Anybody know the correct ruling here?

I was sitting at seat 9....the guy to my left (10) makes it $25 to go...seat 3 goes all in for $47 seat 7 calls the $47 and the guy to my right reaches for his chips to call (he has them in front of him and out of his hand) and then seat 10 goes all-in (for more than the guy to my right had in front of him).  The guy to my right only put $25 in the middle, claiming he only thought the raise was to $25, that he didn't see seat 3 go all-in for $47 or the guy RIGHT NEXT TO HIM call the $47.  The dealer called the floor and said he was only committed to the $25 because that's all he put in the middle.  Is that correct, if he made a motion with chips to call shouldn't he be obligated to the full $47?

depends on the floorman, as his decision is final, but the dealer should have been on top of things and called out the raises as they occurred, a good dealer will tell each player what the bet amount is , if the player isn't really paying attention then not much you can do. 

Whats the point of even arguing for that guy, if the ruling was that he had to put in 25, why not just put the extra 22 to call?

 

idk the official rule here but youd think that it would either be he doesnt have to call or he has to put in 47, that seems pretty silly to go in the middle, and even more so that he would fold after putting the 25 in.

In no-limit there isn't really an excuse for not knowing what the raise is, as you can just ask, as there can always be an unusual amount of chips out there that you can't see across the table. In limit, they will usually let you take your bet back if there is a raise and you don't know it. Sometimes you can't tell if there is a raise acros the table as chips get all mixed up between players.