[JamesUS527]

Bobby C writes: "--James sounds like he's new to the B&M game. I think it's possible that the facts of this hand are not as he relates them. For example, he said this dealer is in the habit of pointing to a player when it's his/her turn to act." One of the things you might not be familiar with in live poker is that chips remain in front of each player until the betting round is finished. They are not put into the pot. The button had no chips out front, there had been no bet. The dealer, who is not perfect nor required to be, I thought simply had not motioned to the button to bet.

Despite the fact that dealers are not perfect, they are required to control the game and be expert at playing by the rules and enforcing the. That said, as it clearly says in Binions poker room: each player is responsible to protect his own hand. The dealer cannot see and do everything. You have to stand up for yourself. In this case, half the table was talking about what happened, but none of the players involved in the hand took up the case until it too late and we had moved on.

If a player shows his hand, it is declared a dead hand. Happens to be a standing rule of poker.