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And also, I made absolutely no check motion, I said nothing, and the only thing I did with my hands was count out chips. Isn't it the dealers responsibility to determine whether I have checked or not? If there is ambiguity, shouldn't he ask me if I checked?


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If he sees you have cards and isn't sure he should ask you. Sometimes the dealer doesn't see your cards and skips over you.

Also with tho old lady hearing one person check out of turn is enough that you MUST speak up, if one checks out of turn and you don't speak up/ge tthe dealer's attention you have accepted the action as being proper.

Someone in this thread mentioned the dealer saying "check." The dealer should not be saying "check" the dealer should move the action wiht their eyes. When the dealer tries to call out the checks he will slow the action and/or confuse the players. An example the first player checks. The next player and the dealer see this at the same time. Now if the dealer tries to say "check" at the same timet he second player bets the third player is left wondering what is going on becasue the dealer is saying "check" at the same time he sees chips coming out fo the second player's hand. Typically the dealer should announce when the amount of the bet changes (bets and raises). In small games the dealer might announce the first check to gt the players moving.