Weird situation at Caesars

[steamboatin]

this thread makes me wonder how much time these posters have spent playing live in a casino. It is not uncommon for someone to begin racking up or putting chips in their pocket prior to leaving. I am reasonably certain if the outcome had been different, like a reraise, then the dealer would have stepped in and either made it right or called the floor depending upon the situation.

You want the game to keep moving so a dealer shouldn't jump in at every little infraction or the game will degenerate in to a NITfest and kill the action.

[SweetSchollen]

you are right that it isnt common for a player to rack up their chips, but putting their chips in their pockets while in a big hand isn't something I understand to be common. This is clearly not allowed and I feel the dealer has the right AND the duty to say something about it. I don't know where this whole "dealers shouldn't say a word about anything" thing is coming from, but I believe that part of their job is to make sure there is no cheating. This type of action is very suspicious and falls under the realm of things that should be reprimanded. Its fine if they don't say much at a 50/100 game or something, those people should know better and likely would be caught by everyone at the table if they tried to do something like that, but at a 1/2 game where half the people are noobs and dont know the rules, this thing needs to be addressed.
However, this is just my opinion, perhaps I'm missing some key aspect of the discussion.

[dizzle98]

I play in a casino on a fairly frequent basis which is why I'm amazed that the dealer didn't at least say something. It's definitely not uncommon for people to rack up for their last hand but they don't shove chips in their pockets. It's also not uncommon for a good dealer to immediately inform the offender that their chips must stay on the table until they are done playing. So now we're saying dealers shouldn't jump in at EVERY little infraction? So we're gonna let dealers pick and choose which rules to enforce and which to let go? That's actually probably my biggest problem with the entire hand, that the dealer either doesn't know or doesn't care that a rule is being broken.

I have no doubt that in this particular case it probably ends up being not that big of a deal either way. Especially if the player in the hand doesn't say anything. I'd actually prefer that the dealer didn't know the rule than thinking the dealer has decided to pick and choose what rules count and what don't.

[Spiffysean]

Bet your sweet ass that if I'm in the pot with the villian, the second he goes to put his chips away, I'm jumping up. Furthermore, I'm going to know how much he has on the table in front of him before his action, too.

You can't always put it on the dealer, because some of them are morons, too.

It depends on who you are, and what you plan on doing. If you are going to fold anyway, stop bitching and holding the game up. If you know you plan on playing the hand out, the second someone tries to interfere with that through ANY method, I am stopping them.

[dudemanjack]

Clearly not many people posting in this thread have been to Caesar's in AC. Worst dealers and floor in the state.