Jackpot overraking

It's a shame this thread descended into what it's now. There was a valid discussion to be had, well I guess the thread will at least serve to demonstrate how not to go about making a complaint. :pac:

Just for the record, I earned my living in Dublin card rooms for around 2 years and played casually for around 5, and this is something I've seen happen regularly, in just about every room I've played in.

SE, Jackpot, Fitz etc.

It usually happens after a period of low action activity and the dealer needs to make up the numbers. In this particular instance I honestly don't know, and I'm not going to comment on conjecture.


OP you've gone about this in the wrong manner, also your suggestion that you could simply implement a cap and still make up figures, essentially what you're saying is that there will always be enough action at the table that you could easily implement a cap.

What if you're dealing to a table full of nits, can you say with absolute certainty that they could easily achieve their hourly rate with a 5 or €10 cap? I'm not so sure...you might not even hit that cap once in a full hours play.

Ok my example was a bit far fetched, a table full of nits in Jackpot, yeah right

But you get my point.

When you're calculating rake on fly like they do, it's not easy to come up with any set formula that will 100% assure you meet your rates.

I will agree with you on one thing, if rake structures and how dealers are applying were more transparent, I probably wouldn't be posting on this thread right now.

Lplate is right, people will read this thread and make their own decision, but it's hard to decide whether the management simply opted to ignore you because they deemed you were just an incessant moaner (they not I!) or is it because there's something more sinister at play. Had you carried your complaint with a little more decorum, you'd be able to rule out the first possbility, as things stand this isn't the case i'm afraid.

Vote with your feet and don't play there if you're not happy.