Re: First time dealing for a casual tournament
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LEAVE the flop bets out and be very clear about rapping before burning and turning, while also announcing number of players. Once you deal the turn, bring in the flop bets.
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I see this becoming more and more common and I hate it. I am a firm believer in bring the bets in before dealing. The little bit of time that is saved by the shortcut of leaving them out is all gone the first time something goes wrong (you can deal before the action is complete, someone can try to snag their bet, you can miss some of the action on the next card because you are pulling in bets, a player can become confused). Also this is the best time to verify that the number of chips is correct, once it is established it is a call i have moved on to the next player mentally but now when the action is complete I need to pull the chips in and make sure that stack of 6 chips doesn't have 5 or 7 in it.
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