Re: max buy-in rulings (FL capped buy-in)
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FL poker...
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These may sound standard to you,
but from a poker stand point I don't see how you can have it both ways -- the money plays but gets taken off the table.
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I see what you mean about the legality. However, from a poker and ethics standpoint, it seems like a reasonable compromise for an unpleasant situation. In the hand itself, the player with a legit stack had no qualms with the money behind, so it was risked before the dealer caught on. (dealer was SO embarrassed.) It would have been a really sick angle shoot if the loser to the flush draw had said something just as the pot was being awarded, but would have kept quiet if the pair had held up. The guy who lost the pot did not make a big deal about any of this, by the way.
Concerning chips staying on the table, that seems unfair to the rest of the table, all of whom had to come in for $100 and build their stacks from there, if johnny-come-lately can graduate to a $400 stack by virtue of a dealer error.
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