K-Lo,
I'm not saying you are wrong. I agree that the dealer was the main reason for the mistake. The situation described by spades is a one in a million happening (if that). The Player in the 10 seat may have yelled "CALL," but it was obviously unclear to the dealer. I only mentioned that if he had pushed his chips forward it might have been more clear that he was calling. I was really looking for more information from the original post. It could have been that there were only 3 players in the hand; the 4 seat UTG, the 8 seat SB, and the 10 seat BB. I asked what happened to the 4 seat after the 10 seat said call? Remember the 4 seat player made the first raise. Wouldn't the 4 seat act after the 10 seat? Hmmm....There was no mention of that player, and there hasen't been since I asked the question on my first reply.
I would never make a habit of splitting a pot. You have to admit this was a very rare occurrance.
I will assume that there are only three players in this hand or it gets even worse to reenact. I put myself in the dealer's position when I go over a scenario like this:
We can ASSUME that all other players folded, or the 8 seat is SB (200), the 10 seat is the BB (400). The 4 seat player UTG raises to 1200, the 8 seat player re-raises to 3400. The 10 seat player re-raises to 8200. We must ASSUME again that the 4 seat player folded, because that player is never mentioned again, right? Action back to the 8 seat who pushes all-in. There is no mention of how much his all-in was? Did he even have the 8200 to complete the call? Or should we ASSUME again that it was obvious the raise had the 10 seat covered and it was a substantial amount. Finally, how in the hell did the dealer not pay attention to that kind of action in a head to head confrontation?
