So i've been playing river chasers for about a year and a half now and i love it. Great organization, great events, great people. I do have one thing that i was a little upset about though. My most recent final table i was in a hand with pocket aces against a player who had K-7 off suit. Flop came out king 3 king, so i made a move and put the player all in. Bad move on my part but i had a monster stack so i felt obligated to make it. well i turn over my bullets and he flips over three cards. Thats right 3. He allowed the dealer to put his first burn card on top of his two cards.  i'm upset about the rulling that was handed down about the tournament director. Obviously he should not have won but the tournament director rulled that he was infact the winner and he was in the right. I strongly disagree. He should have been mucked and that should have been the end of it. But being the nice guy i am i offered to chop it being as he made a honest over sight. why should two players be punished for the mistake of a dealer? why is that rulling handed down? am i crazy or does anyone else think the guy running the tournament was wrong? i'm interested in hearing what you have to say? maybe even hear what someone thinks at RPT. I have to be honest, i'm a little let down about how a professional organization like RPT dropped the ball. Let me know...

patrick

no you are in the right. the other players hand should have been mucked on technecallity we have players that like to be strict about the rules and make sure they are followed and that tournament directors follow the rules as well since the burn card is considered to be in the muck pile the fact that his cards were at one point face down on the table with a mucked burn card with his whole cards yes that players hand is mucked. you were a nice person to not just say hey look i win but at least chop the pot

I think we all need to slow down when it is our turn to deal. Encourage people to leave the burn cards next to the flop (and clearly separate from the muck) and alot of these problems will be resolved.

It would be a different story if it happened to you but okay bud.
 

How am i a vag? By bringing up a mistake made by someone who should know better? You're a joker my friend. This is a blog for adults, not a conversation with a teenager in a internet poker room. If you don't know how to talk to people, don't. I'm not interested about anything you have to say buddy.

I wrote Griff an e-mail and he responded standing behind the decision. I respectfully disagree and so do the other 50 or so people i have talked to about it. Obviously he is just standing by one of his guys, which i understand. I guess customer service/customer satisfaction isn't RPTs strong suit. I was a General Manager at a local gym in the area for a while, and if i had someone  felt they were wronged we would send them merchandise, a free t-shirt with the gym logo, or coupons for free drinks with a letter of saying sorry for the issue. RPT doesn't have to pick a side but they should want to make it right, or at least attempt. I guess some things dont matter.