Dealers assisting in counting another players chips

April 7, 2008 by lnufnu.

An incident came up this past weekend during a rather large tournament that I was directing.  A player (player A) made a rather large raise to a player (player B) who was the chip leader at the table.  Player B asked player A how many more chips he had left.  Player A did not answer and just sat there coldstone silent, not moving an inch.  Player B asked again and once more player A said nothing.  All of player A’s chips were clearly visible.  Player B then asked the dealer if he could get a count of the remaining chips that player A had.  The dealer was not sure if he was allowed to assist another player in this way so he called me over.  I made the ruling that the dealer was not allowed to count another player’s chips.  This upset player B and he told me that I was wrong.  Was I right, or was I wrong?  Thanks for your assistance.

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