Re: Home poker cheating - how common is it?
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^I don't see how only the dealer can be the one to touch the pot.
Lets say your playing at a standard 10 man ovalish table. It's a home game, so rotating deal. Dealer is at the end of the table, winner of the pot is at the other end, how does dealer push the pot to him?
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Well in this case, if it was me at the end of the table and I won. I would stand up, reach out and scoop my own pot. Having players deal from the ends sucks and this is why I always have a dedicated dealer or two, in the middle.
If I was to have all players deal here is what I would do. I would have the guys in the middle deal while the guys on the outsides shuffle (two decks in use) for a set amount of time. When time is up we rotate to put the guys at the ends in the middle. They now deal until next rotation. It might be a bit of a pain rotating (but I doubt it) but thats what I would do.
I've seen some very sloppy guys dealing. Never pulling in chips, allowing guys to just toss out chips mixing with other chips, folded cards just left haphazardly around the table, no order to their deal (they'll put turn on one side of flop and river card on the other). And then once the hand is over you have cards and chips spread out all over the table. Totally redicuoulus. Just asking for problems as everyone is trying to move chips and cards. IMO, the host should explain very simple standard dealing practices and then tell everyone to follow them. Pull in chips and preferably stack them, pull in folds, and unless you win the hand, are the dealer or are asked to assist don't touch the pot. Pretty simple.
Another common courtesy I use is to always open my hand and show my palm should I touch another players chips or the pot.
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