's all thanks to you, Sherlock Holmes and your weak minded partner, Dr. Devore! God bless ya both!'

    The End

    :D


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    BigDragon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,897 ✭✭✭BigDragon


    DeVore wrote:
    This is a trick.


    The person who posted that (and I have done my usual Dectective DeV on it and know quite a bit about him now) was let go from the Merrion the night before that was posted. Bernard (who replaced Mags in charge of poker after she moved on) rang me to confirm that the dealers are paid their tips at the end of every month and the management do not use them to pay staff wages.

    I dont like being used as a platform for revenge or libel.

    DeV.

    Apologies to the Merrion and Bernard.

    You going to name and shame DeV?


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    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    Noone we'd know. Just someone looking for revenge.

    DeV.


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    #25
    pppspecial
    Registered Users Posts: 446 ✭✭pppspecial


    hi all just back from the merrion where i got busted out early with kings after my opponent hits his set of snowmen. 4 hands previous i let JJ go with a AQ6 flop wait for it yes folks a jack on the river. ohh well i have to say it is one off the best value tournys in town.100 double chance deepstack 4k starting 4k anytime after 1st hand. i also talked to a few dealers(gaming and poker) and have been assured there tips are an extra and not part off there wages. bernard is the new pit boss in the merrion and is one off the best in the business and i personally think the merrions poker crowd is going to pick up very quick with good payout and tournaments strutures in place for the tournament players they cant go wrong. hehe more fish for me to fry.
    on a more serious note bernard i wish you all the best in the merrion.good job mate keep it up.


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    #26
    RoundTower
    Registered Users Posts: 5,083 ✭✭✭RoundTower


    do you think you could write a paragraph without working a moan/bad beat story in there somewhere?


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    #27
    MadsL
    Registered Users Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    Damn! Had my righteous indignation cloak dry cleaned and all.:mad:


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    #28
    robinlacey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,394 ✭✭✭robinlacey


    thats all well and good,but what about what bohsman and roundtower said?
    are you 100% certain that there is no truth to this at all?
    i'm not trying to stir up trouble but i'd like to know whether to tip or not if i play in the merrion again


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    pppspecial
    Registered Users Posts: 446 ✭✭pppspecial


    i am certain off this as i have myself now confirmed it with bernard where the tips go. so as a regular at the merrion i shall continue to leave tips when i feel the need.


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    #30
    EWheelChair
    Closed Accounts Posts: 331 ✭✭EWheelChair


    Don't forget lads, if you give the dealer a special VERBAL tip.. they can spend that then and there..

    I like "don't eat yellow snow"


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    rivered
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭rivered


    EWheelChair wrote:
    Don't forget lads, if you give the dealer a special VERBAL tip.. they can spend that then and there..

    I like "don't eat yellow snow"

    Ewheelchair i hope you get rivered in every hand you play lol.......


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