Commerce floor ruling

[Rick Nebiolo]

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Good points. The players, as well as the dealer, should be responsible for "policing" the game. I've seen several players point out the winning hand when the dealer had made a mistake. A dealer, especially one who is not a hold 'em player, might have trouble reading the winning hand. I see nothing wrong with players pointing out which tabled hand had won the pot.

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NL game Saturday at Hollywood Park. On the river the board is T-9-8-6-8 rainbow. Seat five had been leading all the way and paid off a medium-size river raise from seat eight, obviously in frustration. Seat eight shows J9. Seat five momentarily tables QQ face up and quickly tosses it toward the muck in disgust. The dealer intercepts the queens and calmly announces "two pair, queens and eights". I'm watching seat five, it was clear from the expression on his face he thought he lost to trip eights or worse. He pulls in the pot and obsequiously slides the dealer several blue chips.

Many dealers do a great job.

~ Rick