Opponent Rebuys and is All-IN but has NO MONEY!

[@CrushlivePoker]

Do you agree with the ruling from the floor?

[@1vailchris]

Hell no. Certainly not the decision to let the guy continue playing at another table.

[@dalekerr5091]

Of course not

[@pocketprotector6622]

Just another example of casinos not caring about players’ money only their own. Would they let you play a hand of blackjack or a spin on roulette without the money on the table? Could you imagine saying I’m in for $1000 on blackjack lose the hand and say sorry pit boss I only have $55 in my pocket?

[@1vailchris]

@@pocketprotector6622 I'd pay $55 to see someone try that!

[@dopaz9616]

Either the floor was scared that he was gonna attack them or something or they thought "If he blows off more money, the other players are going to go home happy"

[@RubberDuckStyle]

I've been dealing poker since 2007. Many times I've dealt players in that went all in the Previous hand and gave me an amount they are rebuy in for. I never let a player make action without the money on the table. This is the dealers fault for this Situation.

[@jamesbell1613]

I was thinking similar like how?!

[@RubberDuckStyle]

@jamesbell1613 the player should have not been able to call or go all in without the money on the table first

[@1vailchris]

You being a dealer - would you agree that a lot of dealers are lax when it comes to enforcing rules, for various reasons? I hate to blame dealers for what players at the table do, but it seems like half of the shenanigans I see play out at the table could have been prevented if the dealer was more on top of things.

[@RubberDuckStyle]

@1vailchris there is a very big gray area and a fine balancing act to not affecting your tips. I will always protect the game before my tips. There are not many dealers that do this either thier too Shy to say something, they don't want to affect their tips or just don't give a crap.

[@1vailchris]

@@RubberDuckStyle I appreciate your view. I'm friendly with all the dealers in the rooms I frequent, and I think I'm generous with my tips. I have a couple player friends who started dealing this year, so I hear things from their perspective, too. I know dealers don't want to hurt their tips, but I've had a handful of weird semi-angle situations happen that cost me some money, and couldn't help feeling like the dealer was at least partially at fault, because they either weren't paying close enough attention, or were just being too lax about maintaining the integrity of the game. I'm one of the players who will tip extra when a dealer does the right thing, even when I'm not in the hand and not affected.

[@captzachevil]

The floor ruling itself is pretty awful. What's worse is allowing him to continue playing at another table without making good on this verbal bet. That's just wild.

[@TheGuyCalledX]

As someone who frequents Oaks, some of the dealers and floors are just plainly incompetent. The games are so soft though, that you can't help but play them. A lot of loaded college kids who think they're smart, and a lot of degenerate gamblers. At least the food is decent and there's some friendly regs.

[@nicholi2789]

I’ve played there a couple times. Insane action. But it is a bit sketchy.

[@scottsorrick]

If I was the button, I would have been verbally upset with the floor and would have put up more of a fight. And then if I saw the same guy over playing at another table with MORE MONEY….Holy shit that’s when I would have flipped shit!! Even tho I know I wouldn’t get the $245 because the hand is completely over I would have been like “what the fuck kinda poker room are you running here, letting people free-roll like that!” And you know if he would have won he would have wanted the whole $300 from the button 100%. Ethically as a poker room I don’t see how they can let the guy keep playing. If you don’t have enough to cover your verbally at one table you can’t just go and play at another table, that’s completely uncalled for. The floor should be ashamed they let this guy work them because he “got loud” unbelievable!

[@1vailchris]

Yeah, if I was BTN, seeing the SB playing at another table the same night would have really pissed me off.

[@88mphDrBrown]

Yeah, I can practically guarantee if the flop had been 522 he would've been adamant about the $300 standing and getting it out of an atm or would've come up with the $300 from another pocket.

[@snex000]

Dealers should not be giving cards to people who say "money behind" but don't have any money on the table.

[@bigpoker9380]

If I was the floor I would negative freeroll the SB, if he wins he gets $55 but if he loses he has to pay $300 or banned.

[@gabrielrockman]

He needs to be banned no matter what. Verbally abusing the dealer is unacceptable. Exposing his cards when there are two other people in the hand is unacceptable.

[@uup116]

The one time a bad floor decision was made that i would agree with.

[@1vailchris]

@@gabrielrockman Couldn't agree more. If I was the floor, I would have told the SB, in front of the dealer and everyone else, that there's zero tolerance for that behavior.

[@bradhoward]

The 100x open with JJ is pure brilliance.

[@DocTight]

💯😂

[@akhileshanandh2073]

I think they knew that villain would call with ATC.

[@1vailchris]

That's what the solver says to do, right?

[@dopaz9616]

It's the hardest hand to play, I don't blame them

[@FocusedAndMotivated100]

Lol it’s the only correct way to play the jiggitys.

[@crazydonkey110]

At parx they do not deal you cards unless you have chips or the chip runner is right behind you with the cart

[@1vailchris]

Yup. Say what you want about Parx, they run a tight ship.

[@1vailchris]

I was just thinking about what happened to me a few weeks back at Rivers Philly. I got stacked, pulled 3 black chips from my pocket and set them on the table, then handed $200 to the chip runner, expecting to play the full $500, before I was told the $200 wouldn't be in play unless the chips are on the table at the start of the hand. I'm pretty sure Parx will let you play the full amount, so long as the cash is on the table while you're waiting for the chips from the cart.

[@mtgoxsucks435]

The best way to avoid this is for the house to insist chips be in front of all players when the hand is dealt. I’m an AC boy and this wouldn’t happen there. Cash doesn’t play and no cards are dealt until the player has chips.

[@timmyp34]

Agree. And the dealer should have never given the guy a single card without chips. Even worse if he is a blind or straddle.

[@snex000]

Chips or cash.

[@dalekerr5091]

Players need to be responsible for their own protection, sometimes you have to be that guy. Stop the game pre-flop, refuse to act until the player has chips in front of them and has enough chips for a minimum buy-in. It is best to assume that all players are liars and cheaters. The dealer and the floor here is incompetent. I agree with Bart, he pays and is given a very stern warning for his actions and behavior, or he is banned for life.

[@snex000]

@@dalekerr5091 Right - it makes no sense to say protect your own action but then also "don't be that guy." I'm gonna be that guy. Don't care if it drives one specific fish away. There is an endless line of them waiting for that seat. And who are we even kidding? The original guy is a gambling addict. He will be back and won't even remember you.

[@jamesbell1613]

Chips or cash is fine as long as a runner or the dealer has the cash in hand.

[@cial67]

My buddy ALWAYS made a player who announced All in against him put the chips in the middle before he would act because of the one time someone lost a huge pot against him and just picked up their chips and left. Obviously the player was banned, but my buddy never got paid for it

[@1vailchris]

When someone jams on me, I ask the dealer to get a count before I call, so the dealer will ask the opponent to push their stack into the pot. If I know I'm calling, I just snap call as soon as the chips are over the line, without making the dealer count.

[@jacobgoldman5780]

The villian should owe 300 total, 20 preflop and 280 post or else he gets barred. As for protection, I probably wouldnt play a hand unless everyone has their chips on the table at the start.

[@dalekerr5091]

Where I play, you are not dealt in unless you have a minimum buy-in on the table, but I know there are many casinos that don’t do that, and you have to be careful of untrustworthy players.

[@terracottapie]

What should happen is that, because the house made a mistake by letting him in the game with no chips, they should cover the $245 and try to get it from the other player. If he doesn't pay, ban him.

[@notallowed337]

All facts

[@colintimp1372]

The best thing is to learn how to use these angles against these players. I had a guy a while back that all night he was grabbing stacks of chips and coming forward with them while watching his opponent and then at the last second turning his wrist to rap the table. So I waited for the perfect opportunity to get into a hand with this guy. As soon as he came forward with the chips on the river I announced "call." There was confusion and the floor had to be called; but I knew what the ruling would be in that room. Since any action that causes action is binding, his forward motion with chips in his hand must be considered a bet.

[@1vailchris]

Reverse angling. Well played.

[@sambortnick6836]

That’s some high iq shit right here lmao was the dude mad?

[@daithi1966]

If I were the button, my reaction would have been "I'm fine with the $55." However, I would have been really ticked off if he then went to the ATM and bought back in.

[@JLRRyan]

2-3-5 at Oaks plays winner straddle. Best game in the Bay Area.😊

[@mrj3711]

Some players you just take care of in the parking lot. Dude still owes 250. Fk the floor rule.

[@SnoopDougg]

Lol I woulda bet $5k this happened at the Oaks. This is the most OAKS story ever

[@bdafeesh]

Yea, sorry Bart, but I 100% disagree. You're allowing this guy to freeroll the hand. No one cares who is punished or banned, they just want their wager to be fair. If this guy won the hand he would get $300, but if he didn't then he would only lose $55. This makes zero sense. $55 isn't even enough money to play the minimum. The hand should have been dead, everyone get's their money back, AND this guy should have been banned (at least for a month, if not permanently).

[@1vailchris]

How is the dealer even giving this guy cards if he hasn't even shown the cash to buy the chips he says he's getting? At least wait until he pulls the cash out and orders chips.

[@terracottapie]

I think it's fine if he announces $300 and is held to that. The problem comes in if he announces $300 and they let him just change his mind and add or subtract money as needed based on game actions.

[@1vailchris]

@@terracottapie but someone can say any amount they want, without actually having that money available by any means. It allows angling.

[@terracottapie]

@@1vailchris And the answer to that is, call security and make the guy pay in the rare instance this happens. I have played poker for nearly 20 years and never saw this happen. It's a shocking story because it's so rare. That is why I don't think it's necessary to be that stringent. 99.999999% of the time, when the guy says $300 behind, he pulls out $300 from his wallet. The upside of this is that you don't bog the game down in procedural bullshit and you don't make honest players feel like criminals, and you keep bad players in hands and splashing around and having fun and contributing to rake.

[@notallowed337]

The dealers are trying to get hands out for tips. It causes them to be negligent in situations like this. The dealer needs to be reprimanded. The player needs to be held accountable for the full $300 or banned if he refuses to pay.

[@terracottapie]

@@notallowed337 I really don't think the dealer did anything really wrong here. Technically you could say "money before cards". But most rooms don't do this. Why? Because MOST PEOPLE DON'T RUN THIS ANGLE. It's extremely, extremely rare. So the "no cash, no cards" thing is an unnecessarily draconian measure. The guilty party in this story is the floor. For unbelievably allowing this guy to retract his $300 bet to $35. The correct ruling was that it should be $280 ($300 minus the $20 preflop bet), and then if he doesn't go get the money from the ATM, GTFO and don't come back. Ideally they should also make good on the $300 to the player who won the hand, then try to get the money back from this guy. (They can afford it if he bails.)

[@beansalad3785]

Imagine being a new player at the table and seeing this go down. I would be so intimidated

[@dalekerr5091]

There is a lot to be said for live experience and having confidence with the many weird things that can happen.

[@AlexH274]

I would just leave. Floor & dealer screwed the Button Royally

[@JoshNickless]

It would suck to be the button , but Bart makes a great point that you want to play with these people in the long run !

[@dalekerr5091]

I disagree 100%. Think of the thousands of players we have played with over the years, we lose nothing by eliminating one player from ever playing again. Actions must have consequences. Rooms must have integrity.

[@Optable]

@@dalekerr5091 Yeah you do. You lose dude coming back next week and shoving his last $237.50 with 53o down your throat *like a boss.*

[@1vailchris]

I also disagree. The BTN didn't just lose that $245. Everyone at the table lost the opportunity to win that $245 from the BTN in a future hand. Bart seems to think that anglers are bad players, but in my observation, they're not. A skilled angler generally needs to be a skilled player, enough to know when to shoot an angle. In this particular instance, yeah, the SB sounds like a spewy fish, and he might usually be good for the game, but even so - we don't want people buying in for less than the minimum, betting with chips they don't have, and affecting the outcomes in hands that are contested multi-way. Think about the other player in this hand - he might have called the $55 bet, and won, or lost that $55 to the BTN.

[@MrJamberee]

You want to play with angle shooters? No, this guy has to pay up or be barred.

[@Optable]

@@1vailchris Which is why there's a video on this, and Bart repeatedly calling out the situation, discussing the actions that should have happened, and how the room handled it as ridiculously out of line, and made an absurd ruling. He was just making a general point to the 'don't scare the fish away/welcoming' attitude that tables should have to these types. Pointing out the general awkward vibe it creates, by constantly throttling every noob for things before they happen. Bart didn't seem to think anything. It's easy to think how recently new you are to the game, if that's the summary here. Skilled angler? No blatant 'angler' I've sat with in over 14 years had any skill. Were they mostly low stakes gambling regs? Nightly losers? Surely. Putting skilled players in the realm of anglers is wild. Even making this discussion out of the player in the story's context as potentially an angler is absurd. Have decent players pulled off wild angles, definitely. That is .1% of the pool of 'angle shooters' at your rooms nationwide, and you can bet every single one would struggle to stake the minimum buy at 25/50.

[@akhileshanandh2073]

Didn't you say the min buy in was $100? How could they allow him to be in for $55 then? Setting aside the fact that he retroactively went down from his verbal declaration of $300, which itself is ridiculous, can't they at least hold him to the min buy in of $100?

[@Optable]

It depends on the room. To sit down at the table initially, it's whatever the minimum buy is. However if you bust, many rooms will let players throw their last 40-60 bucks on the table for those hail mary chips.

[@SobersRajakumar]

@@Optabletrue some places allow you to do one short buy after initial buy in

[@onpointcorals]

Came here to say this exact point. How can he rebuy for less than the table minimum.

[@bryandorrell9828]

Ive seen this a couple of times. If the dealer isnt going to wait for chips than whoever is next to act simply wait until the chips get there.

[@AlbinoMutant]

Dumb floor ruling, wow. The dealer messed up by dealing him in without a buy in, but this was clearly an angle/free-roll attempt. Yeah, he's bad, and, yeah, you want to play against him, but this crap is bad for the game. This is the stuff that breaks a game up for the night. So you can't let a guy get away with this even if you know you can beat him in the long run. You can't beat anyone if the game breaks up.

[@1vailchris]

Agreed. People are focused on the $245 the BTN didn't get from the SB, but everyone at the table lost the opportunity to win that $245 from the BTN in a future hand. The BTN also apparently lost the $55 from the other player in the hand, who folded to the SB's verbal $300. That guy might have won, or put more money in on a future street. I don't care how bad he is, and don't care whether or not he was intentionally angling, this sort of thing is just bad for the integrity of the game, and leaves players with a bad taste for the cardroom, when the floor lets stuff like this happen.

[@davemarnell8871]

How could the $300 bet stand? What if he won?

[@Princiepoker]

Because when you announce you're in for $300 they're supposed to go get the chips from the front bring them to you and then if he wins the pot even if they didn't get the chips to him in time the other player would have to give him 300 if he loses the pot they would bring the chips over by the time they got them there no matter what time during the hand it was he would have to give the $300 to the player that won

[@bjbarlowe]

You want these kinds of players in the game, but you don't want *these* kinds of players in the game.

[@mzaino]

Bet has to be $55 or button is getting freerolled. The SB is telling you he is not going to put $300 in and is not paying that. Then permaban SB.

[@Eouseauctioneering]

If you make the guy to go all in for 300 when he has 55 he 100% has a free roll. If he loses he doesn’t have to pay and the player with 300 on the table has no recourse and has to pay immediately if he loses. The 55 all in is much cleaner and safer for both players. However, after the hand kick his ass out.

[@aloofmeatloaf1467]

I agree. The floor ruling prevented the free roll. I disagree with Bart on this one.

[@charlespalmer8741]

If the small blind made it clear he was not putting in the 300, there is no way the 300 bet can stand. If it does, he is freerolling the other players . Opponents don't care if he gets banned or not .. they would be risking 300 to win 55.

[@Eoin-m1h]

Exactly. It becomes even more obvious if you change the 300 to 3,000 and keep the other numbers (the blinds, etc) the same

[@temsedgwick9494]

Great point. I hadn’t considered that. It doesn’t appear Bart had, either…

[@JohnSmith-nx7zj]

Yeah I’d much rather have it just stand as a 55 bet. I can’t really think the button’s action would change if he’d known preflop the guy only had 55.

[@proyektochangeinc.7425]

Serious question... When he says you can't force a person to push the chips in, can they stop you from leaving with chips if you call all-in but refuse to put them in? I've never seen or heard anything like this.

[@bunny6d9]

They cannot stop you from leaving. You would just get banned until you repay the difference.

[@answertwenty2925]

Comical .. Dealer error, Floor error .. Room error. Once the Floor rules that the stack is $55 the spot is over. But to allow them to find more money and go to another table is a horrible look for the room. If no Lamers were given to Player then the door is open to a ruling like this one. GL

[@gregorythomas531]

And if he would’ve won he would’ve expected to get the 300

[@1vailchris]

Anglers gonna angle...

[@Scottjf8]

Me, I would have tanked on my action and called the floor over pre. Make him take the 300 out or however much he has. Let someone call clock on you, doesn't matter. Get the floor and straighten things over before the hand continues

[@patrick_kyker]

100% I'm going to make him put those chips in the pot before I call and turn over my cards. Like Limon says have the dealer counted the chips. Once the dealer has those chips they're in the pot.

[@JamesLitton]

feels like par for the course at the Oaks

[@nouser129]

Unless there is cash on the table, no action, I.e. no cards dealt to the player.

[@TheBarkanMethodofHotYoga]

Asked out Floor at Hard Rock S Fla… they said… since he’s rebuying, and the minimum is $100 his hand would be dead cause he’s doesn’t have the minimum 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@MB-vk8cv]

At Parx in PA I saw a hand where a guy called an all in for around 2k, lose the hand and pick up his chips and walk out of the poker room.

[@jacobbirkenfeld9261]

Saying “you’re in for X” after getting stacked and the next hand being dealt is pretty common, but it is usually accompanied by you taking your wallet out at the same time. This hand shouldn’t have gotten past Pre-flop without money being put into the table and pulled into the middle…. Even if it was going to hold up the game for a minute, problem solved.

[@jacobbirkenfeld9261]

This is 100% dealers fault.

[@1vailchris]

It may depend on the rules where you play. In at least one of the card rooms I play in Philly, we can't even play chips we're waiting to receive from the chip runner, after handing over cash. I played a session a few weeks back - got stacked, pulled $300 in chips from my pocket and put it on the table, handed $200 to the chip runner, and was still waiting for those chips when the dealer told me they wouldn't play as he was dealing me a hand. In another room, we're only allowed to play behind if the cash is on the table and the chip cart is behind us, with the chip runner getting the chips we're buying together. As far as I know, none of the local card rooms will deal you a hand unless you've got chips on the table in front of you.

[@johannessmithenstein]

Making the guy owe everyone else $300 if he loses is completely unfair to the other players. They're risking $300 that they have to pay right now, but this guy who probably is an angler, only has to pay $50 of what he owes if he loses with no guarantee that he'll ever be back to pay the rest. I wouldn't call that all-in myself unless I had the absolute nuts. I'm risking $300 to win $50.

[@dysenteryjoe]

I don’t play at the Oaks often/anymore. The Oaks will NOT let you park your car backed into the parking spot. Security ran me down as I walked in to have me move my car once. I asked why, and the guy said it was because when people rob us, they can escape faster. 😮 That answer is the reason I haven’t been back. Sure, it’s factually true, but if thats your rationale…. It tells me enough to know I dont wanna play here.

[@pauliessleepers4601]

If the player doesn't have money on the table before the cards are dealt, the hand is dead. That is the ruling. When she stopped after one card they all should have been scooped up. Then CONTINUING to play without money on the table is ridiculous. If they miss the right call the first time around at that point ACTION STOPS until money is on the table.

[@arte9855]

FreeRoll, hows my credit? BTN should have check raised back up to $300. Tell the SB to go hit up the ATM. What are your thoughts on that angle. BTN definitely got cheated.

[@analogdistortion2906]

Seems like people aren't appreciating the terrible position this puts the house in, of course verbals are binding but let's say you hold the guy to 300 and he literally doesn't have it (like he's busto or hit ATM limits). You tell him you are in for 300 go get it after hand. Well if the bad guy wins hand he's going to get a bigger pot but if he loses and can't or won't get ahold of the money you've screwed the good guy in the hand. Also what if said good guy is sitting on a hand he can call $55 with but not $300? Then you are essentially letting the bad guy bluff with money he doesn't have. Assuming the conversation to the side was probably "pull shit like this again and you won't be able to play here anymore". They should've given him time off right then rather than just a warning.

[@danielhurst8863]

Verbal does not play. I don't care who it is, you say you have X behind, that is meaningless unless the cash is shown. Even then, I won't continue until the chips arriv if the pot is more than 20% of a buy in. The players at a table are not your buddies. Some will scam you. Make this harder by ensuring there is actual money in play. BTW, I have forced other players to push all their chips over the betting line. I've seen payers just walk away with chips they just lost, and there isn't much a casino in California can do about it.

[@icems61]

More important question is: what would happen if he won? He would have a claim to 300$ from the other guy? Scammer or not, he's responsible for his actions and casino's first incentive should be to make him make good on his bet or bar him for life for cheating. What they did (let him play at another table) is basically aiding and abetting thievery.

[@officeofpeaceinformation5094]

I had a gypsy guy here in Houston try to pull this shit once He’s totally wasted drunk at 11am He says he’s 1700 behind Bets 200 on the first flop without producing a dollar I tell him give the brush the money before I act on my hand He was trying to freeroll The dealer would have let him play the hand without ever taking $ out of his pocket

[@mrhumble2937]

Bart more worried about getting the anglers money later then all the people he may ruin the game for. This is another reason poker is on the decline

[@colintimp1372]

Here's the thing though. Even if they had waited for the guy to get all the money on the table, he only had $55. So you weren't going to win more; in fact, since he didn't have the table minimum, he wouldn't have been in the hand at all. So bar the player and be grateful you get the last of his money. Now if the player had won the hand, there's several arguments to be made. Then the floor could disqualify him from the pot for not having the table minimum and/or make him hit the ATM to keep playing.

[@schnu2u]

The ruling is wrong because you’re trusting that he doesn’t have money elsewhere on him or an ATM card. Ridiculous ruling. He said $300 and the verbal announcement should stand.

[@wesch6354]

That's crazy. The casino I play at wont let you just say how much your buying in for and deal cards. You have to give the dealer the cash and then they will call for a chip runner. But usually the dealer keeps a decent stock of 25's in the tray to exchange for cash to keep players at the table and playing rather than having to wait for runners. Every casino should work that way.

[@k1ngf1sh92]

Nah, Bart. You don’t want those types of guys in the game. Not a delicate decision for me. Guy is banned. Is the story different if this is some sort of whale? Maybe, but likely not.

[@user-kx6yp8cm7w]

It’s not “coming back” though. The player went to another table and will give his money to someone else. I would be LIVID if I was the button.

[@temsik28]

I thought the min buyin was $100.. how could they possibly rule it is a 55 dollar bet?

[@joes11]

The Oaks allows one short buy

[@1vailchris]

@@joes11 What's the point of having a minimum buy-in if you're going to let anyone buy in for less, even once? Just set a minimum, and stick with it.

[@joes11]

@@1vailchrisnot sure but it’s a pretty common practice at least in CA casinos. One thing to note is that a short buy is only allowed after someone has previously bought in for the table minimum and then busted. You can’t come to the table and start with a short buy.

[@1vailchris]

@@joes11 I know you didn't make the rule, so I'm not beating you up about it. But that's a stupid rule, on so many levels. What's to stop someone from buying in for the minimum, getting stacked, re-buying for less (one time), getting stacked again, but then just picking up, moving to another table, and starting the cycle all over again? Like, let's think about what is the real point of having a minimum buy-in. It's to protect the integrity of the game, and make it attractive for all the players. I hate seeing people buy into 1/3 for $100, getting stacked, then pulling out a wad of hundos a half inch thick, and only re-loading for another $100. I'd lose my shit if they were allowed to buy in for $55. What is the point of doing that, other than the short stacked player being able to come into every pot, without ever having to put real money at risk? That just effs up the game for everyone else. If there's a valid reason to let someone buy in for less, then just lower the minimum buy in to whatever the new number is. If it were up to me, the minimum buy in for every game would be 100BB's. Sitting down with $100 to play 1/3 is a joke. Sitting down with $55 is a bad joke.

[@gsuk28]

Doesn't look like a good floor decision. But if the decision is that he's all in for $35, then he shouldn't owe anyone the rest of the $300, because if there were more people in the pot, the remaining action would have built a side pot. Question is, what IS the right floor decision? Personally, I don't think the guy should have been dealt into the hand in the first place without chips in front of him, but given that he was, I think the ruling should have been that his hand is dead (no one folded because of his all in announcement) and the action should continue as if he's not in the hand. Still sucks, but what's a better solution?

[@88mphDrBrown]

That's what I was thinking too. Bart saying the hand should be ran for money he doesn't have seems ridiculous. That's handing the SB a freeroll. No player should ever be expected to run a hand that's going to be a standing debt.

[@timothyfricke7821]

I haven't played at many card rooms, but all the ones I have make you put the cash on the table before cards are dealt

[@jtome84-91]

If I’m the other player I just let him be in for $55 and move on . He is the type of person that goes all in pre flop with 8-5. , you want him in the game .

[@jaredbis]

I dont want to play with these guys. They kill the table. I dont play high stakes, but higher than i used to. Luckily i dont see this shit amymore.

[@aldodoesstuff922]

Button should fold pre, easy solution

[@BobbyBriggs-v5d]

If the hand was not over, you would have to change it to $55. You can’t let the other player get a chance to win 300 of your money when he only has $55.

[@Grant112988]

I'd leave and never give that place my business again, because now you've set a precedent that as long as you don't have chips on the table, you can come up with another number to actually pay

[@jamesbell1613]

I would have gone after that guy once he starts acting like an a$$. This is a guy who doesn't need to be there, regardless of being a fish or not. It's not worth it!

[@lucasr648]

All I’m thinking about is how the caller must’ve been like 22 or something because he said “sus” 😂

[@mbkincaid1]

how does the dealer fuck this up? I'm not dealing cards to them if I don't see the minimum buyin in cash on the table. then you can ask them how much they're in for.

[@patrick_kyker]

Such a non issue. If I was the hand I wouldn't have done a thing until he had chips in front of him. This ain't a home game you can just play light and write a check at the end.

[@SnoopDougg]

Lol I woulda bet $5k this happened at the Oaks. This is the most OAKS story ever

[@johntannerii6506]

After he calls the 20 dollar bet how does the flop come out before getting that money in the pot? It could have been solved if the action stopped until all the money was accounted for

[@jordanconnor1223]

I think the rulings fine it might not be correct but for 1/3 stops the problems, they do need to talk to the guy and say like hey this cant happen again though

[@LionAndALamb]

I've been in a poker room where a guy called an all in bet, lost, then grabbed all of his chips and left rather than paying off the bet.

[@thirdeyeliquidators329]

This was a brother for sure.

[@nex8000]

That floor is full of shit. 300 should be binding, if he doesn't pay, banned for life.

[@mvthemostvaluable3972]

I love oaks but I have an idea what shift was working the floor. Some Bobby bacala looking mf

[@stevevenn1]

Never had the makings of a varsity....

[@BIGGant]

Omg the caller is the slowest story teller ever. I think I’ve died twice and reincarnated and he’s still talking.

[@blaiseeltine9516]

thats a contract, offer acceptance and consideration, you can sue that guy in civil small claims

[@1vailchris]

If I was the floor - stop the action where it is. Convert the $55 into chips, and tell SB to push it into the pot. Ask SB if he intends to make good on the $300 verbal bet, or if he's capping himself at $55. If he says he wants to be in for the $300, stop action and give him 5 minutes to get the money and come back before his hand is killed. If he comes back, get him $245 in chips and have him push those chips in. If he doesn't want to make good, then he's in for $55. If the SB is only in for the $55, ask the dealer if the hand belonging to the other player who folded to the $300 verbal bet is retrievable. If it is, give that player his hand back, and tell him the action is on him, and the SB's bet is $55. If his hand isn't retrievable, or if it is and he folds, kill the SB's hand, because he exposed a card when he tossed it into the muck, with multiple players left to act, and because he made a verbal bet for more than he had in play, affecting the action behind him. Action resumes from there. If the BTN is the only one left in the hand, award him the pot. If the 3rd player's hand was retrievable and he called the $55, action is on the BTN, and play resumes. Tell the SB, in front of the whole table, that verbally abusing dealers isn't tolerated, and give him a one month ban for reneging on his verbal bet and abusing the dealer.

[@brettmasonmedia]

I was playing a couple of years ago and a player busted. His wife had been sitting behind him the whole time. She kept giving him money when he needed it. He busted and announced a was buying back in for a full buy in. We immediately get into a hams together. Preflop and flop action happens and the pot is growing and I just happen to notice his wife has left and I ask him where is the money? He says I sent her to the ATM to get it. Now I’ve never seen this man before ever. So I tell the dealer that I’m not being a jerk but I’m not continuing in the hand until his wife shows back up with the money. I’m not getting it all in on the river with a guy playing out of an atm machine. Mabe his card gets declined. Maybe he’s at his max atm limit already. The man gets pissed. The floor gets called. Meanwhile the woman does show back up. And she announces that the machine would only give her 200, not the full 400. That’s where we were already in the pot Almost. So now floor rules that this is his buy in. Half of what he announced preflop. It sucked. But I also got lucky in a way. I mean I did win the hand. And I would have won more if he had a full buy. So in a sense I got screwed. But I saved myself hours of rage tilt. Because if it had gone to the river and all in and I find out after the fact he only has $200 then I’m losing my shit there for sure. Lesson learned. I don’t get into pots with anyone who is at the table and sending someone else to get chips. But I will play with someone with no chips if I’ve seen the brush physically take their money to get chips for them.

[@Stockholm_Syndrome]

Strange rules. Here in Sweden, you can't play for chips that you don't have on the table when the hand starts. You have to go to the cashier and get more chips yourself, we don't have "chip runners". The dealer also has no chips he can exchange for cash. Problem solved!

[@brianparada4779]

That is the right ruling I have no idea what your saying Bart if I announce a bet of $1000 and I only have $60 of course it’s only $60.. I think your way off on this bart

[@noex100]

Announcing a bet is not analogous to announcing how much youre playing to start a hand.

[@andrewhawes]

As said, the min buy-in was $100. He actually only had $55, not enough to sit down and get cards. His hand should have been forfeited.

[@Darwizzy966]

Armenian Mike?

[@mrgolden222]

Lame to have players like that at the table he has to be a man and pay the rest or make the floor pay him the 245

[@onlyweatherlol93]

This is really interesting and I recall a hand from High Stakes Poker on GSN many years ago between Hellmuth and Jamie Gold Hellmuth raised Gold on the flop with AKs, so he had a top pair and a flush draw. Gold had AKo so was being free rolled The raise was to $150k but Hellmuth said he was playing behind, Gold said "we are playing a pot, put the money in the pot". Hellmuth then asks for stacks off Daniel N to cover the bet. Nothing was made of it at the time, Gold folded in the end. I believe the players just agreed in principle that playing behind was allowed. In the situation the caller gives, this is down to dealer haphazardness... they should never have allowed this screw-up situation to occur.

[@joet7760]

I almost never disagree with you Bart. Here I am afraid I have to. Although he verbalized 300, he does not have enough to buy in for the minimum so shouldn’t even be in the hand. I agree that you cannot force him to buy in for 300 or even pay 300 but why would you count his all in for 300 when he said that he only has 55. It is a very odd situation indeed but even the fact that action has taken place, as the floor guy I would rule to give him an option to get $300 and continue the hand with that $300 that he said he was in for or kill his hand and give everyone back the money that they had put in the pot (he never put money/chips in the pot). I would then give him a small one month suspension.

[@Scottydontbutscottydoes]

This was one of my thoughts too. If I was the floor, I would have declared the hand a misdeal and everyone take their money back who put chips in and remove this player from the table unless he can buy in for the minimum

[@timmyp34]

You have the wisdom of Solomon here, except I would go for a longer time frame.

[@DeadMoneyDragon.]

it stems from the dealer who should properly manage the table. I understand the need to pump out hands but either the small blind tables their rebuy or sit out until they do. A small delay avoids this entire situation.

[@joet7760]

⁠I agree. This is why I think small stakes dealers should have chips in the well for sale. High limit we usually have chip runners but it’s less likely in high limit. I do like your idea of dealing them out until they have chips.

[@johnnybravoooooooooooooooooooo]

but the weird thing is that the guy then bought in and played at another table so he obviously was able to get more money to play, and with him verbalizing 300 and then saying hes all in it should definitely be binding

[@drfunkinstein1]

I don't like the ruling but I can see how it would happen. The easiest solution for the floor is to just say all the guy has $55 bucks and let the hand play out as is. Sounds like the player decided to really push his luck after by going to the ATM and buying in at another table after.

[@dukeandking64]

I agree Bart ! Kant them at my table, but I want the room give me MY 300, and don’t ban him… but if I want some bad players, anglers, I want the room protect me

[@MrJamberee]

No, Bart, we don’t want to play with cheats and angle shooters.

[@patrickjordan2233]

Most casinos i play at...the cash has to be on out and on the felt to get cards?

[@jamesstevenson3116]

I agree, it's the same as pulling chips off the table. Either make your opponent right, or never be allowed back. That ruling seems insane. I'm going to go there and bet whatever I want and then say, No, Actually I only bet 55.

[@ticenits1926]

I’ve seen this kind of generosity by the dealer but only up to a point; the betting doesn’t begin until cash or chips are on the table. People might announce how much they intend to buy in for while they’re being dealt cards but that’s it.

[@officeofpeaceinformation5094]

The floors at the Oaks are pretty bad Great classic spot though

[@samuhlm2]

what about the $20 he owes from preflop? so technically only jammed for $35?

[@justme-ti1rh]

I have seen the dealer deal or have someone play without chips or money in front of them. Unless the chip runner has the money. Played in California card rooms for year in the bayarea and Sacramento area.

[@alexclauss6455]

Wouldn't the player be required to put the cash on the table?

[@jamesmorphe8003]

what if the jerk wouyld haVE WON the pot?

[@BallinBalla]

What a mess. Dealer should've never dealt SB in.

[@jdaz5462]

The right thing to do is to pay the player with 52 three hundred, ban the free-rolling player, and then fire the dealer.

[@uup116]

Being from the southeast it is amazing at how much more shady the cali players are when playing them in vegas.

[@Steveskits-c4y]

You mentioned palming chips on all in. Casino o I frequent doesn't always 100 chips on 1-3 game as players were adding/removing them onall ins.

[@dalekerr5091]

I have played at casinos that do not allow 100 chips at smaller games, I really like that rule.

[@1vailchris]

So, they only allow $5 chips max? That's crazy to imagine the chip stacks when a player runs hot. I've been in 1/3 games where players have over $3k in front of them.

[@1vailchris]

There was a guy they caught doing that in one of the local cardrooms. They banned him, but for some reason let him back in, only to catch him doing it again. I've just gotten in the habit of asking the dealer to get a count of my opponent's stack or bet, so I know that much is in the pot, before I call. Often I won't wait for the count, I'll just call as soon as I see the money go in and the opponents' hands back behind the betting line.

[@noex100]

​@@1vailchrisUh... you know green chips are a thing, right? 😅

[@dalekerr5091]

@@1vailchrisare you aware that $25 chips exist?

[@matts7476]

So how is he only responsible for 55 when the minimum was 100???