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Originally Posted by Wizard-50
In an audition I wouldn't do it.
So whachoo gonna do if something really crazy happens (two identical cards show up on the table, say) and the floor comes over and declares "MISDEAL! Give 'em all back their bets"?
It's actually a regulation in Nevada that you cannot drop the rake early. They spell out to the letter how the rake works:
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23.050 Rake-off and time buy-in.
1. Rake-offs shall not exceed 10 percent of all sums wagers in the hand. Rake-offs shall only be pulled from the pot by the dealer in an obvious manner after each wager and call or at the completion of the hand. The rake-off shall be placed in a designated rake circle and shall remain in the designated rake circle until a winner is declared and paid. The rake-off shall then be dropped into the card game drop box.
I thought of this topic last night when the hand had gone very quickly or the dealer had forgotten to rake as the bets went in, so just before he pushed the pot he pulled out the rake. The player receiving the pot just stares dumbfounded, then starts ranting about the dealer taking money out of his pot. It has to be explained that this is normal, and necessary, and it's been going on every hand for the two hours he's been sitting there but he only just noticed. He starts calculating and figures out that for this $30 pot, he put out $15 of it, got back $26, and the dealer gets a tip, so he's making $10 profit instead of $15. "You keep a third of my profit every hand?!?!?!"
It's amazing how long people can play without ever seeing the alligator gobbling up chips.