Tidewater Lanes has run out of the same building on Wharf Street since the tables went in — five hundred, euchre and crib dealt by house staff, nothing streamed, nothing online, in Forster.
The house dealers
Someone always deals — never the players
Every dealer on staff learns all six games before taking a table alone — regulars notice a wobble long before management does.
Shifts rotate through the night, so the same face rarely deals two tables in a row; the point is a fresh eye on the shuffle every hour or so.
Nobody at Tidewater Lanes plays against the house — dealers run the cards, keep the score, and take no hand of their own.
On staff
Trained on-site, rotated through the night.
No stake
Dealers never play a hand of their own.
Fresh eyes
A new dealer at each table roughly every hour.
Who deals when
The same faces, most weeks
WednesdayTwo dealers, five tables6 pm
ThursdayTwo dealers, five tables6 pm
FridayThree dealers, a busier night6 pm
SaturdayThree dealers, all tables running6 pm
SundayTwo dealers, a quieter room6 pm
Are you 18 or over?
Tidewater Lanes is an adults-only card room. Please confirm you're 18 or over before looking around the site.
Tidewater Lanes is a physical card room at 14 Wharf Street, Forster NSW 2428; nothing on this website can be played, and no age-restricted content appears beyond this notice.
This site uses two small cookies — one to remember you've confirmed your age, one to remember you've seen this notice. Nothing else is tracked.Read the details
