Unsung Heroes Part 2

Posted: Friday, February 2, 2007 12:41 PM

by Dennis Oehring Danette and Freddy Deeb

As promised, here is the first of four brief profiles on each of the dealers appearing on Poker After Dark. The introductory article on all of them can be found by clicking here. Let's begin with Danette.

Danette Denise Morway (shown here with Freddy Deeb and dealing the final table at the 2005 National Heads-Up Championship) began dealing poker at the Mirage in 1995, where she remained until February 2006. She then transferred to Treasure Island and helped open TI's new poker room, and is currently employed there as a shift manager. In addition to the shows mentioned in Part 1, she also dealt the final table for the WPT Mirage Poker Showdown in 2005. Danette at 2005 Heads Up title match

Danette is originally from Kailua, Hawaii, and moved to Las Vegas fourteen years ago. She came to Las Vegas on a recommendation from her cousin, Angie Border, who is another of the dealers you will meet soon. Danette met her current husband seven years ago in the Mirage poker room, where he was playing side action games while a Harrah's tournament was going on.

Danette has a 14-year-old daughter from a previous marriage, and a 2-year-old son with her current husband. She states that Dr. Amir Nasseri, who played on the first season of High Stakes Poker, was the doctor who delivered her son. Nasseri drove all the way back to Las Vegas from Los Angeles two days after the death of his father in California to do so, and Danette says that Nasseri is probably the player she loves the most for that reason, aside from her husband.

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17 Comments

Jay said:

The dealers are as noteworthy as the players. While my friends and I watch to help develop our playing skills, two of our spouses are watching the dealers technique since they started acting as dealers to help simulate a casino atmosphere in our home games.

Does Danette or the other dealers on your line up have a holdem dealers book out or suggest a good one that we could get the ladies learning to deal for our home games?

February 3, 2007 4:34 PM

Buz said:

When they interact with players the audience cannot hear what they are saying. It would improve the show if we could hear both sides of any conversation, especially when players ask the dealer a question and the dealer responds. I think the dealers should be miked.

February 5, 2007 6:10 PM

Dennis said:

Today, most dealers have to attend a dealer school and pass the school's requirements before being hired by a casino. It's all hands-on instruction.

And the dealers are miked. It's just that their voice is usually minimized in post-production work.

February 7, 2007 12:16 AM

John Waltermeyer said:

Try the book called "The Professional Poker Dealers Handbook". Its the best book for that purpose that I have seen.

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