Dealer vs. Floor over a ruling
Live 25/50 limit holdem.
On the turn, where the big bet is $50, it checks around to the player in last position, who bets all in for $30. The next player to act, the guy in the blind who checked the turn, announces a raise and puts in $80. Everyone else in the hand objects and says he can only complete the bet to $50. The dealer tells them since the bet was more than half, he is allowed to raise. They call the floor, and the floor rules that he can only complete. The dealer then shakes her head vehemently and says in broken English that the bet was more than half and he can make it 80. Then some player says that because the raiser checked initially, he can't make it 80 against an all-in player.
Much arguing ensues and it stops the game for a few minutes, until the floor raises his voice to everyone and puts his foot down that the bet has to stand at only a completed $50.
Once and for all -- the dealer was right here, not the floor. Yes? This isn't a rule that should vary by cardroom, right?
|