[hod]

As the thread says - I'm just curious as to what the average number of hands/hour are dealt at a casino hold em game?

Obviously less than online, but waaaaay more than my home game, any ideas? (I know we have a couple of professional/semi professional dealers on the board too).

Apologies if there is a more appropriate section for this, I couldn't see one.

[jojobinks]

Originally Posted by hod

As the thread says - I'm just curious as to what the average number of hands/hour are dealt at a casino hold em game?

Obviously less than online, but waaaaay more than my home game, any ideas? (I know we have a couple of professional/semi professional dealers on the board too).

Apologies if there is a more appropriate section for this, I couldn't see one.

i often hear the number 30/hour used as a best guess.

[Freelancer72]

30 hands per hour is maybe about average i'd hope... i know i can do more, but it all hangs on how fast the players are at the table. there's many other factors too - speed/experience of the dealer, type/stakes of game, blah blah blah.

once i was stuck dealing on a table where there was a guy who swore at me, and the pit boss did nothing about it. so i proceeded to deal 9 hands in 45 minutes because i was livid. pit boss never said a word about it, because they always teach us "accuracy first, then speed". in retrospect, it was quite comical. we have a zero tolerance for verbal abuse, and the pit boss knew he should have done something, but was too lazy. so he had to listen to a few people complain about how slow i was instead.

[MeridianFC]

Whenever anyone gets to ruminating at length about something and not playing, somebody invariably shouts "HPH! HPH!".

[mothmandan]

25 to 30 is what most dealers shoot for. For the average cash game it is usually about 27 if everyone including the dealer is on the ball. In the early stages of a tournament it should be 30. With 20 minute blinds there should be at least 3 full orbits before the first break (when breaks are on the hour), and each player should be on the button at least once per blind level.

Dan's 2 cents

[Freelancer72]

Originally Posted by mothmandan

With 20 minute blinds there should be at least 3 full orbits before the first break (when breaks are on the hour), and each player should be on the button at least once per blind level.

Dan's 2 cents

that's exactly right. i can sometimes pull an orbit per blind level when they're 15 minutes.

[joepro]

I know I should try to keep track, but I don't. I play mostly limit, and I'm guessing there is a significant increase in hands dealt in limit than no limit.

[DiceCaller]

Hello,

We have a broad range of skill in our dealers, but when speaking of averges..

30 - 35 hph for Limit HE
25 - 30 hph for No Limit HE

Of course the dealers tend to be only as fast as the slowest player and the largest diffence between average and above average dealers is how they run their game.

My 2c Shane

[the3rd]

At my home game I can get out 3 orbits of 1/2 NL per hour, plus of minus one hand. That comes to 26-31 hands depending on if there are 9 or 10 players.

[joepro]

Originally Posted by DiceCaller

Hello,

We have a broad range of skill in our dealers, but when speaking of averges..

30 - 35 hph for Limit HE
25 - 30 hph for No Limit HE

Of course the dealers tend to be only as fast as the slowest player and the largest diffence between average and above average dealers is how they run their game.

My 2c Shane

Thanks for that. What about omaha hi/lo? My guess is around 4-5 hph. At least that's what it feels like!