An unintended benefit of the new FL poker law...

[SpleenLSD]

...following the rules? I'm at a table yesterday with the usual liberal take on the rules: rampant acting out of turn, string betting, folks with out cards discussing the hand in play, etc. In the final hand of one down, the dealer prematurely exposes the turn and a player who had already acted pulls his bet out of the pot and complaints were met by "oh, it's only two bucks", yadda yadda.

The next dealer sits and I ask if the bigger pots will mean that dealers will have more control over the game and start enforcing rules. Curiously enough, he said he expects the dealers to clean up their act and manage the game better not because of the bet or pot size, but because of the bad beat jackpots that are coming. Is it the case that a hand needs to occur without any errors to qualify for the jackpot? Does anyone else expect that the games will be run even close to properly after July 1?

[mingorama]

I guess it depends on the casino, as far as proper enforcement in rules. I would hope so... but frankly, I think most of the FLA casinos would need to re-train their existing dealers, because those are the crummiest run games I've ever seen. (and I've played in CA, CT, NJ, MO, and OK)

[Andy B]

There are all kinds of things which can potentially nullify a jackpot, but I don't think that it's ever happened in the 7+ years that Canterbury Park has had their room, and I've only heard a handful of stories about nullified jackpots over the years. You'll have players policing the games for things like racks on the table.

A jackpot got hit at Canterbury a while back. When they reviewed the tape, it was discovered that the dealer hadn't shuffled. They paid it and fired the dealer. The dealer was grossly incompetent, and this was the straw that broke the camel's back.

[youtalkfunny]

The only times I've ever heard of a jackpot payout being disallowed were for a fouled deck, or outright cheating.

Players who nit about the tiniest things "because they'll void the jackpot" are the most annoying creatures alive.

But if perpetuating the myth of Capital Punishment For Acting Out Of Turn cleans up the act of the Florida players, then I'm all for it.