[psandman]

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Trying not to be a nit - he never asks the player to count the money,

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so I asked him how many bills he had

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That sounds like a request for a count to me. I will agree that in context there may be dispute as to whether the answer was definitive or an estimate and it may be the sort fo thing you had to be there to judge fairly (perhaps the tone of the answer indicatied that it was just a guestimate).

To put the burden on the player asking for the count to make sure the count is actually accurate seems to me to be a ridiculous burden which would bring games to a halt.

Player 1: How many bills do you have back there.
Player 2: I have 8 bills.
Player 1: Can I see you count them.
Player 2: String of obscenities... Here 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
Player 1: Returning string of obscenities . . I'm sorry I didn't see that, would you kindly mind laying each bill on the felt.

You can just imagine where this discussion is going now repeat everytime a player wants a count.




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What if the player said '4', and the stack was actually '5', are you saying the other player is entitled to 5 bills?????????

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That is precisely what I am saying. I am saying that the player who caused the probelm (by giving the erroneous information) should be the one who takes the worst of it. It sucks to take the worst of it, but one of these two is going to get screwed . . . it seems to me an easy answer to say the guy who is at fault is the one who takes the screwing.

This seems rather simple to me.