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Originally Posted by youtalkfunny
Sometimes, the nittery is necessary. The goal of preserving the cards that "would have" come, instead of "just give me any random card, I don't care," is an actual anti-cheating procedure. A cheating dealer might sabotage the cards that "would have come" if he knows what they are in advance (marks?), and doesn't want them to roll out (partner gave the "I have KK" signal, dealer scuttles any Ace?).
To be clear, we're not doing all this because we think he might be cheating--we're doing all this because whoever loses this pot is going to imagine that he may have been swindled by an elaborate scheme, and we have to keep HIM happy.
TY for the reply. Gives me some perspective, lets me know that there is some rationale for it.
I was in a co-op committee meeting last night (fml), and we were discussing pet policies (fml some more) that new members don't agree with, but were put into place b/c 15 years ago it was necessary, and could be necessary again in the future. Whenever someone complains about a policy, even if I don't know what is behind the rule, I usually answer with some form of, "I trust the people who made the decision had a good reason to do so." This idea of mine probably falls apart once you get a group larger than 100 people together; for example, every politician everywhere.