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Hi,
I have some questions for you. But before I lay them down all, let me first share where I’m coming from.
Just last Saturday night, I held a small N/L tournament. Buy in was $50 for 30 players $3000 in chips, three tables of ten. Well, the blinds started at $25 / $50 for the first hour but went up after few minutes. Before the action started, I went to every table at the room to discuss some general rules. I’ve emphasized to everyone that the dealer was the one in-charge to keep control of all the muck cards in the tournament and that the sole obligation of the participants was to protect the hands at all times.
Now, here are my questions:
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Card of a certain guy was swiped to the muck pile by another guy who was not in the hand but actually a helper of the dealer. Well, he had pocket kings with a king on the flop. Later, I just decided to bust him out of the hand and his cards were mucked then. Am I right on this?
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There was one table which started playing the wrong level at the point by which blinds were about to move up. Other 2 tables was just about to start dealing for that level. Table went 100/200 instead of $75/150. Well, I realized betting already started so I just made every one play the same 100/200 by passing the 75/150. However, instead of 1/2 hour we played such level for 1 hour. Any thoughts?
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I was able to make it to the final table, I was the dealer. I wanted to deal in fast pace however there were some players who have no reaction or action at all. I believe they have options. For an instance, the big blind, check or raise. However, there was one player who disagreed. Well, as the dealer, I should always let players know and understand all of their options. What do you think?
Thanks!
Regards,
Serino
Serino,
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There should not be a dealer’s helper. If the dealer cannot control the action on their own, they should not be dealing. Since this person was not actually the dealer, you had no right to bust him out the hand, and should have issued the dealer’s helper a warning for interfering with the hand.
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I would have returned 50 to anyone that called the big blind preflop. Afterwards, I would have had that table to play the proper level. You move had good intentions but was not a proper structure of a tournament.
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The dealer is the only player at the table that has an “option.” An option means that nobody has raised the pot and the big blind can check or raise. Every player as the action comes to them can call the big blind, raise, or fold.
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