moose;401370 wroteNo excuse ever for having the antes wrong.
Unfortunately, many dealers do not seem to have a set procedure on how to always collect everybody's antes without making a mistake. There is usually at least one player who is clueless about his ante hand after hand after hand after hand :rolleyes: .... and some dealers forget to take his ante, which means he is the one that keeps benefiting if none of the players notice that the antes are short. The dealer crew at WPT Philippines are the only ones :o whom I never saw make a mistake with the antes.
Here is ONE procedure to prevent more Friedman-Lisandro ante wars:
1) put your ante right in front of you instead of tossing it to your neighbour;
2) dealer finishes the shuffle except for the last cut then puts down the deck;
2) start with seat one and collect from every stack on that side (up to 5), then collect up to 5 antes on the other side;
3) if a stack needs change, leave the chip in front of the player, then make change after having collected all the other antes;
4) spread the antes so everybody can see that the total is correct;
5) make sure that the small and big blinds are correct;
6) cut the deck then deal.
https://youtu.be/a8wsdufXUIw