Player out of line, Dealer asleep at the wheel

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Live, FR 2-5 NL.

Drunk guy as just show up and dumped 2 buyins in under laps and has woken up a dead game. He has just rebought and still in a great mood. Drunk in two seat, regular in 5, EP in 6, me in 10.

Several limp, and I limp in the back with KQo, drunk is behind me in action. I have a very TAG image, regular and EP are smart enough to know what I have.

Flop is KKx. Everyone checks around to drunk, who cheerful bets and tells the table to fold because he has a K. EP calls, I call. At this point a regular who's been chatting up the drunk starts laughiing and nods at me and tells the drunk something like "lol, he obviously has a K" Drunk laughs it off.

Turn complete brick, checks to drunk. As drunks is obvisouly getting ready to put out a large bet regular laughs and says "What are you doing? I told you he has a K" and nods to me. Drunk says "He cant have a K because I have all 4." He makes large bet, EP calls, I call.

River Q. First Player checks, and I pause thinking on what to do. Mean while the Regular is loudly talking across the table laughing and talking it up to the drunk saying he'd better fold because I have a king.

Result: Drunk acts out of turn and goes all in before I act, EP folds, I call and stack him

I was ready to come over the table at the regular over the hand but probably should have just as mad at the dealer. Whats the move here when someone trys to sabotage a monster hand and the dealer does nothing?

[WhiteKnight]

Tricky spot because if you make a big deal out of it you obv have the K right. How about never tip the dealer ever again, and let him know this is the reason. Also, talk to the floor after.

[budblown]

Tell the regular to STFU and not comment while a hand is in progress.

[Off Duty]

What's the dealer supposed to do? Hit him in the head with a shovel? The Regular is probally just talking out of his ass trying to have fun with the drunk.

I'd talk to the floor, privately.

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What's the dealer supposed to do?

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Seriously? His job maybe?

"Sir could you not discuss a hand while its being played?"

"One player to a hand please."

"Would you STFU and not kill the action retard?"

Any similiar line during the play would have been apreciated and earned a nice tip. I guess its too much to ask for a dealer to his job?

[Xanthro]

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What's the dealer supposed to do?

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Seriously? His job maybe?

"Sir could you not discuss a hand while its being played?"

"One player to a hand please."

"Would you STFU and not kill the action retard?"

Any similiar line during the play would have been apreciated and earned a nice tip. I guess its too much to ask for a dealer to his job?

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Honestly, some of those could just kill your action.

You can't say anything because it makes it look like you have the nuts, and what the dealer says is very important as well.

A simple "Please no discussing hands" would suffice, and have the dealer take action afterwards.

I'd also talk to the floor after this about the player as well.

[jeffnc]

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What's the dealer supposed to do? Hit him in the head with a shovel?

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Yeah I see your point. That is the only logical alternative to not saying anything at all. There's really no other option I can think of beside hitting the guy with an actual shovel.

Idiot.

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The reason he isn't speaking is because then it will be even more obvious that the regular is correct.
He was kind of trapped and was hoping the dealer would do something or that the regular would show any amount of tact.
Andy Fox's suggestion that you can just tell him not to discuss the hands is okay but it still starts to look like you've got it even more.
And, of course, I think OP was just as surprised as everyone that he continued to do it throughout the hand and not just the one time considering that he should know better.

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this was exactly my point. i've played a ton of poker and seen and done enough stupid crap that basically nothing phases me at a poker table but this hand serisouly had me on life tilt. I cant be the only one who's had this happen so I was curious as to how others would handle it becaus ei'm positive I handled it less than optimally.

[doodydota]

In a home game I used to play the following was a common scenario:

Whenever I was just about to stack the fish on the river, some other home game regulars would take all the effort to talk the fish out of calling my river bet.

This was so frustrating to see the fish pile all of his chip and start shoving them into the middle, but then the discouraging talk started and it made the fish hard to call and don't look a fool if he lost (obv.) the big pot to me.

These god damn regs just try to preserve the fish's money for themselfs.

[AngusThermopyle]

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What's the dealer supposed to do? Hit him in the head with a shovel?

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No, with a spade.