[rjbigfish]

With the new NL games in Florida, many inexperienced dealers are now having to deal with games they have never dealt before. I have seen countless mistakes over the last 2 evenings playing in the 1/2 NL game at Melbourne's Club52 and for the most part have tried to correct the dealer every time. I am going to post a handful of these errors and am curious to how others would react to these. I know the major errors need to be fixed but should players also try and 'school' dealers as to proper ways to do things or do you think that is over doing it.

1- Hand is raised to $15, 4 callers, player raises all-in from one of the blinds and has the table covered. Original raiser calls with $95 more so $110 total, all others fold. The pot should have 110+15+15+15+15+1+2+110=283 total. The hand is played out, the original raiser wins and the dealer counts his 110 and adds the 63 from the dead money for $173 and then counts off $173 from the losers stack and pays the winner $346 minus the rake for the pot. If no one notices this do you say something? Is it the responsibility of the player who lost to correct this or should anyone at the table speak up if you see an error like this made?

2- A few limps, player raises to $15, 3 total callers. A little more then $60 in the pot. Players check to original raiser who puts $30 that was in his hand in the pot then reaches to his stack and announces $70. Clearly a string bet. If you are not in this hand do you say something?

3- Player posts big blind #2. In the game at Melbourne there is a $1 small bind and 2 $2 big blinds. After that hand the player has left the table. When he should be posting his 2nd $2 big blind. Dealer gives him a missed BB button and has the next 2 post. Next hand is dealt and then the blinds move and when its time for the button to pass the person who missed the blind she puts it on him and the 3 blinds from the previous hand are asked to post again. Say the obvious that the blind posters should not have to post the same blinds and the previous hand or do nothing if they say nothing?

4- Seat 3 raises to $25, Seat 4 calls, Seat 8 who is in the last BB calls. Seat 3 announces All-in which he is apparently trying to bet in the dark even though its Seat 8's turn to act if the flop were dealt. Seat 4 thinks its a raise of the $25 preflop still but this would be Seat 3 raising himself. Seat 4 mucks and Seat 8 mucks before the flop is dealt. Seat 3 raised himself allin. After seeing what happened seat 3 announced that he was betting allin in the dark on the flop and doesnt think he should get the $50 plus the blinds in the pot. To me this is an easy call the floor for a ruling but the players in the hand decide that its ok if they got their $25 back and decide to give the dealer the $3 in blinds as a tip. If you are not in the hand do you let this happen or do you call the floor?

5- Players put in a red $5 chip for their blind. Action gets to them and they fold. Dealer constantly pulls this money into the pot without making change to make change later. Sometimes they do, sometimes they forget and have to be reminded. Do you tell them that they should not pull money into the pot unless making change then or do you just constantly let this happen?

6- Player moves all-in and pushes his stack of reds into the pot. He holds on to $6 in white chips playing with them as the hand is played out. He loses and is covered and the pot is pushed to the winner without the $6. No one says anything and the player that loses rebuy's for $100 and now has $106. Do you speak up and ask that the winner get the $6?