Cutting the Deck

[richielee]

Whats the ruling on this guys?

Self dealt tourney tonight - 2 guys are arguing like mad!

1 - Do you have to cut the deck if its offered?
2 - If you don't want to cut the deck, should it be offered to anyone else?

I ruled that it's always been an option in our game - not a must - and it shouldn't be offered to anyone else. Did I do the right thing as I'll be getting quized next week!
Should we be doing something different?

Cheers

[skelly82]

In the local casion the ruling is left of the dealer  shuffles, right cuts.

This must be done before any cards can be delat. As far as I know as long as there is not a physical reason why the person on the right cannot cut, this MUST be done.

Hope that helps. 

[richielee]

Nice one - It helps!

We had murder with it on Monday night and I don't want to be put in that situation again.
We're still a relatively small (30-50) Tourney and the buy-ins are small, so usually - It's quite friendly.

I've put a rule in place that the dealer shuffles and Right MUST cut. I considered left of dealer shuffling but it could cause some confusion with some of our players

[MooseWizard]

If the person offered does not want to cut, the dealer self-cuts in our league.  We use cut cards though, so that make a difference. 

[violator]

The rule is that if you are self dealing, the deck must be cut by someone else. If you have a non involved dealer, he may cut, but it still must be cut. For our home games, it is a bit difficult to make this mandatory, but we offer to the right if they refuse.... we offer further to the right.
Vio

[hemi 06]

It is the player to the right of the dealers option. If he does not want them sut, they are not cut.