New Bellagio NL Rule - The Betting Line

[MaverickUSC]

So I was playing Bellagio 5-10 NL and fired $90 into the pot in a clear, forward motion, making a nice line of nine chips extending from my position, all in front of my cards and hands. The dealer said, "That's only an $80 bet." He then explained that the line on the new felts are betting lines, and any chips not across the line do not count as bets. I declared [censored], called a floor, and he ruled that my bet stood.

A few hands later, the same floor returned, apologized, and said that he made the wrong ruling... IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN $80 BET. The tables discusses how retarded this is, and I talk to Skip the supervisor at the time. They know me pretty well there and know about my writing and everything so I get a decent amount of respect, but my opinions meant nothing in this case.

Thus, you could push your entire stack forward, about eight inches to the betting line, not cross a chip over the line, wait for an opponent's play, and then make your play... still in turn.

Retarded... and heads up when playing there.

Devo