Bizarre B&M situation (Floor man call needed)

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I've played in places that did promotions like this, and the floor would run around and put "stuff" into the next pot (tshirts, hats, food vouchers, whatever). If it's legal for the casino to do it, it should be legal for a player to do it.

And I've seen non-players do it. Scotty Nguyen trips through Harrah's once in a while and he likes to monkey with NL tables when he drops in. He's been known to toss a black chip into the center of a seemingly randomly selected table to sweeten the next pot, just to watch the fun. Nobody stops him.

So yeah, the departing player can do what he did, in my book. And since he didn't even stick around to watch the bloodbath as it played out, it was apparently a nice gesture and not intended to generate a show for the donator's amusement.

Shame for the dealer...probably woulda been his biggest toke ever. But it seems mighty clear from what was said that this was no toke.

[psandman]

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Is it legal for a play to just put money into the pot? This is a limit game, and you can't bet more of less than the betting limit. Should a player be able to just shove money into the pot whenever he pleases, as long as he abandons his claim to that money? Does the house rake this additional money?

I would rule that money placed in the pot this way is abandoned. If the player wanted to give away his chips, he should give them to a specific player or players, outside of the context of a hand. He shouldn't be able to influence the outcome of a poker game by circumventing the rules for how much and when a player can bet.

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If a player objects I'll call for a ruling, but I have never had a player object to this.

[RR]

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But it seems mighty clear from what was said that this was no toke.


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What was/is said in a cardroom has ways of changing.