Hello folks,
I had a situation a few months ago and I totally forgot to write about.
Shot clock tournament.
How does it work :
- Each player has a determined amount of time to take action (most of the time 30 seconds)
- A visual clock is on the table (most of the time) Dealer is responsible for resetting the clock for each player.
- Dealer has to announce "5 seconds left"
- At any time, player under action may toss a timebank token which grants them additional time at the end of the initial 30 seconds.
The situation is the following :
For 2 complete orbits the same player is using their 30 seconds before folding. I foiled him because while "thinking" he was actually watching a soccer game on his smartphone which was on the rail.
There is no clock on the table but there are 10 clock screens in the room which covers every possible angle so everyone could get the information very quickly.
On a specific hand he was under action, a player asked me a question about the tournament and while I was answering him I forgot to announce the last 5 seconds. Fact is player has been thinking for 45 seconds before I realized so.
When he folded I asked him to give me one timebank since he overflowed his initial timebank. He refused under the fact I did not warn him about the last 5 seconds.
Floor is called, and after explaining the player was aware about the timing for the last 2 orbits since he was waiting to fold, floor decided the player will keep his timebank due to a dealer mistake.
My thoughts according to the rules is the player was intentionally delaying the game (Rules 5 and 70) so even if dealer made a mistake by forgetting the last 5 seconds, player should have been warned.
What about you guys ?