[steamboatin]

this thread makes me wonder how much time these posters have spent playing live in a casino. It is not uncommon for someone to begin racking up or putting chips in their pocket prior to leaving. I am reasonably certain if the outcome had been different, like a reraise, then the dealer would have stepped in and either made it right or called the floor depending upon the situation.

You want the game to keep moving so a dealer shouldn't jump in at every little infraction or the game will degenerate in to a NITfest and kill the action.