I am curious how people would rule in the following similar but slightly different situations in your home games. Each involves players failing to act in turn:
#1 :::
On the flop, there is an UTG bet. Next player “Sleepy” has his head down in his phone. Player after him calls out of turn. Next player calls. Sleepy wakes up and says, “Hey, I did not act.”
#2 :::
On the flop, Sleepy is UTG (first to act) but does nothing, as he is again looking at his phone instead. Bet / call from players to his left. Sleepy says “Wait, I never acted.”
#3 ::: On the flop, Sleepy is first to act again. There are three checks and then a bet to his left. Sleepy finally objects.
NOTE: In all three scenarios, no one snap-acted, i.e. Sleepy had a little time to act in turn but was distracted. The dealer failed to notice / stop the action to prevent the problem arising.
But if the actions out of turn happened very fast, would your rulings be different?
I’ll give my answers in comments in a bit…
#1 :::
On the flop, there is an UTG bet. Next player “Sleepy” has his head down in his phone. Player after him calls out of turn. Next player calls. Sleepy wakes up and says, “Hey, I did not act.”
#2 :::
On the flop, Sleepy is UTG (first to act) but does nothing, as he is again looking at his phone instead. Bet / call from players to his left. Sleepy says “Wait, I never acted.”
#3 ::: On the flop, Sleepy is first to act again. There are three checks and then a bet to his left. Sleepy finally objects.
NOTE: In all three scenarios, no one snap-acted, i.e. Sleepy had a little time to act in turn but was distracted. The dealer failed to notice / stop the action to prevent the problem arising.
But if the actions out of turn happened very fast, would your rulings be different?
I’ll give my answers in comments in a bit…