3 errors at once in a cash-game situation.

May 14, 2008 by herb.solo.

Hello there. I’m second floorman in an Austrian card room, and two days ago we had a tricky situation in a Hold’em cash-game.

Heads up on the river, Player A makes a bet, B calls, the dealer requests a showdown from A, A slowrolls, and says “i’ve got a pair of threes”. Before he shows his second card, player B shouts “Pair of Queens” and throws his hand into the Board.

Now Player A claims to have a flush, but B says, the Queen of clubs was his card, the Queen on the board was of spades. The dealer can’t remember, which queen was on the board.

So we have three errors in one hand, slowrolling from player A, throwing his wholecards into the board from B, and a dealer who can’t remember the board he dealt. Our ruling was to split the pot, but yesterday my boss said, we should have awarded the pot to one of the players and the dealer should have paid the same amount to the other player out of his pocket, as it’s his responsibility to remember the board.

What’s your opinion on this? And what penalties to you impose in a cash-game for slowrolling / smashing the pot or throwing cards into the board?

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