Dealer forgot my small blind

[2ndGoat]

Played in a B&M for the 2nd time a week ago, at the Taj. Got into a 5/10 O8 kill game. Dealers were, of course, struggling.

I pick up trash and fold my $2 small blind in something like a 7-handed pot. At the end of the hand I look down and the exact $2 I thought I posted was still in front of me- apparently neither the dealer nor the players involved in the pot were concerned with it. I put it back in my stack.

Can you get in trouble for that sort of thing? I wouldn't think so.

2ndGoat

[budman]

You should have thrown your small blind to the player who won the pot. However, I don't see how you could possibly get into any trouble. It is the dealer's responsibility to ensure that all blinds are posted before dealing the cards. It is also their job to collect bets, decide who wins the pot and move the pot to the winner.

I hope you had a winning and enjoyable first visit.

[snakehead]

what you did was dishonest. at casino arizona, you could get into trouble for it.

[2ndGoat]

To clarify, I'm horribly absent-minded; I've watched by car roll down a hill because I forgot to put it in park, left the lights on a thousand times, etc.
So whenever I'm missing something, I usually assume I lost it instead of figuring it was stolen, and when I see $2 in front of me, first instinct is that the $2 somehow didn;t belong in the pot to begin with. So if I had been sure, yes I would've tossed my $2 to the winner, but I really wasn't.

2ndGoat

[sucka]

LOL - being of a horribly absent mind and playing poker would seem to me to mix about as well as oil and water.

No wonder those Omaha8 games are so crazy! /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

[Hobart]

Your integrity is worth more than $2 plus the poker police are watching.....

[2ndGoat]

>>LOL - being of a horribly absent mind and playing poker would seem to me to mix about as well as oil and water.

One might think so, but it's really the opposite for me. I'm absent-minded because I tend to focus very intensely on one thing, neglecting other "background thought" that constantly needs refreshed in order for me to do things like remember where I put my wallet. I figure that's also why I'm good at math, programming, etc.

2ndGoat

[StoneAge]

if you aren't used to counting chips in the pot (it should be pretty easy if $5 chips were being used, just look for the odd dollars in the pot and on the drop).

[Nepa]

How did you like the 5/10 full kill game at the Taj? I was playing there about 2 three weeks ago and was stuck about 400 and came back to be only down 60. I could of went on super tilt but I kept my wits and had a nice comeback.

[Toro]

I also think you should have given the 2 bucks to the winner of the hand but also think that it was a rather minor indescretion and that you shouldn't beat yourself up over it. I'm curious though about everyone's opinion if however the circumstances were changed a little where you were overpayed by the casino and that there would be no repurcussions for the dealer who made the mistake. My specific situation has occured at the crap table and this has happened more than once. You have some bets on the come and an inexperienced dealer forgets to remove your bets after the shooter rolls a seven. Now the shooter starts rolling some numbers and you get paid off on these numbers which should have been down. Would you speak up? I sure as hell didn't. Dishonest, I don't know. What do you all think?