Moving Dealer Button

[Linake]

Hi, I am new to the forums and relatively new to poker, but while playing outside of my reg. casino I was confused by a dealers button move.

Limit Hold'em
I'm seat 7 and SB, Seat 6 decides he doesn't want to play his button and gets up to take a break. The cards haven't been dealt and the dealer moves the button to me, NOW I'm SB and on the button at the same time. I nicely questioned the move of the button "I'm sb and dealer?" the dealer insisted this was correct. I let it go. Next hand guy in seat 8 is SB and button(button was moved to him the next hand).
To me this seems wrong because once the flop hit(when I had been the SB), guy in seat 8(BB) was first to act, also, where does the rotation of being SB and on the dealer button stop?! (I actually was going to leave soon so I didn't get to stay and watch to find out... kind of wish I had).
Thanks for reading, any thoughts? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Maura]

Haven't played outside of AC, but this makes no sense to me.

I would think the button stays so the last dealer is dealer again (or equivalently, the button moves to the empty seat of the guy who left).

Never heard of being SB and dealer at the same time

[knightmare_37]

Thats hilarious actually...what would happen if the BB left, would the button move so someone was the dealer and BB? Would the SB act last? The dealer moves to the empty spot and the guy deals for the ghost. Instead of being the dealer and SB you should've left and seen if they gave the button to the BB.

[McNeese72]

I'm not a live player but why wouldn't the button move to the empty Seat 6 and there be a dead button for one hand?

Doc

[SunyD]

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I'm not a live player but why wouldn't the button move to the empty Seat 6 and there be a dead button for one hand?

Doc

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I believe this is what it should be.

[Linake]

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I'm not a live player but why wouldn't the button move to the empty Seat 6 and there be a dead button for one hand?

Doc

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Everywhere I've played,yes. I figured this dealer was new or something. I wonder how long the SB was dealer button once I got up to leave. I was just surprised no one else pipped up and said something about it, kinda made me wonder if it was some odd rule they had at this Indian casino (I've seen odd things I didn't understand here before).
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Thats hilarious actually...what would happen if the BB left, would the button move so someone was the dealer and BB? Would the SB act last?

[/ QUOTE ] Yeah, thinking about that, can you imagine SB and BB actually being last to act after the button if it continued like this?! lmao

Thanks for the replies.

[Mistryl]

The dealer was applying the Moving Button rule not the Dead Button Rule.

See here for more info :

http://www.homepokertourney.com/button.htm

I much prefer the Dead Button rule personally, and it is certainly the rule applied in most places, both online and B&M poker rooms.