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Originally Posted by Fore
Action offered and accepted is not an option in this case because there were other players who folded based on the information initial raise. So P1 cannot try and change the action now
The other players folded to the initial raise. Once action was on the last player to act, Player 1 said "all in" which is clearly not a legal or binding bet. But once Player 2 put out calling chips for the all in and the Dealer counted it out, this is action offered and accepted. When Player 1 doesn't say "wait a minute my all-in bet can't stand", then I would rule that his offer was accepted heads up and he now can't see the results and pretend he didn't mean it.
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Also how can you possibly blame P2? What did he do wrong? Same for dealer. Just because P2 decides to blurt out some blarney don’t blame the players the others are unless you they subsequently to add to the blarney.
I'm not blaming Player 2 in any way. But I would like to see his reaction if he lost the hand. If he didn't know that the all in "bet" was meaningless I would be surprised. I also don't think he would have "called" the all in without a very strong hand. So if he went on to lose the hand how would he react and what would he claim?
As for the Dealer, what he did was fairly incompetent. He has to know that the all in "bet" was meaningless and should instruct the players in the moment that it does not change the action in any way. If it was ambiguous as to whether player 2 was calling or raising then I would ask player 2 to confirm what he was doing.