[TobyG]

I'm not so sure that questioning for a ruling de facto equals angle shoot. In event 1, our table asked for a couple floor rulings, but they were both after the down was complete. Don't recall the particulars of one, but the other was a simple question about when a single exposed card while dealing turns into a misdeal and when it just becomes the initial burn. The dealer considered it a misdeal under any circumstances. A few of us were more used to it only being a misdeal if it were the first couple cards dealt, and otherwise the exposed card became the burn. The floor ruled the latter, and that was that. As a player, I'm of mixed feelings on the question at hand. On the one hand, there should be a general set of guidelines. On the other, the floor is there to make rulings when the exception tests the rule. That being said, I think Johnny did what a TD should: he tried to make as fair a decision as he could in the interest of the game.