[psandman]

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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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I've never considered it a disadvantage to have another player put more money on the table.

But this wasn't just dealer error. It appears to be deliberate action by the player to circumvent the rules. I'm not going to reward him by letting him both get the pot and get to rathole money.

If its unfair for the player to keep the money on the table (which is a bizarre notion to me) then i gues sthe solution is that the money leaves the table along with the player.