How to handle Dealer mistakes ...

How to handle Dealer mistakes ...

i play a ton of live PLO, so i'm witnessing a lot of mistakes on a regular basis - bigger and smaller ones. Even the bes

06 January 2025 at 07:55 PM
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by Mr Rick

If a dealer makes a mistake regardless of who it affects I will always speak up and make sure the mistake is corrected. To do otherwise is just not right.I have corrected dealer mistakes when I am in a hand where it costs me a pot. I have corrected dealer mistakes when the person who gained hated me. It makes no difference. The point is that without doing it we allow the ga

This story makes no sense. The turn came out early so they redealt the flop??


by JimL

You do not get it. Sorry.

Do you think the dealer is making mistakes on purpose? The word "mistake" has a very specific definition.

I interpreted his comment about money mistakes to mean that every money mistake should be corrected, regardless of which dealer makes it.


by Always Fondling

LOL at thinking that players can't tell the difference between a good dealer and a shitty dealer.

LOL that you think anyone said this. Can you comment on things posters have actually said?


by chillrob

This story makes no sense. The turn came out early so they redealt the flop??

I mis-wrote it. It was the turn that got re-dealt not the flop. At the time I thought the guy said he checked because he liked the turn and was trying to keep it by acting like he was going to check the flop.


by Mr Rick

I mis-wrote it. It was the turn that got re-dealt not the flop. At the time I thought the guy said he checked because he liked the turn and was trying to keep it by acting like he was going to check the flop.

At first I figured that was what you meant, except that after a flop of AQQ I figured no turn card was going to help your hand of 53 very significantly.


Everyone has a level of tolerance and then chooses to become a squeaky wheel as they see fit. A mistake affects both directions of stacks and it would be pretty extraordinary if a Dealer could 'set up' their mistakes to affect a specific Player. Poker is one area where you can't go back and fix things ..

Talk about timing!! I was watching the Commerce PLO stream this week. The announcer is explaining how PLO works during the 5th hand. The pot was $240 and a Player tossed in 3 Blacks. Dealer announces $300 and two Players call. Announcer stops talking and we have dead air .. comes back with "Well, sometimes in a semi-private game the Players just agree to bend the rules a bit!" GL

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