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Originally Posted by LUCIUS VARENUS
In this situation, it is always the dealer's duty to pay attention to announcements of new stakes. A dealer must be in control of the table, that's their job. If he or she fails to do this and notices during the dealing of a hand, firstly they should STFU about it and keep it to themselves, and on the next hand announce an increase in the stakes as they would on any other occasion. This ensures smooth gameflow and minimum contention by players with the dealer. The last thing you want as a dealer is the players running the game. When this happens, you should've been fired like... yesterday.
I somewhat disagree with this, believe it or not.
Often times, a dealer involved in a hand will miss the announcement. When you've got three all-ins and you're calculating different side pots, you're focused on that and not paying attention to the constant drone on the PA.
If it's a typical small, daily tourney (say, <15 tables, much less the more common <7 tables), the tourney director should go to each table, make eye contact with each dealer, and get a quick confirmation that the message was received.
TD: (catches dealer's eye) Bertha, blinds are up.
DEALER BERTHA: (nods, goes back to dealing)
99 times out of 100, when a dealer misses the message, you can find the TD at his podium, watching tv and joking with his friends....while everyone at the table (who, by the way, have all just missed the same announcement themselves) rags on the dealer.