Two Bad Calls on One Hand

Posted by wynn on Apr 28, 2010 in Bad Beats, Table Talk | 2 comments

Poker is a game of decisions. Unfortunately, the decisions of the dealers and floor management can affect the outcome of any given hand.

For example, I am in a hand with a loose player last night. He ended up beating my turned straight with a rivered flush.

I was first to act and he check-called all the way.

On the river, I just knew he hit a flush. I fire out a bullet to represent a better flush.

He plays back at me.

“You hit your flush?” I say as I show him my straight.

He mucks.

The dealer says, “Sir, Sammy has not acted yet. Please wait your turn,” and pushes his cards back to him.

I figure I am beat, so I call floor.

Floor manager #1 says it is a live hand.

I call the bet and see his Jack high flush.

After this, I call a second floor person just for my own understanding of how they interpret mucked hands.

Floor #2 said flat out that the hand was mucked and the dealer and Floor #1 were wrong.

I made a bad call on the river by doubting my read. And floor management made a bad call on the decision that the muck was a muck.

Fortunately, it was a small pot.