Re: [ba-poker] learning by doing

["Uncle Roger" <rogerc22(deleted the rest)>]

> How much would it cost
> to make an ultra-cheap cheesy video and set up a small TV/VCR with head 
> phones in a corner somewhere to explain what's going on?  The problem is 
> that these things require thinking ahead, effort, and employee training, 
> all things that it seems that nearly every poker room manager despises, or 
> at least views as a cost center.

I played seven stud in the casino in Salzburg back in 1990.  I think that 
poker was just beginning to catch on in Austria.   The casino  had  a  
continuously playing video  showing how to play  near the poker table. It 
was well-produced visually,  though I couldn't really tell how good it was 
because I don't speak German (except words like "flush." )

In general I liked the play, with tuxedoed dealers pulling in the chips with 
a little wooden rake and glamorous girlfriends wearing evening dresses 
sitting behind some of the players.   I did feel a bit home-towned on one of 
the rule interpretations, though.  I had a full house and was heads-up 
against an opponent who was probably drawing to a flush.  The dealer 
accidentally dealt the opponent's final card heads-up. I proposed that he be 
given another final card.  The opponent proposed that we split the pot.  The 
dealer called over the floor manager (white tuxedo with tails) and, after a 
long discussion in German, they decided to split the pot.  At that point I 
proposed all sorts of other reasonable solutions, but to no avail.  I assume 
they have their rules straigtened out now.

Roger