As someone with a bit a recent BJ tournament experience (LOL), I'd have to
agree wholeheartedly with Bob's assessment of the situation with the dealer
helping the novice player. True, the stakes were quite low, but that's not the
point. Somebody will still take serious umbrage at such help, specifically
the guy who was "on the bubble" for that final table. That dealer is
probably used to dealing regular BJ on a casino table, where such proffered help
doesn't really affect any of the other guests. This situation isn't unusual
when using experienced casino BJ dealers to deal a tournament. The cruise line
casino manager should have a friendly chat with that dealer. I'm sure his
intentions were pure but he could have innocently caused hard feelings with
other guests.
In "real" BJ tournaments, not only are the dealers forbidden from offering
advice to the players, but the players themselves could actually get tossed
from the tournament for having well-meaning friends in the crowd shouting such
advice.
- Brian in MI
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