2 Dealers - 1 Hand = Flop Chaos

May 23, 2008 by pokerfish.

I was playing in a home tournament when the following occurred. I was in the cutoff, blinds at 200-400. 3 limpers from early position and then the player in the hijack seat limps. I make it 3,000 to go from the cutoff. As I look up at the dealer he has put the deck of cards on the table and is having a conversation with the UTG player oblivious to what is happening. The 3 early position limpers fold and the guy sitting across from the dealer, not realizing that the hijack seat has not acted yet, picks up the deck and deals out the flop and turn (rabbit hunting). I had A-Q in the cutoff and the hijack seat who had not acted turns up A-3. The flop was A-2-A and the turn was a 3. No one was sure what to do. I ended up pulling back my 3,000 raise and the hijack seat and I split what was in the pot from the blinds/limpers. Did we do the right thing? I can’t see how the hijack seat player could be allowed to put 3,000 in the pot and claim it after the flop and turn were dealt by another player rabbit hunting.

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