Thanks, pokerJAH. I played in the final $330 satellites being held today and I won! Since I now have two seats, I will have to go early tomorrow morning to the Avalon Ballroom to find a buyer for my extra seat.
During the VERY long waiting period, I got to know one of the players and we agreed to take a 5% stake in each other in the event that we end up making it to the money at the WPT. I guess we made a good choice as it was always him or me that was the biggest stack throughout the 2-hour satellite.
watch for me on TV in the background...making a call that over-rides all the written rules about the most extreme of situations!!
Were you involved in that controversial decision on Day 1 around 8:45 PM? A player went all in, but the dealer mistakenly mucked his cards. Technically, a player is responsible for protecting his cards so the floor person ruled that the cards are mucked and that he would lose all his chips. However, as you posted before,
Rule #1 in our casino (and almost every one I have ever visited) states clearly "...poker room personnel (Table Games Floor Supervisors and above) reserve the right to make decisions that are in the best interest of the game, even though technical interpretation of the rules would dictate a contrary decision. The decision of the Poker Room Manager will be final."
Since the two cards mistakenly mucked by the dealer were clearly identifiable, I believe that Rule #1 would apply and the all-in player should get his cards back. All the players in the table agreed that it would be unfair for the all-in player to automatically lose. The floor supervisor refused to answer their question of what would happen if everybody folded. The two remaining possible callers realized that if either of them called, the all-in player with no cards would be eliminated. CPT veteran Vince Sezza implored everybody to fold to make the supervisor decide what to do. Humberto Brenes was watching with interest from the sideline. Everybody folded, and the supervisor ruled that the hand was dead, and everybody got their chips back, including the mucked all-in!
It was amazing that players competing for a $720,000 prize pool did what the supervisor had refused to do: do the right thing in the spirit of fairness.
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During the VERY long waiting period, I got to know one of the players and we agreed to take a 5% stake in each other in the event that we end up making it to the money at the WPT. I guess we made a good choice as it was always him or me that was the biggest stack throughout the 2-hour satellite.
See you at the Final Telivised Table!
Were you involved in that controversial decision on Day 1 around 8:45 PM? A player went all in, but the dealer mistakenly mucked his cards. Technically, a player is responsible for protecting his cards so the floor person ruled that the cards are mucked and that he would lose all his chips. However, as you posted before,
Since the two cards mistakenly mucked by the dealer were clearly identifiable, I believe that Rule #1 would apply and the all-in player should get his cards back. All the players in the table agreed that it would be unfair for the all-in player to automatically lose. The floor supervisor refused to answer their question of what would happen if everybody folded. The two remaining possible callers realized that if either of them called, the all-in player with no cards would be eliminated. CPT veteran Vince Sezza implored everybody to fold to make the supervisor decide what to do. Humberto Brenes was watching with interest from the sideline. Everybody folded, and the supervisor ruled that the hand was dead, and everybody got their chips back, including the mucked all-in!
It was amazing that players competing for a $720,000 prize pool did what the supervisor had refused to do: do the right thing in the spirit of fairness.