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He Never Said He’d Call
Hello,
Just this weekend, I was in a 107man NL Tournament. Actually, it was a community deal type of tournament. Mid part I was involved in a hand in which I had Kh Jh and was heads up with a guy who had Jc 9c. Flop came and brought 7c 7h 5c. Turn followed and brought 7d. River was next and gave Kc. Afterwards, I discovered the guy had the flush therefore I pushed all in. I was the large stack then.
Guy then said “Yea okay”. Dealer thought he folded and so started raking in the community cards. I don’t understand all the raking in stuff and so I asked the dealer about such. Dealer then said that the guy folded therefore I tossed my cards leading to the direction of the cards that where raked. After a while, I started gathering the chips. But the guy interrupted by flopping his cards over to show the flush. He then said he called the all in. Of course I defended myself. I told him that I had KJ hearts and the dealer removed the first 2 cards from the muck pile and showed what I said I had. Director then came in between us and sided to my favor.
What do you think of what happened? Any thoughts?
Thanks for your time.
Regards,
Brookley
Brookley,
The tournament director was correct to side with you. First, the dealer told you the opponent had folded. Therefore you acted based on the dealer’s actions. You cannot be penalized for a dealer’s mistake.
Next, in regards to his “Yea, Okay,” I have seen that handled two ways. First, he did not specifically say the words, “I call.” The dealer must confirm what his actions are. The other situation I have seen was a ruling from a tournament director that said that since he said “Yea Okay” after you said you are all in, the person actually called.
For future events, have the dealer verify the players intention.
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